On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 01:57:34PM +0200, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: [...] > I just wish a few more companies thought like Planet Computers and tried to > make devices for rich niches, rather than the cheap mass market... > https://planetcom.squarespace.com/
So long as said companies don't just make yet another Android device based on a cheap-and-nasty Mediatek SOC which requires proprietary Android-only drivers to work well, and then make misleading claims about Linux support. The Gemini's keyboard was very much a take-my-money-now feature when I saw it, but since it was being crowdfunded on Indiegogo, the platform for stuff too dodgy for Kickstarter, I decided to exercise caution and wait to see what, if anything, would be delivered. When they finally admitted it had a Mediatek chipset, I lost all interest. Been there, done that, never again. Planet are right now crowdfunding their new "Cosmo Communicator". They have apparently learned nothing as it also has a Mediatek chipset, and yet they continue to disingenuously claim Linux support. I shall be giving this one a wide berth too. Third time lucky, eh? Maybe they should start talking to the Raspberry Pi people who actually know a thing or two about getting Linux working well on mobile chipsets.