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This, exactly. I have two ancient Nokia N900s that came out in 2009, runs a Debian variant natively and there's the Maemo Leste project that brings mainline Lin
by jkepler 4y ago
This, exactly. I have two ancient Nokia N900s that came out in 2009, runs a Debian variant natively and there's the Maemo Leste project that brings mainline Linux to the device (amazing!). However, is already useless as a phone in the USA. I also hear rumors European carriers will shutter their 3G networks soon; which is a shame. The hardware, while old and slow due to memory constraints, still works. I guess I should relegate it to being a small multimedia server in my apartment.
The planned obsolescence of today's mobile phones makes me sad.
- nextos 4y agoNot only mobiles, but also desktops and laptops. For example, there are lots of unibody MacBooks which are perfectly functional but no longer get updates from Apple. However, in case of mobiles, things are particularly awful because it is often not trivial to install and maintain an OS other than the one supplied by the manfucturer. It's incredible how much electronic waste and security issues are generated by lazy manufacturers who do not mainline drivers into the Linux kernel.
- ksidudwbw 4y agoThese days you can make a huge damning report of how eco-unfriendly they are for doing this. However we have been sucked into
- e-clinton 4y agoDon’t worry, not including a charger in the box will make up for it /s