@Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 11 months agoLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1474arrow-down111cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansandroid@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up1463arrow-down1external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.com@Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square102fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fansandroid@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish23•11 months agoThey mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
minus-square@Pantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoI dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too. Yeah, really bad.
minus-squarePossibly linuxlinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months 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.
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.