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I still hope some viable and fully open Linux option will emerge that's not Android. And have good quality devices with that. Google did a major disservice to L

by shmerl 6y ago

I still hope some viable and fully open Linux option will emerge that's not Android. And have good quality devices with that. Google did a major disservice to Linux at large by the rift it caused. I don't want bionic with Surface Flinger. Give me a Wayland compositor and a normal Linux stack.

fctorial 6y ago
> Google did a major disservice to Linux at large by the rift it caused What drift?
- shmerl 6y ago
  Rift between standard Linux stack and Android stack.
seba_dos1 6y ago
(disclosure: I work for Purism) That's exactly what the Librem 5 is about - https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ A regular wlroots-based Wayland compositor and regular GNU/Linux apps made adaptive to various screen sizes :) There's also the PinePhone which is much cheaper because of its lower-end hardware and the fact that its price doesn't include software development.
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- shmerl 6y ago
  That's a very good development for sure. I hope the hardware will be able to progress, since SoC choices for further improvements are very limited and the likes of Qualcomm are DOA.
- summm 6y ago
  Sadly, neither of them are a match to even middle-class phones regarding hardware quality and performance.