Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 个月前LineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkLineageOS is currently installed on 1.5 million Android devices9to5google.comBlaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 个月前message-square87fedilinkcross-posted to: android@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.id
minus-squareDataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 个月前85 % probably have outdated firmware.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 个月前That number probably higher. However that changes nothing as we can’t control proprietary firmware blobs.
minus-squareCanuck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 个月前The list of devices on Replicant OS is old and short. Proprietary blobs are a big issue for Android.
minus-squarelemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 个月前Why? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 个月前They mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
minus-squarePantherina@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 个月前I dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too. Yeah, really bad.
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 个月前That’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.
85 % probably have outdated firmware.
That number probably higher. However that changes nothing as we can’t control proprietary firmware blobs.
The list of devices on Replicant OS is old and short. Proprietary blobs are a big issue for Android.
Why? I don’t understand. Doesn’t it have any update mechanism for that?
They mean that the device manufacturer and or hardware vendors are no longer putting out updates for the proprietary blobs.
I dont know if it even has to be proprietary. Vendors need to sign the firmware too.
Yeah, really bad.
That’s why we work to mainline devices. It is very hard and there are only a handful of devices that work with mainline Linux but it simplifies a lot of things.