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PostmarketOS Project Direction 2020

by ajr0 on 3/11/20, 2:34 AM with 19 comments

  • by akvadrako on 3/11/20, 8:01 AM

    It would be great if PostmarketOS got serious about supporting at least one recent phone completely.

    The link above mentions Bluetooth and Camera as “nice to haves”. I would love to get away from google but half the point in a phone is the camera.

  • by Jonnax on 3/11/20, 12:11 PM

    I was wondering, the Nvidia Shield uses a Tegra X1 chip, which if I recall correctly was nice in that it uses the full open GL rather than ES.

    I remember seeing their have a Distro called Linux for Tegra:

    https://developer.nvidia.com/embedded/linux-tegra

    Shouldn't this make it an easy device to run something like Postmarket OS? Of course it's non free drivers. But in terms of getting a device working, I'm not sure why it isn't used more.

  • by z0mbie42 on 3/11/20, 9:43 AM

    I love this project!

    What I would really love to see happen in 2020:

    * Refocus and prioritize tasks according to available resources (people, time)

    * Better communicate what is done and what need to be done (Roadmaps, using GitLab milestones for example) for people wanting to contribute.

  • by rijoja on 3/11/20, 11:41 AM

    Anyone using this having any recommendation of hardware?

  • by rijoja on 3/11/20, 9:24 AM

    hm so one of the things least supported seems to be calls.. What can be done to make this happen? Should it happen?