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by tradfaaaa 6y ago
The iPad one has a period CPU that, unfortunately, would not run any modern android build with any level of performance that would be considered usable.
It's ewaste, or at least, an interesting artifact in computer design history.
- cpach 6y agoIt would be nice if Apple would port e.g. Linux or *BSD to that CPU. They probably never will. But it would be cool.
- mehrdada 6y agoDarwin is not *BSD?
- epse 6y agoIt is, but I think he means "an open OS so it isn't just a paperweight anymore"
- cpach 6y agoYes exactly. Something that is FOSS and which one could tinker with.
- DeathArrow 6y agoI believe Darwin is open source because most of it were bits of 3rd party open source software. What frameworks and GUI Apple built on top of Darwin are not open source. Also, releasing their software as open source goes against their business model as they wouldn't be able to enforce its use only on their hardware. People wants Apple software but that only comes with their hardware.
- simonh 6y agoDarwin source was release for a long time, with no restrictions on running it on Apple hardware. I’m not sure of the status of that now. They’re under no obligation to do so as it’s BSD licensed.
- saagarjha 6y agoInterestingly, Apple apparently builds Linux for their chips for hardware bringup.
- simonh 6y agoAlso Android has much higher memory requirements than iOS due to the Java implementation, that’s why Android phones have typically had a lot more RAM than iPhones. That may not be an issue depending what you need to do with it.