On Sun, 18 Dec 2022 16:13:11 -0500 MC <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the chance that there's an Ipad out there that supports an > Open Source O/S?
Technically, iOS and iPadOS are partially open source. The XNU kernel is Mach + FreeBSD and the user space is FreeBSD. What's closed is the UI stuff on top. > I need a new Ipad and don't want to be locked into an Apple or Dell > that can't be upgraded. I also like cheap, so I can go legacy, as If by "upgraded" you mean hardware? Nobody makes a tablet with hardware upgrade capability. If you mean the OS, Apple are the best in the space, typically supporting hardware for 5+ years. Most big name Android vendors drop support within 1 to 2 years, and the cheap Chinese manufacturers don't provide any support at all, and they don't comply with the GPL's terms, and the build quality is garbage. There's the Kindle Fire line but that stuff is designed around on-line catalog sales and reading books and light video streaming. -- \m/ (--) \m/ _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
