Meizu M8 miniOne Latest Progress (December 2007)

ecsk2

What does WinCE have to do with Linux??

taling hallenthur

He meant that Win CE is like GNU/Linux - it's just a kernel and there are different graphical environments running on top of it.

ecsk2

What on top of what? WinCE is very different from any other Windows.

taling hallenthur

Congrats, mate, you can't even understand English...

ecsk2

Well grammatically in English you're saying here:


That Windows CE is LIKE GNU/Linux. Windows CE is a separate OS altogether, and the UI seen on the Meizu is yes on top of the WinCE, but that's not what you wrote, but is that what you meant? You meant the WinCE UI is like...?

ecsk2

But sorry the only thing I know in Polish is "dzien dobry" and "Czesc"

taling hallenthur

"You meant the WinCE UI is like...?" - WTF??

You don't know what a kernel is?? It's just a core of the OS and that's exactly what Linux and WinCE is. Then you have a graphical environment runing on top of it (the kernel - in Meizu case it's WinCE).

ecsk2

To see what Windows CE is and what not please refer to this:
Windows CE - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Unlike popular belief Windows CE is NOT the same as Windows Mobile or Pocket PC.

Well that is what Windows Mobile is yes based on Windows CE and then various graphical environments that can not be altered much by the OEM developers. In contrast to this a device running on actual Windows CE can differ dramatically from each other to the point of not even being obvious to the user that the OS is Windows CE, as the case with many MID and navigation devices out there today.


Ok but stating what?

taling hallenthur

Wikipedia states that WinCE is a kernel (and that's exactly what I wrote before) and I've never mentioned Windows Mobile in my previous posts.

ecsk2

Let's just take this back to the initial replies shall we?

A) Mangels asks if Windows CE is like Pocket PC / Windows Mobile, with the MAIN objective with the question being what type of software he could install.

B) To this "Unregistered" replies that Windows CE is probably more like LINUX with UI flavors...

So first off this gives the impression (of someone asking a question of this nature) that Windows CE would have something to do with Linux in compatibility or some other fashion (as that was the REAL question!). Thereby I questioned what Linux would have to do with Windows CE!?

Also it is a reoccurring topic here (and elsewhere) as to how compatible a Windows CE device is with the vast amount of software for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile and the answer to that is, there is NO SUCH COMPATIBILITY! Not even all Windows CE programs (in fact very few!) will run on these "new generation" Windows CE devices, as most 3rd party Windows CE programs are 10+ years old and date back to HPC era!