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Show HN: Notkia – A Linux phone with LoRa+WiFi+BT connectivity
- pkphilip 4y agoReally cool! I would take this in a heartbeat. I wonder if it would be possible to get Wayland running on this. If it does, you could have a very simple GUI and a software manager and you are set!
- rnmoe 4y agoThank you! IIRC Wayland requires a working DRM layer, which has huge overheads on such a device, and it doesn't exist at this moment. Currently the fastest way to draw screen I know is to use /dev/mem, which can achieve 30+ fps for full screen updates. So I plan to modify the Xfbdev to let it use /dev/mem.
- netsharc 4y agoI want a command line phone where I have to type echo ATD8675309 > /dev/ttyS0 to call Jenny...
- rnmoe 4y agoIt appears that you're missing a '\r' :)
- wngr 4y agoNeat. Nice write-up!
- asar 4y agoGreat write-up and thanks a lot for pursuing this!
- linmob 4y agoNice project, great write-up! Software is tough though, even the OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner had 128 MB Ram, and Illume was dropped from Enlightenment since. (There’s a note to revive it in the TODO file, though.) Of the ongoing “mobile Linux UX” efforts, Sxmo or Maemo Leste might be adaptable - they come in at below 200MB RAM on 2GB PinePhones. Additional caveat: All these UIs have been made with touchscreens in mind.
- rnmoe 4y agoThank you for the information! Then we will stick on our old plan: design our own UI based on the LVGL framework - it's originally designed for the MCUs with 1MB RAM, but has pretty decent UI elements and effects.
- rnmoe 4y agoHello all. I'm the author of this project. Thank you for all the interests. Do you want to see the latest developments of this project here?