tal@olio.cafe to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoFree Software Foundation announces a Librephone initiative to develop a fully free and open source smartphoneliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square77linkfedilinkarrow-up1646arrow-down12 cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1644arrow-down1external-linkFree Software Foundation announces a Librephone initiative to develop a fully free and open source smartphoneliliputing.comtal@olio.cafe to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square77linkfedilink cross-posted to: hardware@lemmy.world
minus-squarehomura1650@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoLast I checked, no. However, you can move actual radio chip off to a separate chip that is isolated by the MMU or connects through the USB bus.
minus-squarebuttnugget@lemmy.worldBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoI was wondering the same thing. I thought the reason this thing has never taken off is because it’s ridiculously hard to make firmware that operates these radios.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoExactly. It took Apple with their infinite resources and top engineers many years to build their own baseband.
minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoAnd that’s still very new. Who knows how it’ll hold up.
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Last I checked, no. However, you can move actual radio chip off to a separate chip that is isolated by the MMU or connects through the USB bus.
I was wondering the same thing. I thought the reason this thing has never taken off is because it’s ridiculously hard to make firmware that operates these radios.
Exactly. It took Apple with their infinite resources and top engineers many years to build their own baseband.
And that’s still very new. Who knows how it’ll hold up.