Most of the chips in a smartphone are made by Qualcomm, both processors and peripheral chips like 5G modem, LTE modem, WiFi, and Bluetooth. Qualcomm chips require proprietary binary blobs to function, and usually only have a support lifetime of about 2 years. They also only supply those blobs to the manufacturer of the device.
The Signal lead has been vocally against doing a fully fledged version for Linux for a while now. He really likes his closed ecosystems. “for security”
Desktop Linux is soooo insecure because users can access their own data.
Agreed, just not the statement I was responding to, which I took as Signal - the company - getting on board with Linux mobile. But maybe I misinterpreted.
The sooner there is a rom compatible with most android devices, the better.
I’d be off Android so fast.
Like 90% of the blame here goes to Qualcomm AFAIK :/
Why is that? (Genuine curiosity)
Most of the chips in a smartphone are made by Qualcomm, both processors and peripheral chips like 5G modem, LTE modem, WiFi, and Bluetooth. Qualcomm chips require proprietary binary blobs to function, and usually only have a support lifetime of about 2 years. They also only supply those blobs to the manufacturer of the device.
Now I wish we had riscV mobile phones too…
Ah that makes sense. Thanks.
And Signal gets on board
They already have a Linux app, I can’t see them not making UI adjustments for Linux phones.
I’m also personally fine just using matrix but thats just me.
The Signal lead has been vocally against doing a fully fledged version for Linux for a while now. He really likes his closed ecosystems. “for security”
Desktop Linux is soooo insecure because users can access their own data.
Ah, good to know. I don’t really use it (just have previously) so didnt know that.
I’d be curious how that would swing with a heavy number of users switching to a linux phone.
matrix lad myself… but
https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/org.nanuc.axolotl/
Agreed, just not the statement I was responding to, which I took as Signal - the company - getting on board with Linux mobile. But maybe I misinterpreted.
oof
i know Flare is another client for Linux, which does adapt itself to window size so it should work on mobile
tho it can’t be used as a primary device easily (so you’ll need signal on another phone) and from past experience, the linking can be pretty iffy
…i saw that… curious. #linuxphoneapps had a few options tho… but i, sadly, don’t use signal… so not sure.
I hope there’s a good alternative soon. I’d love a Linux variant phone that is usable.