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Apple PR is being really careful with their language: "This fall, the University of Alabama will be the first school to exclusively issue mobile student IDs to

Apple PR is being really careful with their language: "This fall, the University of Alabama will be the first school to exclusively issue mobile student IDs to their 38,000 students with eligible devices." The UofA action card office will continue to produce physical cards for students, no mobile device required: https://actcard.ua.edu/faq/ https://actcard.ua.edu/faq/

fsflover 5y ago
Nevertheless those without iPhones will be at disadvantage AFAIK.
- secabeen 5y ago
  Google-enabled Android is also fully supported. People without smart phones will be disadvantaged slightly, yes.
  - fsflover 5y ago
    People not supporting the duopoly will be disadvantaged, those who use GNU/Linux smartphones (Librem 5 and Pinephone).
    - mdp2021 5y ago
      I just minutes ago read after your very generous notification earlier: Librem5 runs (can run) Anbox, to explicitly support Android software applications.
      - fsflover 5y ago
        Unfortunately not all Android apps can be supported due to GoogleApps dependencies and due to verification of "no root" by some apps. Also, virtualization is slow.
        mdp2021 5y ago
        Yes, I forgot that Anbox is fully rooted, that means weakened sandboxing, that means only some very trusted or not sensible applications should be there. Also, Anbox is not perfect - even some basic UI elements are broken (in the version I use for development). But it is good to have it. Also, with 3GB of RAM we are not very far from a point of struggle with the resources. Virtualization: I would like to see some benchmark results of the "NXP i.MX 8M" to roughly compare to the x86 Anbox experience, but I am not finding much data.
        fsflover 5y ago
        Benchmarks that I could find: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Benchmarks https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Benchm.... See also: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...

fsflover 5y ago

Nevertheless those without iPhones will be at disadvantage AFAIK.

secabeen 5y ago
Google-enabled Android is also fully supported. People without smart phones will be disadvantaged slightly, yes.
- fsflover 5y ago
  People not supporting the duopoly will be disadvantaged, those who use GNU/Linux smartphones (Librem 5 and Pinephone).
  - mdp2021 5y ago
    I just minutes ago read after your very generous notification earlier: Librem5 runs (can run) Anbox, to explicitly support Android software applications.
    - fsflover 5y ago
      Unfortunately not all Android apps can be supported due to GoogleApps dependencies and due to verification of "no root" by some apps. Also, virtualization is slow.
      - mdp2021 5y ago
        Yes, I forgot that Anbox is fully rooted, that means weakened sandboxing, that means only some very trusted or not sensible applications should be there. Also, Anbox is not perfect - even some basic UI elements are broken (in the version I use for development). But it is good to have it. Also, with 3GB of RAM we are not very far from a point of struggle with the resources. Virtualization: I would like to see some benchmark results of the "NXP i.MX 8M" to roughly compare to the x86 Anbox experience, but I am not finding much data.
        fsflover 5y ago
        Benchmarks that I could find: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Benchmarks https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Benchm.... See also: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/community-wiki/-/wikis/Freque...