I do not know if either of those applications exist -- I have not looked into it. If they do exist, they do not seem like the type of application you would need root access to install or use -- neither of them requires escalated privileges to run. You only need root to do things that a regular user is prohibited from doing -- things like modify the network routing tables, open low ports, modify the / partition, or remove the vendor provided bloat-ware. Jeff On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Yaron <tclug at freakzilla.com> wrote: > I can only speak for Android, but... > > First of all, there are some apps that require root access. Some of them > are mundane, but some like Titanium Backup are practically essential. > > Also, a lot of Android devices come pre-loaded with a lot of uninstallable > bloatware. With root access you can remove that. > > One of the main reasons I root my devices is, well, they're MY devices. I > should have full access to them. It doesn't hurt that the modded ROMs I use > are already rooted. > > I'm not sure how many colours Android'd Terminal Emulator supports, but > there are developer-specific terminal apps. I don't know that there's a > native emacs for Android, though, but I also have no idea why you'd want to > run emacs on a tablet or phone or anything without a physical keyboard. > There's a reason people say EMACS stands for "Escape Meta Alt Ctrl Shift". > > > > On Fri, 15 Feb 2013, Olwe Bottorff wrote: > > So then, what does getting superuser access get me? I assume it's like >> having sudo -s or "root" privileges on the tablet. But then what can I do >> with such power? I'd like a terminal with 256 colors and Emacs 24. on >> board >> native. Can I then install these? >> >> O >> GM,MN >> >> ______________________________**______________________________** >> ________________ >> >> From: Wayne Johnson <wdtj at yahoo.com> >> To: Olwe Bottorff <galanolwe at yahoo.com>; TCLUG Mailing List >> <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>; TCLUG Mailing List >> <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 8:33 AM >> Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Linux on a tablet? >> >> At least with Android, you already have Linux on your tablet. Android >> uses Linux as it's base operating system then adds a Java/Native mix >> of user interface on top of that. The confusion comes in that many >> stock Android installations prevent or limit your access to the Linux >> portions. There are Apps in the Google Play store that will get you a >> Linux console, but it's usually pretty limited in it's privileges. >> >> "Rooting" your tablet/phone allows you to have root access to this >> Linux. Basically you are replacing the manufactures OS with one that >> has been built from the open source, and allows you superuser access. >> >> ______________________________**______________________________** >> ________________ >> >> From: Olwe Bottorff <galanolwe at yahoo.com> >> To: TCLUG Mailing List <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> >> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 8:19 AM >> Subject: [tclug-list] Linux on a tablet? >> >> I'm confused about having linux on a tablet. I've seen >> instructions for how to "root" your, say, Nexus 10. What does >> this do? I'd like to put a linux on a tablet and be able to use >> Emacs (for org-mode!) and a terminal. Does "rooting" a tablet >> give me some sort of linux with touch screen capabilities? Or is >> it just a regular linux on a laptop from that point? >> >> O >> GM,MN >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- Jeff Chapin President, CedarLug, retired President, UNIPC, "I'll get around to it" President, UNI Scuba Club Senator, NISG, retired -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20130215/b201aa0f/attachment.html>