Which phone should I buy for running Replicant?
Andres
a75576 at alumni.tecnun.es
Wed Sep 25 15:54:14 UTC 2013
Dmitriy Nikandrov <dmitriy.nikandrov at gmail.com> escribió:
>Not only phones,
>but also laptops, desktops, routers, etc... Even Raspberry Pi in it's
>heart is closed source.
>
>The problem is that there is no OPEN HARDWARE chips (with open
>firmware):
>for Wi-Fi
Mi acer aspire zg5 netbook begs to differ on this. I use trisquel/gnu linux with no need of propietary software.
There is still hope for a libre phone. I believe there was a kickstarter for a phone with replaceable boxes. I can dig out the link if needed.
>for GSM (even can't be because of patents on core specifications)
>for LTE
>for GPS
>
>
>2013/9/25, Nick <replicant at njw.me.uk>:
>> Quoth Brian Kemp:
>>> To be clear - the driver is free. The firmware is not.
>>
>> Gosh, looking at the table on the status page [0] I see that there
>> are no devices which have wifi without non-free firmware. So there
>> are no phones which have either free wifi or free gsm parts? The
>> situation sucks even more than I realised as a casual observer.
>> "Sure, you can use your phone freely, so long as you don't want any
>> connectivity."
>>
>> /me sighs.
>>
>> 0.
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