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> you can install Kali linux in Android now This solves some problems (running Linux UI and apps) but leaves some very important others unaddressed (security).
by squarefoot 4y ago
> you can install Kali linux in Android now
This solves some problems (running Linux UI and apps) but leaves some very important others unaddressed (security). The point isn't just installing Linux but also removing from devices every piece of non free -as in not open, therefore non auditable and by extension not trustworthy- piece of firmware/OS/software. The hardest part is achieving that goal and many initiatives are struggling to get as close as possible to that point.
As a Linux guy, I would love being able to turn a spyware ridden phone into a 100% open Linux platform, but if someone said like that it can be done, but they're using *BSD, or Haiku, or whatewer 100% open OS out there, that would be great anyway.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 4y agoI don't disagree, but it is important to have options to match various use cases. Even few years ago, it would not be feasible just in terms CPU power to run another OS on top of Android. So while it does not address some issues ( and one could argue create some new ones ), it is overall a positive development. We want more people looking at it from different angles and saying something along the lines of: "God damn it. The current status quo is not working for me. Let me change it." I applaud such effort in that space. Fake Android/Apple choice aggravates me.