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I hear you. Coming from a desktop app development background, I never got into mobile development because from far away it looks so constrained. I dream of a ph

I hear you. Coming from a desktop app development background, I never got into mobile development because from far away it looks so constrained. I dream of a phone where I can use its hardware in whatever way I want.

tombert 8y ago
PostmarketOS seems promising...it doesn't have great hardware support right not but I see no reason that couldn't change.
- theyinwhy 8y ago
  Hardware support is hard, that's why this normally fails, unfortunately.
  - tombert 8y ago
    I do not doubt that at all. I know almost nothing about systems programming. If I did, I would almost certainly contribute.
    - ethbro 8y ago
      Lesson #1 about systems programming is the same as lesson #1 about internal Enterprise programming: The fewer people who see a thing, the uglier the source is. And as you go down the stack on mobile devices... there are very few people watching, indeed.
catherd 8y ago
That's exactly the motivation behind this phone, which has a simple OS and a connector on the back of it for hardware expansion: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103809433/338898127?ref=761478&token=f27f373c https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2103809433/338898127?re... It's less powerful than a smartphone, but designed from the ground up for hardware hacking. disclaimer: I am part of the WiPhone project