Installing apps on an Ordissimo
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Hello,
My father-in-law just gave me his ordissimo. I can't seem to install applications like Netflix or Google Play. Can you help me? I'm quite disappointed because there are very few applications installed. I don't know what to do.
Thank you to those who will take the time to help me.
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Hello,
Some time ago, I had the opportunity to respond on the subject by indicating that this computer is completely locked to a proprietary version of Linux by the manufacturer, which is in complete contradiction with the purpose of this system.
The latter does not even respond to requests from its own authorized distributors regarding the possibility of installing a customizable OS, as allowed by consumer computers.
I would like to specify that the false ease, contested by some practitioners, stems from the choice to impose a supposedly user-friendly ergonomics for novice users, which in fact allows no modifications or installations.
The rejection of this bias and the ignorance of this "tiny" environment effectively prevent any assistance that, in any case, does not address the issues raised.
See the relevant links :
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-37819788-retirer-ordissimo-sur-msi
https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-37763851-os-ou-emulateur-pour-debutant
Hello
There is an app store. To download applications.
All the programs seem specially made for Ordissimo, much simpler to use than with Windows. Even the keyboard is different from the others.
If you already avoid the problems with updates every month that change everything, it simplifies your life. Everything stays in the same place. And you won't be told in 2 days that the computer is no longer supported by Windows 11.
I'm discovering Ordissimo, there is an OS that is not Windows.
Programs designed for Windows may not install by downloading from just anywhere on the internet.
It prevents viruses.
I'm sharing the link to the video I found, you'll know as much as I do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2hxil9Zh5w
I haven't read it yet, it's a presentation of these very special computers:
https://www.ordissimo.fr/ordinateurs-ordissimo
Hello brucine,
You are absolutely right to mention the Ordissimo tablets, which I hadn't thought of, although I doubt they are more open than computers (which, to my knowledge, are locked at the bios level).
Proprietary Linux distributions do indeed exist, not least the famous Redhat, but nothing prevents one from switching or even transitioning to the Windows underworld. As for derivatives, Android for mobile devices, smart TVs, or other equally proprietary demodulators, the commitment is total and irrefutable.
As for the irenic vocation that would be the establishment of a customization site, as I sense you are tempted, I inform you that there is a range of these devices suitable for cardiac surgery, namely the Ordissimo computers generously "gifted" by a television game show.
I am not tempted by anything; one does not ask a donkey to run the price of the Arc de Triomphe.
I only put forth a theoretical avenue that I do not believe much in anyway, and that even if it existed would be contradictory: it would consist of asking those who have acquired what is merely "consumable" without particular knowledge, the "target market," to magically transform into a high-level geek by understanding what the compatible OS would be, whether there are drivers available, and how to access the system to reset it.
In the case of the GPS devices I mentioned (for example Garmin, not to name them, a proprietary Linux version) or that of multimedia tablets in cars (generally Android), both are based on operating systems that are supposed to be Open Source.
However, it is deliberately made so that these are proprietary derivatives, to prevent competition or customers from decompiling.
Now, applying this to a low-end gadget to prevent another manufacturer from counterfeiting it is another matter.
Hello
Yes, we are far from the adaptable PC where you can install a bit of whatever you want in the spirit of these devices.
Just the fact of having a button for each application, we are in the opposite of being modifiable at will.
Doing simple uses of a computer, you learn at your own pace what it offers, and it doesn’t change anymore seems to be the only ambition of the thing.
At least they don’t promise mountains and wonders about its possibilities, they don't seem to want to conquer the world. A bit of computing but not too much.
The only advantage, if in 10 years it still works, it will always do the same. That seems realistic. If we find a way to do the same while consuming half as much, it’s not too expensive to change it either.
Hello,
There are mentions of applications, but we are not formally told whether the "Ordissimo" range refers to a computer or a tablet; if it’s the latter, then end of the line.
There are plenty of proprietary Linux distros (for example, those embedded in certain GPS devices) or paid ones (RedHat, CentOS...) all equally locked down.
If it is a PC, I had a similar case some time ago with an Asus EeePC that came with a specific Linux distribution (Xandros, which didn’t completely lock down what you could do with it).
The question of installing another OS depended on the drivers that could be found (in that specific case, they were all compatible with Windows 2000 but some were not for XP) and the somewhat complex manipulation obviously didn’t reside with the manufacturer who washed their hands of it; first and foremost, one had to find the required drivers and gain access to the disk partitions.
The situation already demonstrated at the time that these machines are generally underpowered and that the "choice" of an OS to install is therefore very limited.
In short, I don’t know if this possibility exists for an Ordissimo, but if it does, this complex procedure would need to be searched for on a specific site dedicated to tinkering with these devices, and one would have much less chance of finding it than in the case of the EeePC because the Ordissimo is exclusively French.