Article 3145Q 100 days of postmarketOS

100 days of postmarketOS

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The postmarketOS distribution looksback at its first 100 days. "One of our previously stated goalsis using the mainline Linux kernel on as many mobile devices aspossible. This is not as easy as it might sound, since many Linux-basedsmartphones (Android) require binary drivers which depend on very specifickernel versions. It's a tremendous task to rewrite these drivers to workwith the current kernel APIs. Nevertheless, some people have been doingthat since long before postmarketOS existed. In the case of the Nokia N900this has been going on for some number of years and almost all componentsare now supported in the mainline kernel. This has allowed us to use themainline kernel as the default kernel for the N900, jumping from Maemo's2.6.x to mainline 4.12!"
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