Risc phone 2023 running Android please?

    • @graphito@beehaw.orgOP
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      I mean, sure, no problem, risc is already supported by Linux. What’s left is billion dollar corporation to make it mainstream (pray the lord, oh mighty st Gabe 🙏)

      But while the lord is at work, one gotta be able to install banking apps, offline maps and all other apps optimized for mobile.

      Despite my deepest support for Linux on mobile, personally I can’t port for mobile every app each of my friends and family use

      I’m only human after all © rag’n’bone man

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        I’m not sure what’s the excitement about. The Android model requires a locked down device that’s inaccessible to the user, usually via on-chip TPM/TrustZone.

        Once you take openness away is there anything interesting left in risc-v?

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          For now I just wanna be able to convince my friends and family to spend their hard earned cash into more open CPU ISA without making their lives unnecessarily difficult

          Yes, Android is not truly open, yes, RISCV isn’t truly open either. However, both projects made a significant step into good direction and I would like to reward them for that

          At this timeline there’s no true Scotsman – except mr. Stallman. For some reason he’s not a household name yet. Gotta go one step at the time, shall we?

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          Indeed, most Risc-V SoC designs are anyway plagued by proprietary extension. I think people really mistake Risc-V for what it is given all the hype around the “open” design. It is open as in software thats licensed non-copyleft, meaning that vendors can freely take it to build their SoC but for end-users that means very little.

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            Thank you, I appreciate this sentiment. I think every article talking about RISC-V should state clear that it’s not truly open – same way article about CPUs must include a disclaimer that Xnanometer fab process is a lie marketing term.

            However, at the end of the day, when my 15 y.old phone dies from the old age, I would like to replace it with more open hardware i.e. vote with my own wallet for openness. I can’t wait RISC-VI that will open up more of its design – when it does, i’m gonna buy a second phone, rpi or anything that can sell me

            Currently RISC-V is our champion. For now gotta stick with it and to make it more mainstream before raising the bar of openness.