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2017-08-01
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To make sure I understand correctly, so Fremantle is the last development on a mobile ARM platform for a GNU/Linux? Perhaps Harmattan as well.
Unfortunately TI has stopped mobile chipset business, that leaves Tegra being the only SoC that has mainline Linux Kernel driver support?
On the other hand, if we developed a Tegra solution from scratch, that should be able to power the mainline Linux?
And my last question, is it technically possible developing a graphic driver for mainline linux, on for example, Qualcomm chipsets?
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2017-08-01
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2017-08-01
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2017-08-02
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2017-08-02
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Curious question... but why would you? It would probably cease being a phone and now is a device with a lot of access points (wi-fi, GSM radios, bluetooth) that more than likely will not work.
Or am I missing something - or a lot of something?
So for now, chen is better of :
- keeping whatever chip he think would be the best easiest for him now.
(From what I've understood : basically a chip with decent spec, availble in low volume at a reasonnable price, with a ready-to-use PCB design)
- optionnally provide Android for non-power users.
- pay Jolla to provide SFOS with libhybris.
+1 for Sailfish being the first citizen. Handsome linux OS, It will also be good for Jolla to boost Sailfish, having a actual device that is on sale.
Android should be 2nd option for the masses, so Chen and Company deservely get rich and keep boosting handsome devices.
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2017-08-02
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2017-08-02
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@chenliangchen and others, there seem to be some misunderstandings in detail, ...
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Basically yes, but Nvidia's Tegras are designed for mobile gaming and tablets, thus their power consumption make them unsuitable for phones.
But you stated, that you already settled on a MSM8953 based design, which is an excellent choice IMO, WRT the Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 (MSM8953) SoC *and* the fact that you are building upon an existing, working design.
Are you really reconsidering this decision?
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P.S.: While "regular" (i.e. non-mobile focused) GNU/Linux Distributions for ARM processors (Fedora / CentOS, Debian, OpenSUSE, Ubuntu etc.) on handheld devices are "cool" for nerds and hackers, they lack a telephony stack (i.e. no calls!) and applications suitable for touchscreens and for very small screens, making them a really bad fit for an end-user phone.
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2017-08-02
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2017-08-02
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I did not even dare mentioning the stylus in this thread because it's not so useful with Sailfish, but if you have productivity applications running on the device one day (either with a full-featured Linux distribution or with a chroot allowing running desktop applications within Sailfish as EasyDebian did with Maemo), and you manage integrating a stylus within the body of the device on top of that like the N900 stylus, then I'm afraid I'll have to send you love letters every day. Are you. Really sure. That you want this to happen. I mean, are you.
(Not sure about capacitive styluses though, I have yet to find one that really provides the same satisfying experience as on a good resistive screen. I wrote a lengthy post about why I think stylus and stylus-friendly UI/devices are a game changer in the Neo900 thread.)
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Android should be 2nd option for the masses, so Chen and Company deservely get rich and keep boosting handsome devices.
Third OS I think KDE plasma mobile should step in, Ubuntu is not in the race anymore, and I dont see any other distro advertising that they are going mobile. And this project perhaps could be a incentive to them to be faster on development, if their resources permit it.