-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 While all android phones technically use a linux kernel, they have nothing else in common with a normal Linux system. Android has it's own libc: bionic. It also has special IPC mechanisms enabled in the linux kernel, and it uses gralloc instead of fbdev or DRM. I think gralloc is the biggest problem with android phones, it's absolutely useless for everything except for androids SurfaceFlinger and canonicals Mir.
I Really hope the Librem 5 will get fbdev support, so I can see boot messages on a framebuffer console, and optionally DRM support for things like OpenGL and Vulkan. On 2017-08-31 15:01, info at smallinnovations dot nl wrote: > On 31-08-17 16:14, Narcis Garcia wrote: >> El 31/08/17 a les 15:24, info at smallinnovations dot nl ha >> escrit: >>> >>> As a owner of a BQ Aquaris E45 Ubuntu version i fully support >>> this kind of free smartphone development. But i doubt of a >>> linux smartphone will be functional comparable with Android or >>> iOS within 3 to 4 years. They should use the efforts of >>> Meego/Maemo development or work together wit Jolla. And trying >>> to get support from one or more large smartphone makers. Until >>> then when i have to replace my current BQ it will be a iPhone >>> as one of the lesser evil. >>> >> All Androids run Linux. > > Sure as far as it the kernel concerns that is true. As soon as you > want hardware support for a specific SOC you depend on the > hardware manufacturer. Which are not interested in open source and > you are already lucky if they even want to deliver a binary blob. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQFIBAEBCAAyFiEEZT8xKpcJ1eXNKSM1cASjafdLVoEFAlmoaSUUHG1lQGRhbmll bGFicmVjaHQuY2gACgkQcASjafdLVoH5WAf/cZtmCtR9fKNl14IUqCjf8VIZh77p hcZeBYopuu7hXgMatlHY3R2GrczQbeOSFUJziMtYfcI3FOrARRmbvm6QM1FkvCEF d9bmcFTlxRJgV9fspU6XzAjvbW4L6CRip+C94ENjtpnIzjuiLcOZfkonknTfZV9N gddRKKu/jGf8BgD9Uxuxtq4Nm6ZQagROplwzl8qetlg3G/IXMYeWxKq5wYLQR3Br A1+vN4Pk1mGauHMpqZC5yyy6mIyxii/iGNMCuQBmkk1IjpX7T5dxAu/mG58LPIuK XO4Yobb73jjLXZDB4GJS9W8ltGjqORBIC0RcS3nPkNkBCPVkLUbhI8Ntew== =c/NO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
