@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agoLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square79fedilinkarrow-up1462arrow-down17cross-posted to: android[email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1455arrow-down1external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year agomessage-square79fedilinkcross-posted to: android[email protected][email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year agoWhy? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish22•1 year agoThey mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoI dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too. Yeah, really bad.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThat’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.
Why? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
They mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
I dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too.
Yeah, really bad.
That’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.