So long as its sold like that to the people, I just don't call it an operating system like traditional Ubuntu does.
-- _______________________________________________________ https://www.vizify.com/lewis-donofrio - 734-743-1743 On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 5:59 PM, David Hacker <[email protected]>wrote: > Is a change root environment that uses that communicates with the android > HAL (hardware abstraction layer) for certain proprietary functions like > audio and media decoding and radio interface > On Mar 23, 2013 4:50 PM, "Lewis Donofrio" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So how is this application an os? >> On Mar 22, 2013 9:10 PM, "David Hacker" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> It's been stated many times that in order to support multiple devices >>> the Android HAL is necessary because open source graphics, ril, and audio >>> libraries are not available for many devices. Even for AOSP google does >>> not release source for those components just binary blobs. >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Lewis Donofrio < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Real question, when will the need for the android crutch be resolved, >>>> aka native grub and all? >>>> On Mar 22, 2013 8:40 AM, "Sergio Schvezov" < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 02:41:51AM -0700, Christopher Noel Hesse wrote: >>>>> > I guess not. Furthermore I assume we already have the latest Android >>>>> 4.2.1 >>>>> > codebase from CM-10.1. >>>>> >>>>> We don't do it automatically. If there is a good reason to though as >>>>> when >>>>> we upgraded from ICS to JB to get manta support, we will. >>>>> >>>>> > Actually, upgrading to 4.2.2 wouldn't be that clever, because we >>>>> would >>>>> > loose the ability to use usb debugging using adb before the first >>>>> actual >>>>> > boot. >>>>> >>>>> There are other issues as well, APIs change and it needs to be worth it >>>>> to move there. >>>>> >>>>> > The new security handling in 4.2.2 forces you to manually whitelist >>>>> your >>>>> > PC's RSA access key on your device to be able to use the android >>>>> debug >>>>> > bridge. >>>>> > >>>>> > It should be possible to disable that annoying security mechanism in >>>>> Ubuntu >>>>> > Touch if we want to upgrade to 4.2.2 though. >>>>> >>>>> Yes and it also requires you to setup for adb root, that is one of the >>>>> things we already disable. >>>>> >>>>> There are blueprints or just talk still about: >>>>> - Figuring out what to do with adb long term in Ubuntu once we are on S >>>>> - Changing Android to be in the container and have Ubuntu as the main >>>>> OS. >>>>> >>>>> Ricardo S, do you have links to these if they already exist? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> Sergio. >>>>> >>>>> PS: I like adb >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>
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