my guess it’s hardware support; drivers and firmware for existing hardware and smartphone components for linux are probably close to nonexistent. The apk support is the smallest issue.
So they should aim for older phones & the refurbished market?
I’m running lineageos on a phone from 2018 and it’s running like a charm. I suppose that means that a Linux mobile os could perform well on old hardware too
It’s also the old hardware where no open source drivers exist. To clarify: open source drivers and firmware for phone modules are about as common as unicorns.
my guess it’s hardware support; drivers and firmware for existing hardware and smartphone components for linux are probably close to nonexistent. The apk support is the smallest issue.
So they should aim for older phones & the refurbished market?
I’m running lineageos on a phone from 2018 and it’s running like a charm. I suppose that means that a Linux mobile os could perform well on old hardware too
It’s also the old hardware where no open source drivers exist. To clarify: open source drivers and firmware for phone modules are about as common as unicorns.