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So I guess that means we will start to see a <1% libre alternative pop up? FirefoxOS tried. Ubuntu tried. Definitely interested to see who will occupy this slot
by diafygi 10y ago
So I guess that means we will start to see a <1% libre alternative pop up? FirefoxOS tried. Ubuntu tried. Definitely interested to see who will occupy this slot in the distribution.
The hard part this time is all the closed source drivers. How did Linux solve that back in the 90s?
- digi_owl 10y agoIt didn't...
- problems 10y ago> The hard part this time is all the closed source drivers. How did Linux solve that back in the 90s? It never did perfectly. It's about the same as it is on Android currently. All the basic stuff works but you need proprietary firmware for a few things like WiFi and cell radio. Some even have cell radio working. Replicant has done a good job doing this on Android devices, see http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/ReplicantStatus#Replicant-42 http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/Replican... looks like they even have cell working on some Samsung devices. If mostly-open is good enough though, flashing a stock AOSP build or LineageOS without GApps will get you there, you can install software from sources like F-Droid too.