What is Reddit's opinion of Remix OS?

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Remix OS is a customized version of Android redesigned for laptops and desktops (stuff like a taskbar, windows, file manager, etc.). The company behind it, Jide, has released a few products running Remix OS. A generic version that you can run on any PC is supposed to launch sometime this month.

Remix OS is not open source, though it is based on the open source Android-x86 project.

From: http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc

I'd never heard of RemixOS it actually looks like a good alterative to ChromeOS that you can put on any shitty old PC.... interesting indeed, might check it out.

Still too small. Who wants a 10" "laptop" anymore?

Also, just multi-window isn't going to be enough. They to create Android PC (like Android TV, Android Auto, Android Wear), with a PC-optimized interface, the same UI on every device, and only with updates from Google itself (just like Chrome OS, which many OEMs seem to have embraced).

You should seriously look into the Jide Tablet. It is an android hybrid that runs what they call remixos. The specs aren't spectacular, but it is great for what you pay for it.

Did you see what's in the preview for Android N yet? They're adding a full windowed mode, with a desktop. Lots of work to be done on it, but it's coming. I'm thinking it's going to end up being similar to Remix OS. Very excited to see what google cranks out, and hopefully Apple can keep up with it. I'm sure they have something they're hiding for now.

This looks nice, but I fail to see the need for this. If you often use a certain 'stack' of a few apps, what is the advantage of this over having them in a folder on your home screen? And if you only use a certain 'stack' a few times, like to plan a vacation once, why would you go through the trouble of making a stack for it? Is opening 4 apps really that hard?

The core issue for advanced multitasking on a phone is the screen being small. We saw the same thing with PCs: simultaneous multitasking only took off when resolutions went up, only then tools like TMux started to be viable.

Therefore, Google should first focus on making multitaksing good ont eh platform where it makes sense: tablets. And the frustrating thing is: this is a problem we have solved a long time ago: application windows! The cool thing about Android is that certain apps already have multiple layouts, for when they have little, and a lot screen real estate: if their window is small, switch to phone UI. If it's larger than a certain DP, switch to tablet UI! RemixOS is a great showcase I think how Android can very much be a viable productive multitasking environment.

Version 2016012301 is up on http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc#downloadNow

Changelog / announcement on their google group at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/remix-os-for-pc/Tl9yTkALhN8:

Version: 2.0.100 Build number: B2016012301 Release date: 01/25/2016

Update: • Fix: Battery indicator enabled • Fix: Some minor bugs fixed

EDIT - Still seems to have problems with nvidia graphics or something, at least on my laptop. I'm still getting hard locks when I open browser sometimes.

What you want is Remix OS, I saw them at a trade show, very cool stuff.

The tablet is pretty slick, and very MS Surface like.

Not counting the discounts, the Nexus 9 is still as expensive as the iPad. People have complained about having to use smartphone-sized apps for tablets on Android, and I can understand that. However, with projects such as Remix OS, Android tablets can prove to be better than iPads; they already are in some ways, with some offering styluses by default, but their poorer market share which leads to fewer accessories supported by Androids, in combination with Samsung's domination in the smartphone and tablet market (also infamous for poor UX, but for a different reason) are big factors that limit Android's potential in this sector.

Also, Android phones are better value for money than iPhones, which are overpriced and are less powerful, have smaller screens and shorter battery lives than their more aptly priced iPads. Android, as of yet, has a bit of work to do if they want their tablets to truly compete with the iPad.

You can also try the desktop version: http://www.theverge.com/2016/1/6/10726986/remix-os-android-desktop-ces-2016

http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc

Probably easier to run in a VM & more stable.

I think that Shashlik would be your best bet. I think that ACL might be a better choice in the future. If you really want to use Android apps, maybe Remix OS could become handy.

i would recommend this

http://www.jide.com/en/remix

its an android tablet with the full android ecosystem but it has the surface form factor and type cover and you can run all your apps in multi windows just like windows. its pretty amazing. its 1000 times better than a surface 2. if you had a surface 3 or one of the pros then that would be another story. but if you have a surface 2, THIS is what you want.

check this out to see what the android operating system it runs has to offer. http://www.jide.com/en/remixos

and best part is its only $299 with the keyboard included

https://shop.jide.com/en/detail?pid=5

1 Create a bootable USB with RemixOS on it. Look here for instructions. Note that you have to do this on a Windows PC. Note also that your USB stick has to have a writing speed faster than 20Mb/s (I use a Sandisk Cruzer Extreme).

