> I want a Linux kernel, because even though today I'd list the modern niceties like namespaces, containers, WireGuard, NFS 4.2+
NFS on a phone? What's the use case for that? Isn't it easier at that point to use small linux laptop?
Re:Do you really want Linux phones
by heavyset_go on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:14AM
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I have my media collection shared via NFS over my VPN. I want to use MPD locally on my phone like I could on Maemo.
Also, if I'm at a friend's place who has a Roku, Chromecast etc, I can already cast media from my NFS collection easily from my Linux laptop via VPN. I want to be able to do the same thing with my phone.
I have a pretty good setup for MPD on Android. It's not perfect, but quite nice.
Re:Do you really want Linux phones
by heavyset_go on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:13PM
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Awesome, thanks for sharing this.
I want a Linux kernel, because even though today I'd list the modern niceties like namespaces, containers, WireGuard, NFS 4.2+, back in the Maemo days, having a Linux kernel still paid dividends. All of the standard networking and WLAN debugging tools you had on desktop Linux were available in your pocket, FUSE meant you could use sshfs, etc. The userland was the same GNU userland you'd find on most Linux distros, you could use X11 forwarding via ssh, GTK apps worked, and you had apt as the system package manager.
I want that again. Android doesn't come close, and neither does iOS.