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MeeGo to return next month with Jolla phone launch (The H)MeeGo to return next month with Jolla phone launch (The H)Posted Oct 5, 2012 21:41 UTC (Fri) by shmerl (guest, #65921)In reply to: MeeGo to return next month with Jolla phone launch (The H) by ewan Parent article: MeeGo to return next month with Jolla phone launch (The H)
Closed source drivers are not the main issue here. The main issue is their lack. Jolla will bring more attention to normal Linux on mobile. That's the main thing which requires a major breakthrough at the moment.
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MeeGo to return next month with Jolla phone launch (The H) Posted Oct 5, 2012 22:05 UTC (Fri) by ewan (subscriber, #5533) [Link]
"Closed source drivers are not the main issue here"
Yes they are, they're a critical issue. They're what limit people who want to maintain OSes after their makers have abandoned them, They're what limit people who want to port novel OSes to practically available kit.
We have some interesting things going on with Free software for phone and tablet type devices, but it's all pointless if you can't run it on anything. We need free drivers as a key part of decoupling the choice of OS from the choice of hardware.
MeeGo to return next month with Jolla phone launch (The H) Posted Oct 7, 2012 0:56 UTC (Sun) by shmerl (guest, #65921) [Link]
We of course need them. But we have little chances of getting them, no matter how much we need them. So working with closed drivers is a current reality.
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