BlazetoAndroid@lemdro.idEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.idLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices(9to5google.com)external-linkarrow-up1491arrow-down111message-square102fedilink
arrow-up1480arrow-down1external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices(9to5google.com)BlazetoAndroid@lemdro.idEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.idmessage-square102fedilink
minus-squarelemmytellyousomethingEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkWhy? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
minus-squarePossibly linuxEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkThey mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
minus-squarePantherinaEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkI dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too. Yeah, really bad.
minus-squarePossibly linuxEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkThat’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.