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   kelbot ◖⎚∠⎚◗ (kelbot@retro.social)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 07:25:02 JST kelbot ◖⎚∠⎚◗

   I just want a more modern one of these that runs linux. Is that so much to ask?

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     silverwizard (silverwizard@convenient.email)'s status on Thursday, 19-Oct-2023 07:25:01 JST silverwizard

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     @kelbot what we lost with the N900
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     翠星石 (suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com)'s status on Monday, 18-Dec-2023 04:59:41 JST 翠星石

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     @kelbot The device is the image is already "running Linux" (but that's a strange thing to say really, like saying that x car is running y transmission, unless of course one is referring to transmission related details), as don't forget that Android uses Linux as its kernel (but Android sucks as it's missing GNU).
     
     You really want one that runs GNU/Linux.
     
     You can get a keyboard for the pinephone and install GNU/Linux, but unfortunately that's not freedom respecting unless you don't use the mobile or Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chipset and disable them with the DIP switches.
     
     There is currently free software available for the mobile chipset userspace, but the part that actually does the signalling is extremely proprietary and has all the malware features.