2 Out of the box, the Toshiba won't boot from USB. Make sure you have installed SeaBIOS (see here). You do not have to open your Chromebook to remove screws or stickers.

3 Enter Developer mode and press Ctrl-d

4 Enable boot up from USB and legacy boot: Open a terminal by pressing Ctrl-Alt-t, enter 'shell' and type

sudo crossystem dev_boot_usb=1 dev_boot_legacy=1.

5 Plug in your USB stick.

6 Restart the Chromebook, enter developer mode, but now press Ctrl-l while you're in the scary white screen. Then choose the USB device that you want to start from

7 Remix OS will start up

On the main Remix OS page on their site, they provide a helpful benchmark for comparing processing speeds.

>mfw they use a top of the line desktop cpu vs. mobile processors

You clearly missed the bit that says it will be free for PC download, free forever. ( http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc ) "Forget cost down, introducing cost free.

We’ve always embraced the concept of less can be more. With that in mind, Remix OS for PC is free to download, free to install, and free to use. Is there anything else we missed? Oh that’s right, the updates are free as well."

Exactly. They need to buy these guys out to teach them how it's done, because clearly Google doesn't get it:

http://www.jide.com/en/remixos

Google should've done that years ago, but for some reason (cough ChromeOS cough) they just don't want to do it, and have left not just Microsoft, but even Apple get ahead of them in touch-based productivity. They should've owned this by now.

Sounds like you're looking for the Jide Ultra Tablet with Remix OS (a version of Android developed by former Google employees with a more desktop feel to it.)

According to Amazon it's only $359.00 USD. About half of what SONY wants for theirs with double the storage on the Jide but the SONY has 3GB of RAM to the Jide's 2GB.

Here's the manufacturer's page for the tablet and a page about their version of Android.

Hope that helps!

Pixel C will fail because:

1) it has too small of a screen for a "productivity device". It should've been 12" or 13".

2) no apps that are optimized for it

3) no "PC-like" interface, or at least something that makes it more productive. Look what these guys are doing. Google should be doing that, too.

http://www.jide.com/en/remixos

4) no optional high-quality stylus (I think a lot of people will get the iPad Pro just to use it with that stylus).

I think there is a Remix OS rom specifically for the Nexus 9, though. Check out Official Remix ROMS. There seems to be a Nexus 9 rom posted.

Edit: Note that the rom is Remix OS 1.5, but I'd imagine they'll push out a 2.0 rom at some point.

A couple weeks ago someone mentioned RemixOS that's a more desktop-like version of Android (with mouse support, multiwindow, etc.). Can run in a VM while you're on Windows. Theoretically should be allowed since it's not an emulator and does exist on mobile devices (they have a line of tablets), but we can't really know for sure.
Haven't used it myself though.

There's no premium feature on Grindr that will allow you to do this, but if you use an app like Fake GPS or similar on Android, you can move around easily.

This probably violates Grindr's ToS, so do it at your own risk. Also note that you'll need an Android device, because Apple's iOS doesn't allow you to manipulate location settings.

If you don't have an Android tablet or phone, try this on your PC/Mac. Good luck.

Right but I'm not talking about traditional Android, I'm talking about Remix OS and it runs on arm processors. The OS is free so I'm sure someone will make a driver or something for it.

I know on Windows you could use Bluestacks, a Linux alternative is Greymotion see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2333452

another alternative I've heard about is Remix OS: http://www.jide.com/en/remixos-for-pc

> It is not guaranteed it will run perfectly on any devices

Well, it probably runs perfectly on the UltraTablet

OP, you don't need more than 2 gigs of RAM to play mobile games. 4 is probably the max that any game would be designed for. If you're buying something exclusively to use Remix, one of these would be your best bet.

I bet desktop Android would solve the whole "Year of Desktop Linux" thing. Something like RemixOS, looks like Windows with the task bar. Has apps for just about everything if the play store works. Remix should get in the game

makes no sense to me. Android can't do a tablet os right. I think honeycomb was a better tablet os than what we're given today. Check out http://www.jide.com/en/remixos remix os. If Android could actually adapt their os to a tablet, the pixel would make a lot more sense.