Wednesday, August 19, 2026

My Android Cellphones from Android 5 to 13

My Android Cellphones from Android 5 to 13

Tuesday, August 11, 2026
My Cellphones

My Cellphones 
I have a collection of phones from year, 2009.

I have  the habit of donating cellphones to poor guys.
My first android phone was GreenTel.
It had a good camera.

It works well even to this day.

My first tab was a Linux Suse, I bought it in Ceylon. 
That was the first tab that to breakdown and it won't switch on its power.
I believe Microsoft's bug did the damage.

Later I bought a Lenova tab in Singapore and it is still working well with update of its system version. 
This is the one which went bust for the first time.

I go to Singapore when I want to do shopping, including cellphones.

I bought a cellphone for less than Rs.3000/= and  I updated it yesterday.
 
It's RAM is limited but still works well on Google's Android.

The expensive cellphone I bought for my better half with sealed battery is defunct now.

I bought a few ZiGo phones and one is still working and the other had a big defective line in its liquid crystal and I gave it away to a guy.

He could not buy a replacement battery for it.

The second GreenTel I bought for less than Rs.6000/= also I donated.

I decided to go for Nokia in 2015 and I have 5 Nokia cellphones working well with different Android versions up to 4G.

Now to the cellphone grafters or the supply chain.

MobiTel is hopeless.

Dialog is equally worse and the broadband Internet I bought year ago is still inactive after paying the arrears Rs.5000/=.

I am going to take it to the retailer and thrash it on the floor to pieces, so the video of that incident is flashed on TV for public view, after the New Year Break.

I switched to Hutch and they provide a good service but bit too, expensive.

I bought an AirTel Sim ages ago and finished it's data in one night for my first Chinese Ameo tablet.

The Ameo is still working with a damaged SIM slot.

I updated it before damaging it's SIM slot.

I play kids games with it.

So paying a lot for a phone where local communication suppliers have not upgraded their services even to 4G is ridiculous.

They are still in LTE infrastructure.

So buy a cheap phone with basics not Apple for heaven's sake.

Even buying a Samsung is a is waste.

I will stick with basic Nokia but it's latest phones costs Rs.800,000/= and buying a Smart TV with Internet connection and broadband is prudent.

By the way, my TV is original SONY with three year warranty. 

GNU Emac

 Tuesday, August 11, 2026
What happened to Coding Applications GNU Emac and Vim of GNOME?
I installed all including EMAC, Scribus and Inkscape.
 
They are very heavy and that is why they are not included in Desktop Editions.

My suggestion is somebody not Fedora should make a distribution incorporating these Utilities and name the distribution appropriately.
My suggestions are:
Geometry in Action
Coding for the Brave
Science in Action
Insights in Linux
New Frontiers 
Linux Never Miss

When I install GNOME Desktop, I do not find Vim or GNU Emac incorporated with it.
I do not do any Coding at all but nevertheless, it is a routine for me to install LyX.
I did not have the time to invest on LateX or Vim as a medical guy doing on call duty.

My time on Latex was limited.
It had the best page layout.
Then of course, I quickly realized AbiWord would  do me honours when writing my books.

LyX was the closest substitute to Latex.
Now that I am finishing my books on a leisurely fashion, I me revisit Vim.

Let me list a few of those coding applications.
1. Gambas3 is a good choice.
Yes, Visual Basic of Linux.
2. LyX as mentioned above.
3. Vi Improved of Vim.
4. Neovim
Never tried it.
5. Bluefish
That is the one I used during 32 bit days.
6. Xournal Editor

By the way little Editors can do the work.
1. Gedit
2. Geany
3. Gnome Edit
4. Jedi
5. Joe's Editor 
 
I went into bit of Panic Mode since I could not install Enlightenment Desktop under GNOME. 
IceWM was there but not Enlightenment.
I even queried AI and AI said whatever it is, it has to be temporary (either maintenance or some uodstes).

Yes, AI is right it is back.

Celebrations Without Microsoft Over 18 years

 

Monday, November 15, 2010

Celebrations without Microsoft

I am celebrating the third anniversary without Microsoft, this Christmas.

Is there anybody other than Anuradha doing work only on Linux in Sri-Lanka?

Please post an email or comment below so that we can have a private party.

I was trying to catch 100 students (school leavers to train free) from Kandy.

That was a total failure (blessing in disguise for me) but welcome free time for me to enjoy life with my kids.