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>FLOSS-only Lineage and Omni still isn't "going FLOSS-only." Drivers necessary for Android to run on one's device come in the form of binary blobs. LineageOS i

>FLOSS-only Lineage and Omni still isn't "going FLOSS-only." Drivers necessary for Android to run on one's device come in the form of binary blobs. LineageOS is ported by extracting those from the OEM firmware. A FLOSS-only ROM will be Replicant, which lags in releases and misses various things (3D graphics, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth) but a valiant effort nevertheless.

craftyguy 8y ago
Exactly. Due to the way that phone manufacturers support Android (which is shit), there are a lot of proprietary drivers/firmwares required that only work on an ancient kernel. For a true FLOSS-friendly device, the Librem5 seems to be about as close as you can get (though some chips will still run proprietary firmware..)
- inawarminister 8y ago
  This is going to be fixed in the future by Treble support, FWIW. You'll still have blobs and proprietary drivers/firmwares but they'll be unlinked to Linux kernel versions/Android software versions