tal@olio.cafe to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 16 days agoFree Software Foundation announces a Librephone initiative to develop a fully free and open source smartphoneliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down12 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1642arrow-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 · 16 days agomessage-square77linkfedilink cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squarebuttnugget@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·15 days 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-up4·15 days agoExactly. It took Apple with their infinite resources and top engineers many years to build their own baseband.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days 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.