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At least the OSX kernel is open source and easy to port to, Saurik and the early jailbreakers got apt and all the CLI tools on the first gen iPhone. >There's s
by GhettoComputers 5y ago
At least the OSX kernel is open source and easy to port to, Saurik and the early jailbreakers got apt and all the CLI tools on the first gen iPhone.
>There's still no viable FOSS OS for mobile/tablets. Not that they don't exist, just that they don't have the featureset and development velocity of Android and iOS.
Tell me what I can't do with Android that linux can do, I can do the reverse of what I can do on Android that linux on mobile can't. Its there if you want it. All the new Android phones are getting mainline. Check out my thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29373106 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29373106
Sailfish has good Android emulation as well.
- duped 5y agoI know it's changed recently, but for quite awhile the answer to "what can I do on Android that Linux on mobile can't" was "make a phone call." That class of product issue is why FOSS is different than the marketplace. It's often behind in creature comforts/UI/UX and lightyears beyond in technical capability. Because FOSS developers spend time on things they care about, not about what the market does.
- GhettoComputers 5y agoI prefer when FOSS piggybacks onto larger projects. F-droid is amazing, I have all the comforts of real android and the nerdy stuff from FOSS and root addons. I get the best of both worlds, great hardware for the price, great support from a good UI, and great support from the ports of CLI and nerds who also like to have their android phones be real linux computers.