viov@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoWe should push other phone OEM's such as Fairphone and Samsung to work with PostmarketOS, GrapheneOS, and Ubuntu Touchwww.extremetech.comexternal-linkmessage-square130linkfedilinkarrow-up1700arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1691arrow-down1external-linkWe should push other phone OEM's such as Fairphone and Samsung to work with PostmarketOS, GrapheneOS, and Ubuntu Touchwww.extremetech.comviov@lemmy.world to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 4 days agomessage-square130linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarepeskypry@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up14·2 days agoBecause ARM is a fucking mess. Each device has it’s own way of booting. There’s no standard like UEFI or BIOS. Plus you need propreitary code for modem to support 2G, 3G, 4G…etc. which are complicated to implement.
minus-squareviov@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoWould that be a good focus? To get a unified standard for ARM developed to get many devs together to make software/OS’es for it and adapt phones to use those OS’es
Because ARM is a fucking mess. Each device has it’s own way of booting. There’s no standard like UEFI or BIOS.
Plus you need propreitary code for modem to support 2G, 3G, 4G…etc. which are complicated to implement.
Would that be a good focus? To get a unified standard for ARM developed to get many devs together to make software/OS’es for it and adapt phones to use those OS’es