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Originally Posted by Koiruus View Post
No, you didn't say that. You said:

>>'open source' (no lib-hybris, etc.)

No lib-hybris basically means going Purism way. Using only components with open drivers available, and creating your operating system on that base. Which leads obviously to:
1. Very few options for hardware at all, and most of them outdated already (well, some people do not mind, but it makes even harder to make it succeed. Many people are already complaining of 'outdated' cpu of the Pro1, which is still quite top-tier, if compared to open source ones available)
2. Creating a new operating system (or at least parts of it) takes time. Long time. Which results as even more outdated hardware when (/if) the phone ever gets ready. This is exactly what's happening with Purism right now (and Necuno too I guess). And happened to Jolla years ago, even as they used libhybris etc.

But I guess the most important part of your message was

There's always hope! New hope given by Luke Skywalker or some new Hope Tech components, or something else.
There is no requirement to build your own operating system if you are using kernel drivers, that's just crazy.

Sailfish works fine without libhybris provided the hardware has kernel drivers, as do others in the space like Plasma Mobile, Ubuntu Touch .etc. Even Android could be a possibility using open kernel drivers

Purism chose to make their own OS for their own reasons, others like Pine phone and Necunos certainly aren't doing that.
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