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From: Paul Wise <p...@debian.org> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 14:01:47 +0800 > ... each device vendor had their own boot mechanisms. More recently UEFI/ACPI > have emerged as the standard boot mechanism for ARM servers so we may > see that on mobile too at some point. At the same time, mobile devices > have a life span of a couple of years due to the way people get them > on phone network contracts. ... In summary, a moving target of proprietary hardware can not be tracked effectively by a community of volunteers, enthusiastic and energetic as they are. A necessary condition for the communal approach is a relatively stable open hardware specification. Some years hence, an ISO standard handy or tablet might be possible. Probably cell support should be ignored until significant progress with the "carrier contract" problem. No thoughts about the original topic? More specifically, "... installation of debian armel or armhf or arm64 or similar, using one of the apps, "Linux Deploy" and "Complete Linux Installer"." Regards, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +1 360 639 0202 http://easthope.ca/Peter.html Bcc: peter at easthope. ca