Group talk:Giving Guide Suggestions

The > symbol is ambiguous

The > symbol can be read as an arrow since it is in the reading direction. I would read this:

Android => iPhone

as the next step after Android is iPhone.

To minimize that ambiguity maybe we should flip it around and do < instead. So iPhone < Android.

--Tange 18:21, 16 December 2012 (EST)

Agree with the problem. Flipping it around is better, but doesn't completely solve it either... Ciaran 08:39, 20 December 2012 (EST)

Suggestion: remove software

How can I give someone software in a way that won't be more inconvenient than if they just got it for them self? Sounds like an awful (thoughtless) gift idea.

If someone gave me the source or a binary of Gimp, I wouldn't install it. I'd use my package manager to get a version of Gimp that has been tested to work with my system.

The recommendations in that section should be moved to a page for how to migrate from proprietary software to free software. Ciaran 08:49, 20 December 2012 (EST)

PSP (w/Free custom firmware)

I noticed on the page at present that under portable gaming there is a question as to what device should be recommended over the Sony Playstation Portable (PSP). Contrary to suggesting another device, I for one would actually encourage the purchasing of a PSP and then recommending how a user can then make it free using the great GPL'd homebrew firmware ProCFW (https://code.google.com/p/procfw/).

As this process is actually quite simple, but on the surface slightly complex, i'd then recommend linking to the excellent guide here published by Wololo.net (http://wololo.net/cfw4dummies/) who are at the forefront of homebrew news. In addition, i'd also perhaps recommend (from the same site) their excellent community-produced game Wagic the Homebrew (http://wololo.net/download/).

Aside from that, using Free custom firmware like ProCFW allows for all sorts of emulators (almost all Free Software - check http://zx81.dcemu.co.uk/ for some) and Free homebrew software such as Links2, PSP IRC, PSPMagic (EtchASketch clone), PSPwrite, Bookr, RenPSP, LuaPlayer, etc.

I really think it'd be useful to point this out as an alternative if nothing else is recommended for portable gaming. -- Frostfog 09:49, 22 December 2012 (PST)

Thanks for the info, Frostfog. I've started a page for this sort of info here:

• Projects to free phones and handheld computers

If you know more about this project, or other projects, it would be great if you could add more info and links to that page. Ciaran 00:58, 22 January 2013 (EST)