On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Alan Corey wrote:
> I haven't looked into it far enough, but why can't Linux use Android's
> device drivers that already exist? Do the hardware manufacturers own
> them? It doesn't seem like it should be that different from a video
> card or a network card driver.
I haven't looked into it far enough, but why can't Linux use Android's
device drivers that already exist? Do the hardware manufacturers own
them? It doesn't seem like it should be that different from a video
card or a network card driver. Google claims most of Android is open
source. The pace m
On Fri, Apr 8, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Alan Corey wrote:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices
Seems like all of these run a custom version of Linux that looks like
it might be the Android version of Linux.
--
bye,
pabs
https://wiki.debian.org/PaulWise
There's a list of devices here that Ubuntu Touch runs on, including
some Android emulators. Most of them old, they seem to want you to
compile your own image and donate it back. Apparently you can submit
a request on their mailing list.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices I'm not a big fan of
Am Donnerstag, den 07.04.2016, 19:04 +1000 schrieb Andrew McGlashan:
>
>
> Given the security [or lack thereof, in reality] of both iOS and
> Android, I would rather have Debian directly on a mobile.
>
Well, there's the Ubuntu Phone, not pure Debian, but probably the
closest you can get on curr
Did you try alibaba.com re prices?
Android does have a "Native" mode, mostly meaning not Java.
Ubuntu Touch (I think) aims at replacing Android. I have Debian Kit
running on a rooted phone. Not chrooted. But I think drivers for
things like the GPU, display, GPS are still lacking. I run Tight
On 07/04/16 16:02, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> outdated
> Android is what I have to settle for unless I spring for a Google sold
> device and prices / availability in AU aren't as good as they are in the US.
You have a reasonable choice of devices with Cyanogenmod and/or AOSP
etc. - updates are the
> If you ignore proprietaryness, I expect iOS devices are more secure
> than Debian, given their secure enclave stuff. Debian doesn't yet have
> support for Secure Boot.
SecureBoot has very little to do with security.
More specifically, it's mostly useful to provide "security against the
end user
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 11:02 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> So, no point in that, it is still under Android. I want "bare" metal
> Debian thanks or some other trusted Linux, perhaps a BSD, but outdated
> Android is what I have to settle for unless I spring for a Google sold
> device and prices / a
On 7/04/2016 7:13 PM, Paul Wise wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
>
>> Given the security [or lack thereof, in reality] of both iOS and
>> Android, I would rather have Debian directly on a mobile.
>
> If you ignore proprietaryness, I expect iOS devices are more se
On Wednesday 06 Apr 2016 8:53:33 PM pe...@easthope.ca wrote:
> Hello ARM users,
>
> Suppose you have a software working in Debian which
> is working on an ARM cpu. Is there an Android app
> providing an environment where the given software
> can work? Assuming no changes to this software of
> co
On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Given the security [or lack thereof, in reality] of both iOS and
> Android, I would rather have Debian directly on a mobile.
If you ignore proprietaryness, I expect iOS devices are more secure
than Debian, given their secure enclave stuff.
On 7/04/2016 3:07 PM, Paul Wise wrote:
> There are several ways to have Debian under Android:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/ChrootOnAndroid
Given the security [or lack thereof, in reality] of both iOS and
Android, I would rather have Debian directly on a mobile.
:(
A.
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