[Replicant] Replicant OS for CloudFone Excite 400DX

Paul Kocialkowski contact at paulk.fr
Fri Dec 11 11:49:13 UTC 2015


Hi,

Le mercredi 30 septembre 2015 à 21:35 +0100, Josh Branning a écrit :
> >> CloudFone Excite 400DX Full Specs
> 
> In a way, it would be a nice chipset to support, MT6572 (not that I can 
> be of much use). Devices can cost as low as $65. Osmocombb has started 
> work on mediatek, but not this one. Kernels exist for it, but not from 
> the vendor, and no device/product files.

There is some source code out there for Mediatek (not of all of which is
clearly free software), but it's currently so ugly that nobody is
willing to work on it. It's a bit unclear what the exact freedom status
is for these devices (feel free to do some research on that and let the
community know), but they often come with the modem bundled with the
SoC, which is a no-go for privacy and security.

> >> Additional info about me:
> >>
> >> Im a student (College Freshman), My Desktop OS is *FreeBSD*,  pure
> >> Free Software - From Games to School Applications it doesn't have any
> >> commercial Stuffs since LX Terminal and Conkeror Web browser are
> >> enough to do the stuffs that i want, thats why the time i found
> >> *Replicant OS* by searching on the web i'm really glad that it exist.
> >>
> >> And Hey! *Replicant* Mascot is cute and Red like *FreeBSD* Daemon
> >> Beastie! :D Thats all, Thanks*.*
> 
> I hate to break it to you but FreeBSD has blobs for some of it's 
> firmware. https://www.gnu.org/distros/common-distros.html#BSD but the 
> good news is that there are better distributions out there, if you are 
> willing: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-distros.html

-- 
Paul Kocialkowski, Replicant developer

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devices, a free software mobile operating system putting the emphasis on
freedom and privacy/security.

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