2016-06-27 11:33:05	SylvieMobile	Hey everyone, I just learned about AsteroidOS and I'm very interested. It seems like a great little system, but there are a few things I'm curious about
2016-06-27 11:33:51	SylvieMobile	First off, I'm wondering if I understood correctly that the system is basically completely libre, aside from drivers used from Android. Kinda like if you'd run Fedora on a regular desktop?
2016-06-27 11:34:49	SylvieMobile	Secondly, is there any way to integrate with Android at all? https://github.com/AsteroidOS/asteroid/wiki/Bluetooth claims that Bluetooth isn't fully supported, but on Twitter it seems that it /may/ work and an Android app is in development. It feels like I should assume "Maybe in the future if all goes well but currently not"?
2016-06-27 11:35:20	SylvieMobile	On the note of the Android app, are there any plans to release it on F-Droid? :)
2016-06-27 11:42:15	@kido	hi SylvieMobile !
2016-06-27 11:42:44	@kido	indeed everything is opensource and built from source except the GPU driver and bluetooth firmware
2016-06-27 11:43:19	@kido	for bluetooth the wiki isn't up to date it's further than what's written
2016-06-27 11:44:17	@kido	however the bluetooth features are largely in development
2016-06-27 11:45:27	@kido	if you want to help in the development you can try to build everything and make it work but if you just want to test or use it, it's not ready yet
2016-06-27 11:47:35	SylvieMobile	I'm not sure if I want to help development. It's mostly a time and feeling like it thing. I do absolutely love QML and have worked with that before at least, it could be a fun toy to mess around with and see if I can get anything done. How should I interpret "It's not ready yet"? As in, "it doesn't do a lot at the moment" or "it's an utterly broken
2016-06-27 11:47:35	SylvieMobile	 constantly crashing mess"? There's a huge difference between those. I can deal with little functionality just fine :)
2016-06-27 11:48:52	SylvieMobile	I'm kinda debating with myself if I'll buy a compatible smartwatch. As long as it can show the time without crashing all the time it's good enough for me, although I would like some connection with my phone later on, which sounds like a "possibly in the future, help would be great or be prepared to wait long" thing?
2016-06-27 11:55:30	@kido	of course I understand that you can lack time, but even a new user of asteroid is largely welcome and a great pleasure for me :) furthermore, if you know QML well enough you can tweak your watch and improve the apps whenever you feel like it
2016-06-27 11:55:52	@kido	and no asteroid doesn't crash often at all
2016-06-27 11:57:07	@kido	it just lacks features that are in development when I get time for it. for example, I have a bluetooth protocol in mind but the current code implements a proof of concept of the capabilities, not anything near the protocol I thought about
2016-06-27 11:58:49	@kido	if you buy a watch to use asteroid you can ask Asara and TheAppleMan how it feels, I think they use it on a ~daily basis
2016-06-27 12:01:11	SylvieMobile	Sure, I'd love to hear it from one of them. If they're positive I'll likely give it a try. I've always wanted to try a smartwatch but I'm sick of all those big providers filling it with proprietary tracking malware, so I got quite hyped when I learned about AsteroidOS on Hacker News today. If nothing, it'd be fun to have an unique watchface :D
2016-06-27 12:01:44	SylvieMobile	I'm doubtful I could really do much, but hey, it's worth a try I suppose (is there any guide to installing apps? Couldn't find one)
2016-06-27 12:03:55	@kido	the available apps are all installed by default
2016-06-27 12:05:16	@kido	I mean, no one developed any other app than the default ones yet :)
2016-06-27 12:05:31	SylvieMobile	How would I install a new app if I'd create one, though? Or test improvements to existing apps I might make?
2016-06-27 12:05:59	@kido	https://github.com/AsteroidOS/asteroid/wiki/Creating-an-Asteroid-App
2016-06-27 12:07:07	@kido	now that we can get SSH to watch we can probably deploy from qt creator
2016-06-27 12:07:10	SylvieMobile	Oh, I read that page but didn't realize it was written in "First App", oops
2016-06-27 12:07:13	SylvieMobile	My bad
2016-06-27 12:08:12	@kido	np :)
2016-06-27 12:15:49	SylvieMobile	Well, thanks for the quick replies, hopefully I'll still run into Asara or TheAppleMan soon to get some first-hand opinions
2016-06-27 12:16:52	@kido	yes they should be around soon !
