tal@olio.cafe to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoFree Software Foundation announces a Librephone initiative to develop a fully free and open source smartphoneliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1647arrow-down12 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1645arrow-down1external-linkFree Software Foundation announces a Librephone initiative to develop a fully free and open source smartphoneliliputing.comtal@olio.cafe to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square77linkfedilink cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squarebuttnugget@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoI was wondering the same thing. I thought the reason this thing has never taken off is because it’s ridiculously hard to make firmware that operates these radios.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoExactly. It took Apple with their infinite resources and top engineers many years to build their own baseband.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoAnd that’s still very new. Who knows how it’ll hold up.
I was wondering the same thing. I thought the reason this thing has never taken off is because it’s ridiculously hard to make firmware that operates these radios.
Exactly. It took Apple with their infinite resources and top engineers many years to build their own baseband.
And that’s still very new. Who knows how it’ll hold up.