Booting ARM Linux the standard way
A deeper look in the new Tow-Boot firmware project for ARM devices.
Linux Kernel
Linux kernel needs more phones and tablets, says developer
Running the penguin kernel without numerous Google patches, proprietary drivers
and heavy, restricting manufacturer modifications on Android phones used to be
still considered, at most, an intriguing niche topic up to recently by most
people. But the continuous efforts of mainlining ARM devices has been finally
noticed by some kernel
Luxury Linux smartphones
The market share of "pure Linux" phones is still so small, that we may define
its target as a small niche of enthusiasts and highly privacy-oriented market.
No consumer chain sells Linux phones on the larger market, yet exclusive, luxury
phone markers are turning to Linux as an allegedly more
Some Kobo e-readers can now run Linux, becoming inexpensive e-ink tablets
Attempts to run Linux distributions on e-readers like the Amazon Kindle and
Rakuten Kobo series date to many years ago, when hackers initially discovered
the surprising flexibility of these devices, which are usually based on mostly
open hardware and lack the advanced bootloader locks found in most phones.
However, proprietary
postmarketOS in 2021: over 300 devices, growing technical basis and extensive "mainline" support
About one month after targeting smartwatches
[https://tuxphones.com/postmarketos-linux-targets-smartwatches-wearables-watch-friendly-asteroid-os-ui/]
and weeks after its fourth birthday
[https://postmarketos.org/blog/2021/05/26/four-years/], postmarketOS has met
another crucial milestone for its vision of an entirely sustainable, 10+ year
lifecycle for portable devices: the distribution can now boot, to varying
Tens of Nvidia Tegra devices now run mainline Linux thanks to the "grate" project
Nvidia chips and the Linux community have not always been known for a friendly
attitude between each other. In a famous talk
[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTEyMTc] by Linus Torvalds,
which may appear slightly too offensive to be reported directly, the Linux
creator defined
⚡ The status of camera on the PinePhone: drivers, autofocus, color curves and more
After many months of work, omnipresent postmarketOS developer and photography
enthusiast Martijn Braam has worked on turning the PinePhone camera not only
into something working, but pushing the boundaries of the entry-level OV5640
sensor and its basic lens.
> Image quality improvements for the #PinePhone
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