2016-06-27 12:53:13	SylvieMobile	I'll be online for another 4 hours or so before I'll come back later under the nick SylvieLorxu and add this to my list of channels to lurk in :P
2016-06-27 12:55:34	@kido	alright they will probably HL you
2016-06-27 19:18:21	SylvieLorxu	Well, I am officially going to try AsteroidOS on a real device as soon as it arrives :P
2016-06-27 20:51:06	Asara	What happened?
2016-06-27 20:51:08	Asara	what did i miss?
2016-06-27 20:51:11	Asara	OH GOD EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT
2016-06-27 20:51:54	Asara	SylvieLorxu: sup
2016-06-27 20:59:57	SylvieLorxu	Asara: Hi. I learned about AsteroidOS today. You use it as a daily driver I've heard?
2016-06-27 21:06:22	Asara	yeah pretty much
2016-06-27 21:06:37	SylvieLorxu	Mind elaborating on your experience with it? :)
2016-06-27 21:07:34	Asara	It works.  Look at what exists and what doesn't and go from there
2016-06-27 21:07:41	Asara	if you are okay with a pretty minimalistic watch
2016-06-27 21:07:42	Asara	then this is great
2016-06-27 21:07:49	Asara	if you want a bunch of fancy features then probably not
2016-06-27 21:08:12	Asara	I am waiting for someone to develop an analog watchface
2016-06-27 21:08:16	 *	Asara begs the community :P
2016-06-27 21:08:45	SylvieLorxu	Oh, I like minimalistic, so that's great. I definitely like it not being "smart" enough to spy on me :P
2016-06-27 21:09:02	SylvieLorxu	Features like "Googlep Now" do nothing but creep me out and bother me :P
2016-06-27 21:09:08	Asara	yeap so then this is good
2016-06-27 21:09:15	SylvieLorxu	Well great lol
2016-06-27 21:09:27	Asara	once I have some time I want to look into getting caldav support into the calender app
2016-06-27 21:09:38	Asara	haven't realy looked at the application side of stuff, just the system side of it
2016-06-27 21:11:22	Asara	also holy crap just noticed people in here with the M-* prefix, people actually use Matrix thats amazing lol
2016-06-27 21:18:55	SylvieLorxu	Adding caldav support will be really hard
2016-06-27 21:19:02	SylvieLorxu	I don't think there's any event support even
2016-06-27 21:19:10	SylvieLorxu	It's just a basic Qt calendar
2016-06-27 21:21:40	Asara	indeed
2016-06-27 21:21:41	Asara	:D
2016-06-27 21:48:14	SylvieLorxu	What device do you run it on? LG G Watch?
2016-06-27 22:27:55	Asara	Urbane
2016-06-27 22:28:19	Asara	which we discovered is easier to install to because of its knob
2016-06-27 22:29:48	SylvieLorxu	Ah
2016-06-27 22:30:11	SylvieLorxu	I don't like the Urbane's design, so I opted for the other one :P
2016-06-27 22:48:52	Asara	yeah its not much more difficult
2016-06-27 22:48:55	Asara	so its no stress :)
2016-06-27 23:28:42	@kido	hi okias !
2016-06-27 23:28:56	@kido	interested in asteroid ? :)
2016-06-27 23:34:38	okias	kido: Hi, not at this moment, I sold my smartwatch :D
2016-06-27 23:34:56	okias	but in close future, I'll probably buy smart watch without warranty and install Asteroid
2016-06-27 23:35:27	@kido	cool ! :)
2016-06-27 23:36:57	@kido	http://sdtimes.com/open-source-project-smartwatches-seeks-developer-contributions/
2016-06-27 23:37:30	@kido	AsteroidOS also uses libhybris, which is an open-source solution that commits Hybris.
2016-06-27 23:37:48	@kido	Ahah couldn't be clearer :)
2016-06-27 23:56:19	lizzie	is there any relationship between asteroid os and gadgetbridge?