So an Android device without wifi, google maps, gmail, camera nor data plan. If a free tree (as in freedom) falls in the forest....
Sorry man, I could not help it. It is Roger man - bad influence for the group! > Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:17:00 -0700 > From: Mark Holmquist <marktrac...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [LinuxUsers] A truly open version of Android? > To: SoCal LUG Users List <linuxusers@socallinux.org> > Message-ID: <4f5f72fc.40...@gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > >> talking about the Replicant project, which supposedly seeks to have a >> completely open source version of Android that runs on Android >> compatible hardware (yet doesn't require any proprietary binary blobs to >> support the hardware). Has anyone else heard of this yet? Does anyone >> care about this kind of stuff? > > It's currently running in my pocket! This is also the reason I'm typing > on Trisquel GNU/Linux as we speak--no blobs, nothing non-free. The funny > thing is, the only non-free software I have on the laptop was required > for me to start working on free software :P > > FYI, if you do want to make the switch to Replicant, be ready to give up > some amenities. I never had a data plan, so I don't know whether that > works, but the camera and wifi drivers aren't included, so you either > have to live without (which would be my suggestion) or flash the drivers > yourself (which isn't too hard). > > -- > Mark Holmquist > Student, Computer Science > University of Redlands > mtrac...@member.fsf.org > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > > > End of LinuxUsers Digest, Vol 57, Issue 3 > ***************************************** _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
