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The Linux kernel is doing well on mobile but GNU/Linux and open source in general is doing terrible. The status quo right now is that mobile operating systems a
by ufo 10y ago
The Linux kernel is doing well on mobile but GNU/Linux and open source in general is doing terrible. The status quo right now is that mobile operating systems are super locked down and almost all the software you install on it is proprietary stuff you get from an app store.
- CaptSpify 10y agoAgreed. I'm currently looking for a new phone, and everything looks like a locked-down POS. I'd love an open, hackable, "actually linux" phone, but I don't know if one is available.
- flukus 10y agoI'm hoping the fairphone (https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ https://shop.fairphone.com/en/) works out well myself, and that I'll be able to install something like ubuntu or sailfish on it.
- CaptSpify 10y agoIs that one of the goals? On their homepage they say android. Do they have an ETA for a release?
- flukus 10y agoNo, but I think it's meant to be open enough that other people can provide alternative OS's. At least I hope it is, I don't care for the ethical side of things much. ETA is late may. The biggest problem I have with the current alternative OS's is that they only seem to support nexus devices that I'm not interested in. It would be ice if this or something like it became the PC of smart phones.
- flukus 10y ago> The status quo right now is that mobile operating systems are super locked down and almost all the software you install on it is proprietary stuff you get from an app store. I think there's been a shift from developers. As a collective we used to value open source a lot more, now the focus seems to be on getting venture capital for private services and the great mobile land grab.