▲ 105 ▼ What FOSS software do you wish existed? (reddthat.com) submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml 101 comments fedilink hide all child comments A federated internet archive, I'm wondering whether I should build it myself. With so many journalists being banned for reporting the gaza genocide we need more ways to combat censorship.
[–] save_the_humans@leminal.space 71 points 1 week ago (3 children) Wish Linux on mobile was just as mature as on desktop. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago i don't even ask for that much, just a basic mobile linux that can emulate android apps with less than 15% performance loss. permalink fedilink source parent [–] morto@piefed.social 27 points 1 week ago (1 child) To be fair, it's not much of linux's fault, but mostly due to shitty hardware restrictions and proprietary drivers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children) due to shitty hardware restrictions regulatory restrictions? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago Yeah, from what I understand, hardware manufacturers need to ensure that no one uses the mobile chip to send on reserved frequencies. And the way they typically do that, is with a proprietary, undocumented driver for the mobile chip. So, you basically need to reverse engineer that for each mobile chip, to be able to make calls and such... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago Yes because of isps permalink fedilink source parent [–] haxboar@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago Same. I've got an FLX1s, and I'd love to recommend it to people, but it's just too buggy. It's got a lot of potential, and I'm still excited about the project, but I have to reboot the phone a couple of times a day because it just keeps buggin out. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 22 hours ago i don't even ask for that much, just a basic mobile linux that can emulate android apps with less than 15% performance loss. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] morto@piefed.social 27 points 1 week ago (1 child) To be fair, it's not much of linux's fault, but mostly due to shitty hardware restrictions and proprietary drivers permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children) due to shitty hardware restrictions regulatory restrictions? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago Yeah, from what I understand, hardware manufacturers need to ensure that no one uses the mobile chip to send on reserved frequencies. And the way they typically do that, is with a proprietary, undocumented driver for the mobile chip. So, you basically need to reverse engineer that for each mobile chip, to be able to make calls and such... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago Yes because of isps permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (2 children) due to shitty hardware restrictions regulatory restrictions? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago Yeah, from what I understand, hardware manufacturers need to ensure that no one uses the mobile chip to send on reserved frequencies. And the way they typically do that, is with a proprietary, undocumented driver for the mobile chip. So, you basically need to reverse engineer that for each mobile chip, to be able to make calls and such... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago Yes because of isps permalink fedilink source parent
[–] trem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago Yeah, from what I understand, hardware manufacturers need to ensure that no one uses the mobile chip to send on reserved frequencies. And the way they typically do that, is with a proprietary, undocumented driver for the mobile chip. So, you basically need to reverse engineer that for each mobile chip, to be able to make calls and such... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago Yes because of isps permalink fedilink source parent
[–] haxboar@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago Same. I've got an FLX1s, and I'd love to recommend it to people, but it's just too buggy. It's got a lot of potential, and I'm still excited about the project, but I have to reboot the phone a couple of times a day because it just keeps buggin out. permalink fedilink source parent