On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 22:06:00 +0200 Sebastian Krzyszkowiak <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 9:46 PM, H. Nikolaus Schaller <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > Am 24.10.2017 um 20:43 schrieb Matthias Weiß <[email protected]>: > > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > i also backed on one. > > > > > > I like the cooperation with gnome/kde projects and the focus on matrix. > > > > Yes, this are important steps. > > > > Gnome/KDE could theoretically just be some > > > > apt-get install gnome > > > > on the GTA04. I never had the idea to try:) > > > > Probably it will be a little slow and more importantly the applications and > > widgets > > are not optimized for the portrait screen format and rather low pixel > > density. > > > > So it will be almost impossible to operate. Unless someone is heavily > > modifying > > the code. That seems to be the case with the KDE/Gnome & Purism partnership > > that > > they now start to do something. > > KDE has had some projects for providing mobile-optimized Plasma UI > since KDE 4, while GNOME Shell feels like a tablet UI even on the > desktop. I think both can be used already on some Android phones via > compatibility layers like libhybris. > > The only problem is that both are heavily relying on OpenGL (ES) > acceleration, and I think that's the main differentiating point > between GTA04 and Librem 5 when it comes to software support - free > drivers for GLES on the GPU. > > (Plasma should be possible to run without OpenGL with QtQuick's 2D > renderer that has been open sourced with Qt 5.6 IIRC, but that's > definitely not a well-supported setup. May be worth some tinkering > though to check how it works on GTA04 :)) > https://plasma-mobile.org/ > > BTW. What's the situation with PowerVR closed drivers on GTA04 with > current kernels? Unfortunately I got slightly out of touch these days, > time to catch up :) The state is not so good for PowerVR: https://nullr0ute.com/2017/09/the-state-of-open-source-accelerated-graphics-on-arm-devices/ that's one of the reasons I decided to go for Librem 5 instead of considering a Pyra-phone, apart from the latter having no camera. Cheers, rhn _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/community http://www.tinkerphones.org
