Also since we have Nlaunch we could patch out this new restriction. First true use of it's powerfulness !

Yes, but only *before* installing OS 3.6.

There is no software way of going back if you've allready installed OS 3.6 - you won't be able to install Nlaunch anymore.


Note: for the moment, Nlaunch doesn't support OS 3.6.

Don't wonder why the TI-Nspire development community went the same route as the 68K community did. TI has pretty much done everything to discourage people from continuing developing for that platform. Granted, the Z80 community has slowed down in recent years, but nowhere as bad as the Nspire one.

1) C/ASM devs face the constant possibility of seeing their audience shrink due to fewer and fewer Ndless-compatible calcs coming out
2) C/ASM devs are forced to update their game everytime a new Ndless version comes out. For example, Ndless 1.1 games will not run under Ndless 3.0.
3) Older Lua games and programs made for older OSes have risks of stopping working in future OS releases, while ones made for newer OSes won't run on OS 3.1.
4) Competition from more powerful, cheaper and open platforms
5) Teachers in United States forcing students to upgrade to OS 3.6 in order to be allowed to use their calc in class or exams.
6) And it seems to get worse, as TI leaked two OSes adding different anti-downgrade protections within less than a year.
7) Higher risks of bricking your TI-Nspire by hacking it for Ndless/Nlaunch compatibility than any other platform.

Currently, there are only two TI-Nspire developer left besides the Ndless/TNOC/nLaunchy team: Jens_K (Minecraft 2D) and Jwalker (WZGlib). And even with an Ndless 3.2 compatible with OS 3.2.4, many people will still be stuck with OS 3.6 and by the time an Ndless 3.6 arrives (in a year or two?), new OSes that adds further protections will have come out. The only way for the Nspire community to survive would be if Ndless versions compatible with the latest OS came out only a few days after the said OS, which is impossible.

Considering people pay for that platform, but that TI is removing all freedom from their users and especially the fact that they blocked Linux, I wonder if anonymous could eventually get involved like they did with Sony a few years ago? One problem is that the majority of Nspire owners could care less about Linux and Ndless, but the new OSes have extra bugs and quirks that could make some people want to choose, which TI is preventing them to do, and the fact that they are blocking Linux can be seen as an outrage by many people from the open-source community.

I still recommend to anyone who can to get an alternate calc instead or switch to a school that lets you choose. There are many other good choices, such as the TI-84 Plus series (including the new color model), the TI-89 Titanium, Casio FX-cg10/20 (PRIZM), HP 50g (lacks color too), HP Prime. I wouldn't recommend the ClassPad II yet, though, because it's also very limited in terms of programmability and expensive. But of course, I know that certain TI-Nspire fanboys will defend the platform against every other calc and bash calculator gaming.

You know, it's kind of funny. With the 68k series being an open platform and having a CAS it could actually see renewed interest. Wouldn't that be odd? These new changes really come as no surprise. The Nspire continues to be locked down further and further.

Well it's likely they drop 68k calcs actually.
Also I just got a new 83+se and the more I play with z80 calcs, the more I love them. IMO Nspire lua is plain bullish*it.

Well, yes, for each new version, everyone expects to find patched holes, etc.

Here, though, blocking TNOC because of some changes in the verification process after that, is just not cool. TNOC never did damage (quite the contrary...), for example it allows people to delete stuff they were not going to use (samples etc.), thus gaining space on the machine.

Credit goes to Nikitouzz for the idea.

He's not the first one to think of relaying TI's attack against Linux outside the community, nope