Re: [Replicant] Replicant Digest, Vol 225, Issue 1

2017-08-06 Thread Wolfgang Wiedmeyer
Allan Mwenda writes: > Well if you look at it like that it'll be a long long time before you use any > smartphone ever. I use a smartphone (running Replicant), but that's not the point. I just wanted to clarify what non-free parts are there in LineageOS. Only mentioning non-free firmware in

Re: [Replicant] Replicant Digest, Vol 225, Issue 1

2017-07-20 Thread Nick
Quoth Allan Mwenda: > That was not my aim at all, i contribute to replicant, but I'm also well > aware of its shortcomings. The original message was if LineageOS can replace > CyanogenMod on the FSFE page. Yes. Hell yes. Should they add the Galaxy S2 > with Dongle? Hell yes too. But not

Re: [Replicant] Replicant Digest, Vol 225, Issue 1

2017-07-20 Thread Allan Mwenda
That was not my aim at all, i contribute to replicant, but I'm also well aware of its shortcomings. The original message was if LineageOS can replace CyanogenMod on the FSFE page. Yes. Hell yes. Should they add the Galaxy S2 with Dongle? Hell yes too. But not everyone is keen to go this far,

Re: [Replicant] Replicant Digest, Vol 225, Issue 1

2017-07-19 Thread Allan Mwenda
Well if you look at it like that it'll be a long long time before you use any smartphone ever. HALs are on pretty much every droid ever. I think it is good to get people off relying on Google Play, and LineageOS is the best place to do that. As long as no replicant device has Wi-Fi, it'll

Re: [Replicant] Replicant Digest, Vol 225, Issue 1

2017-07-19 Thread Wolfgang Wiedmeyer
Allan Mwenda writes: > LineageOS is a suitable replacement to CyanogenMod in the post. It is > basically the community effort to keep Cyanogenmod "open source" after the > attempt to close it and monetize it to manufacturers as CyanogenOS. > The community CyanogenMod (not to be confused with