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Nintendo and Cyanogen almost partnered for the Switch
- Thread starter Tripon
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Hero of Legend
Member
Does this finally validate the old Nikkei leak that Switch's OS was based on Android?
I mean, I can believe it. It's the kind of pompous "Our software is FREE and we're not gonna let THE MAN use it in a COMMERCIAL product!" 
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Dude could've been set for life man. But it's his decision. The Switch UI is very Android'y so I'd believe there's some Android UI stuff in there at least, but from what we've heard it's mostly based on Linux? Not that Android itself isn't, but you get what I mean
.Dude could've been set for life man. But it's his decision. The Switch UI is very Android'y so I'd believe there's some Android UI stuff in there at least, but from what we've heard it's mostly based on Linux? Not that Android itself isn't, but you get what I mean
he is so edgyThis guy comes across as someone who spouts a lot of nonsense.
"I told them to stick it"
so edgy.
fabricated backlash
Member
Not really, only that Nintendo explores Android as an option during R&D
Vyse The Legend
Member
This post makes zero sense. None of it.
CyanogenMod is different from Cyanogen Inc., which is what this post is about. The former is/was great; the latter has been a raging dumpster fire since the OnePlus One.
I blame bro culture in pro development.
Thats exactly what I mean. The name confusion is really bad PR for CyanogenMods good ROMs.
doesn't make sense to me
Android is based on Linux, Switch OS is based on FreeBSD
edit: also this guy isn't even an engineer – https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvcbl/
Spiritwalker
Member
"Hi, we would like to do business with you."
"Stick it!!!"
"Stick it!!!"
AlexFlame116
Member
If I want to be a businessman, I don't tell potential partners to stick it.
AdmiralSnackbar
Member
Yeah if I was trying to run a software company I would never want to partner with one of the most ubiquitous names in videogame hardware.
"Stick it"
"Stick it"
?
Anyways, I don't see how telling some to "stick it" is professional in any business setting. Didn't know that Cynanogen had fallen this much
JoshuaJSlone
Member
"Hey Iwata!"
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
Most likely a FreeBSD custom kernel. The NFC library seems to be from the Android Open Source Project. FreeBSD also has a Linux compatibility layer, which makes it possible to run Linux software.
RichiRamjag
Member
What's to defend here? The guy likes the switch from the sounds of it, but his comment is silly. Do we really need this "gaf defense force" shit on every thread where a Nintendo fan has an opinion? Good fucking grief.
Yeah apart from abysmal memory management (at least in stock Lollipop, phone only has 1gB but the second it has less than 500mB left it purges apps and unloads tabs, rather annoying) it's fairly good, very responsive, which is what matters the most
Yup, he does sound like an idiot. And the company record is terrible so far.
WhiskerFrisker
Member
Nothing to note with Cyanogen. It's CynogenMod that's highly customizable.
There's a licence for FreeBSD in the licences screen for the Switch so that's likely what the OS base just like the PS4.
As Linux and BSD have loads of overlap, and Android is built on Linux and mobile GPU drivers are optimised for Android. There's likely to be plenty of overlap codewise but it shouldn't be Android OS. Too much overhead for not much gain.
If anyone is curious about Linux on Tegra nvidia has some documentation here:
https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/linux-tegra-r2421
Pertaining to Cyanogen. It was a startup with one fuckup after another.
Nintendo dodged a bullet for sure.
The story goes that they partnered with OnePlus to make the OS CyanogenMod for their OnePlus One phone.
A version of the opensource OS that had some extras put into it.
In the same way that Chomium is the open source version of Chrome.
It was a good partnership until CyanogenMod signed a deal with Micromax to exclusively sell a Cyanogenmod phone in India.
Essentially blocking Oneplus from selling their phones in India.
So they broke off the partnership with the OnePlus Two and made a team for their own OS.
Info:
https://blog.oneplus.net/2014/11/a-letter-to-our-indian-users/
Well if this guy was involved in Cyanogen's dealings then it's no wonder that the company folded and the Opensource project renamed themselves to LineageOS.
As Linux and BSD have loads of overlap, and Android is built on Linux and mobile GPU drivers are optimised for Android. There's likely to be plenty of overlap codewise but it shouldn't be Android OS. Too much overhead for not much gain.
If anyone is curious about Linux on Tegra nvidia has some documentation here:
https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/linux-tegra-r2421
Pertaining to Cyanogen. It was a startup with one fuckup after another.
Nintendo dodged a bullet for sure.
The story goes that they partnered with OnePlus to make the OS CyanogenMod for their OnePlus One phone.
A version of the opensource OS that had some extras put into it.
In the same way that Chomium is the open source version of Chrome.
It was a good partnership until CyanogenMod signed a deal with Micromax to exclusively sell a Cyanogenmod phone in India.
Essentially blocking Oneplus from selling their phones in India.
So they broke off the partnership with the OnePlus Two and made a team for their own OS.
Info:
https://blog.oneplus.net/2014/11/a-letter-to-our-indian-users/
Well if this guy was involved in Cyanogen's dealings then it's no wonder that the company folded and the Opensource project renamed themselves to LineageOS.
Yeah. Cyanogen went from popular Android ROM to near irrelevance in less than 2 years.
Muchi Muchi Pink
Member
That's only interesting from an end user view, since you can customize any Linux/BSD as you wish.
AlexFlame116
Member
True that Serra.
Nostremitus
Member
Same people who sold OnePlus a worldwide license for CyanogenMod, but another company an exclusive license for the Indian market.
So... Yeah...
The Futurist
Member
So instead of a fully functional $200 android tablet, we got a barely functional $200 android tablet.
Nice.
Nice.
Alter_Fridge
Member
It does doesn't it
This guy comes across as someone who spouts a lot of nonsense.
"I told them to stick it"
Yeah right. And to brag about it, too.
AndrewDean84xX
Banned
I wouldn't want this dude working with/for me, that's for sure.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
I still think if the Switch had better access to apps it would be one of the top defacto tablet choices even for casual gamers instead of a hard sell for non-Nintendo diehard gamers
I don't think Cyanogen was the answer, though.
I don't think Cyanogen was the answer, though.
King Gilga
Member
What shut up Cyanogen was one of the best things about the OPO. Now they use some shitty one oxygen os or something.
Stop talking out of your ass.
Tripolygon
Banned
Jesus people, you can tell anyone to shove it, you might not use the exact words even though you can but I'm sure he didn't. It is not rocket science, you just have to live with the consequences which in his case, it is probably leaving money on the table. Said person has shown himself to not be averse to making bad business decisions.
This is simply a case of
This is simply a case of
it just needs to have the browser & netflix in place for Christmas.
Schnozberry
Member
Oxygen OS is fine. Cyanogen made good software, but it actually was pretty buggy at first on the OPO, and as a business they were at best incompetent. There's a reason the software team distanced themselves when the company changed directions.
Dreamwriter
Member
Which handheld is he talking about, though? If it was in the early days of Cyanogen (as the tweet states) that Nintendo approached them, that would have been what, 2010? Was he talking about the 3DS? Everyone is assuming he's talking about the Switch with that tweet, but the dates don't add up.
Jon Carter
Member
I wonder what he was hoping to accomplish with that tweet. Did he want the world to know that he's a tough guy?
Tripolygon
Banned
Maybe someone's gaf account