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What can distros do (23:07)
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Best/worst QC phones for mainline (34:02)
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"Why am I running Linux on my desktop, but not on my phone?" is what Konrad asked himself at the beginning of this amazing story that ends up with him becoming a maintainer for Qualcomm support in Linux.
Featuring @ollieparanoid, @konradybcio, @craftyguy, @calebccff (in order of appearance).
Konrad accepts donations, preferrably in form of tea ☕.
Referenced in this episode:
- SoMainline
- B4 ("before") - tool for dealing with kernel patches
- linux-arm-msm mailing list
- Asahi Linux
- #1922: Feature request: 'devbox setup'
- The issue Konrad created about having a minimal image for doing kernel development. Reply there if interested, contributions welcome!
- !4420: Add initial on-device CI support
- Caleb's new initramfs hook for running the postmarketOS initramfs in a testing environment (QEMU, CI, or manual testing).
- Linux on A7-A8X
- checkra1n
- Project Sandcastle
Channels:
- IRC: #linux-msm on irc.oftc.net
- Matrix: #mainline:postmarketos.org
Related episodes:
- #08 INTERVIEW: Caleb Connolly (of OnePlus 6 / SDM845 Mainlining Fame)
Editing by: @ollieparanoid, Music by: The Passion HiFi