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Librem is expensive and has less features than an android, but a lot of that cost went into more open hardware. It’s not cheap to do that
by gentleman11 6y ago
Librem is expensive and has less features than an android, but a lot of that cost went into more open hardware. It’s not cheap to do that
- snvzz 6y agoI don't think it's a good analogy. Librem uses a very proprietary, very closed SoC. The SoC has decent documentation, relative to the average of what passes for documentation these days, but that's about it.
- fsflover 6y agoIs there any good source to read more about how closed it is?
- octoberfranklin 6y agoUm, you have the burden backwards; closedness means a lack of documentation. If you want to try, go here: https://www.nxp.com/products/processors-and-microcontrollers/arm-processors/i-mx-applications-processors/i-mx-8-processors/i-mx-8m-family-armcortex-a53-cortex-m4-audio-voice-video:i.MX8M?tab=Documentation_Tab And try to download the "Security Reference Manual for i.MX 8M Dual/8M QuadLite/8M Quad". You can't. It's only available under NDA to extremely high-volume customers. And that manual is where all the goodies are.
- blendergeek 6y ago> Librem uses a very proprietary, very closed SoC. That is FUD. Yes, it is proprietary/closed. To say that it is _very_ proprietary and _very_ closed would imply that it is somehow _more_ proprietary and closed than normal. However, the higher quality documentation available for the i.MX series would make it any more closed. It is ever so slightly more open.
- snvzz 6y ago>FUD Very was meant to highlight the contrast with a SoC that has open RTL. i.MX is indeed one of the better documented ARM SoC families.