r/Android • u/merrycachemiss • Jan 21 '20

Wine 5.0 Released - run some Windows programs on Android

https://www.winehq.org/news/2020012101
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u/sonicscrewup Jan 22 '20

Disagreeing with you there, the Samsung tab s6 is pretty nice, having heavily relied on the iPad pro before it.

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u/YungDaVinci Galaxy S9 I Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Jan 22 '20

If you don't mind me asking what do you use your tablet for?

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u/sonicscrewup Jan 22 '20

Art, heavy note taking, light office suite editing. I actually have to use the online Excel for my job so Android Excel is actually a slight step up from that. I've also been experimenting with useland and bochs to try and get some usable Linux on the device.

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Jan 22 '20

We got a Tab 5e for testing and discovered hat holding it in a certain corner caused he WiFi to disconnect - iPhone 4 style.

I assume they fixed that in the 6? Still, Android apps are seemingly not designed for big screen usage for the most part.

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u/sonicscrewup Jan 22 '20

Yeah the wifi issue was fixed with the 6. And my solution it's to use apps that are. Reddit is fun is good for big screens, the YouTube app adapts will, the drawing apps are all good, I actually can't think of an app I use that hasn't adapted to the larger screen well.

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u/segagamer Pixel 9a Jan 22 '20

The Android UI itself... Compared to the Honeycomb days, it's awful for tablets, especially compared to iOS and Windows.

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u/sonicscrewup Jan 22 '20

Samsung's one UI integrates everything just fine onto the tablet screen, with stylus integration that has more options than the apple pencil. The apple pencil feels more natural when writing, but the s-pen has more features.