IRC log of #maemo for Friday, 2017-03-03

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xesthere is a small maintenance in progress on maemo servers. Some service may disappear for some second01:12
jonwilhttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=9902901:18
jonwilGreat to finally have a way to do journey planning on my N900 again without needing to call the phone number and talk to a real human (which takes time and doesn't let me search by GPS)01:18
jonwiland I think the way I handled the need to have both a human readable description and a separate internal identifier for a given location/stop/etc is quite elegant (just need to hope I found all the places where the human readable description is displayed)01:26
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KotCzarnyhttp://www.cnx-software.com/2017/03/03/gemini-pda-pocket-pc-runs-android-linux-on-mediatek-x25-deca-core-processor-crowdfunding/07:44
TheKitwould be interesting if they manage to run normal Linux on MediaTek SoCs07:56
TheKitbut they don't give any details about taht07:56
TheKit*that07:56
TheKitso far there are only MediaTek-based Chromebooks, and they had a lot of changes compared to Android - DRM video driver mainlined, for example07:59
KotCzarnywell, you can always use android kernel to run normal linux, could be horribly outdated though08:09
KotCzarnyspecs are sweet, and price isnt that bad either08:09
KotCzarnywouldnt mind thumb friendly kb though08:10
KotCzarnyand since its crowdfunded there is a chance it wont be locked down08:10
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jonwilMost of the good Android devices these days tend to have locked bootloaders where you cant flash arbitrary kernels and OSs unfortunately.08:29
KotCzarnyjonwil, yeah, but as i've said, since it's crowdfunded, there is a chance they would try to make it more open than money grubbing big vendors08:32
KotCzarnystill, mediatek isnt opensource friendly and most they would get is some kind of bsp08:32
jonwilBut this isn't a good Android device, its got a crappy Mediatek processor08:32
jonwilgood would be a device with a nice Samsung Exynos or Qualcomm Snapdragon08:33
KotCzarnyehehehe08:33
KotCzarnyright, qualcomm ;)08:33
KotCzarnywith 25MB closed blob BOOTLOADER08:33
jonwilI meant good as in "high-end"08:34
jonwilyes they aren't open08:34
KotCzarnythey are close and suspicious as hell08:34
KotCzarny*closed08:34
jonwilIts interesting that Qualcomm are very open when it comes to their Atheros WiFi chips yet so closed when it comes to the Snapdragon SOCs08:34
KotCzarnyatheros doesnt come from qualcomm, atheros was VERY open, was it acquired by qc?08:35
jonwilI do wonder why Qualcomm is so scared about being open, what are they worried about...08:37
jonwilIP issues (e.g. parents)? Regulatory issues to do with the cellular side of things? Worried about Samsung, Apple and others stealing the things that make their chips good?08:38
jonwilspeaking of Samsung, I do wonder just how open and documented the Samsung Exynos chips actually are.08:38
jonwilI suspect any SoC from any vendor that has cellular functionality built into it wont be as open and documented as, say, the TI OMAP chips are08:40
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DocScrutinizer05jonwil: their snapdragon aiui run the 'linux' OS under supervisor which is the radio stack basically. They don't want to open the radiostack15:42
DocScrutinizer05and re Exynos: I never checked thoroughly but my impression been Samsung doesm't intend to sell them to OEM, they just use them for samsung devices15:44
TheKit<jonwil> Most of the good Android devices these days tend to have locked bootloaders where you cant flash arbitrary kernels and OSs unfortunately.15:45
TheKitdefine "good", most of good Android devices will allow you to unlock bootloader if you want15:46
TheKitfor example OnePlus, Xiaomi, etc15:46
TheKitthat's how SFOS is ported to a lot of devices at least15:47
DocScrutinizer05GPL vs Tivoization: 0:115:49
* DocScrutinizer05 idly recalls Nokia meeting anout M9 and Nokia's answer to his question "but what about the bootloader, will it be open?": "we don't care about the bootloader, it's not considered part of the system" (OWTTE). A year later we had endless fun with openmode kernl fuckup and Aegis15:52
DocScrutinizer05~aegisa15:52
DocScrutinizer05~aegis15:52
infobothttp://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Wiki/Harmattan:Developer_Library/Developing_for_Harmattan/Harmattan_security/Security_guide , or "The purpose of this framework is: ... to make sure that the platform meets the requirements set by third party software that requires a safe execution environment.", or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Computing#Criticism, or  http://en.qi-hardware.com/w/images/1/10/ME_382_LockedUpTechnology2.gif15:52
DocScrutinizer05or "how to suggest to the suggesible linux user that they were owners of their devices while in fact the manufacturer has full control"15:53
DocScrutinizer05or yet another nice way to put it: "yes, you can install arbitrary apps from arbitrary sources. But... it's us and our aegis policies that define if and how much they actually will work"15:56
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