butter@midwest.social to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoDroidian on OnePlus 8!midwest.socialimagemessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down17
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minus-squarejan teli@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·11 months agoAs far as I can tell, droidian uses the android kernel etc (like ubuntu touch) whereas mobian is closer to mainline linux
minus-squareflashgnash@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoWhat difference does that make? I had thought the android kernel was just the Linux kernel
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minus-squarefar_university1990@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThat not gpl violation? Not publishing kernel patch?
minus-squareJ4g2F@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-211 months agoI think that in the Android kernel (for your device) there are binary blobs for hardware drivers. Which are not in mainline and most of the times not even available anywhere.
minus-squareMonkderZweite@feddit.chlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoDriver blobs often have ludicrous requirements/restrictions and are made for Android. Main difference would be the kernel version i guess.
As far as I can tell, droidian uses the android kernel etc (like ubuntu touch) whereas mobian is closer to mainline linux
What difference does that make? I had thought the android kernel was just the Linux kernel
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That not gpl violation? Not publishing kernel patch?
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I think that in the Android kernel (for your device) there are binary blobs for hardware drivers. Which are not in mainline and most of the times not even available anywhere.
Driver blobs often have ludicrous requirements/restrictions and are made for Android. Main difference would be the kernel version i guess.