Last ditch effort really to try and get this working better.I Picked up a Cosmo Communicator a few months back. Its a pretty sweet device I like a lot. Been just running android. a default terminal emulator on it does 90% of what I need (mostly lower level programming with C/C++, Godot, and some misc stuff)I can root it to make a non-dogshit VM, but what I want is a full Linux environment.Cosmo has a provided Linux install. but their official Linux is Debian 10 Buster (actually ancient).https://github.com/planet-community/android_kernel_planetcom_mt6771Is the most recent ive seen the kernel go,I've tried UB-ports. Worked fine other then the fact its ubuntu touch and all the shit that comes with that. AKA no apt, I could probably live with nix only lifestyle but the amount of workarounds makes it seem fine.https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/cosmo-communicator/release/xenial/Postmarket seems like a bustAsking here because you all know about Gentoo, from what I understand most of the drivers for this are proprietary binary blobs linked to the kernel image (?).I don't mind having to build my own image. I just want something debianlike that'll last for a few years. The keyboard on this unreally good and the weaker hardware doesn't mean much for my tasks.
>>107475587this is the most retarded thing i've ever seen, just use a normal fucking computer
>>107475606I just want a full functioning linux computer in my pocket. The hardware is great, just the software support is so aids.
>>107475661yes but what is the point? this is a toy, regular phones will never not be more pleasant to use
>>107475676I've done some real work on this thing even with the shitty software. If I can get a decent linux distro on it. It would be incredibly convenient for my schedule to just have a laptop in my pocket. I tend to be on the move a lot, My actual laptop works but being able to work in shitty locations helps.
>>107475700if it really does just work for you and not just using it to be a contrarian then i suppose that's reasonable, but real work on what? that can't be comfortable or more convenient than just taking a backpack loli don't think there are ways to build custom linux roms, only bet would be finding out if it's possible to build based on ubports' kernel or just using a vm is your options
>>107475587Take the existing gemian debos recipes and just build the latest debian you want with whatever userland you wanted
it's an abandoned device built on an unsupported mediatek SHIToC by a company that literally stole preorder money for the sequel devicewhatever you paid for it was too much, just give up
>>107475676My userland experience mogs yours without question
>>107475807This might be my answer desu. The only annoying thing is the kernel specifically being stuck at that firmware from what I can see.
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>>107476139Yeah, I'm White you got me
>>107475834What do you use on it?
>>107476246>I'm WhiteNot the flex you think it is.
>>107476315Sailfish OS and Debian>>107476321I'm not worried what non Whites think on that matter
>>107475587Get a Pinephone
>>107476485Do not get a pineshitter lol
>>107476349>I'm not worried what non Whites think on that matter
>>107476710>youre White>you shouldn't be proud to be White>youre brownYou done seething jeet
>>107475587How about x86 GDP laptop + visual fucking studio like a non-schizo ?Other than that, you'd need to recompile debian + packages yourself and provide a package server for that device. It would work.
>>107475587that's for faggots
>>107476996Perfect for you, then.
>>107476925made you reply x2
>>107477348I was going to post these already, now post your hands
>>107475676>yes but what is the point? this is a toy, regular phonesI'm not OP but whatever this device is probably doesn't have even 1/10th the amount of hardware level backdoors and trackers that regular phones have
>>107477402made you reply x3
>>107475587>>107475834>>107477402enjoying that little limp dick keyboard faggot? typing with 2 pinkies or some shitget a fuckin laptop
There are so many "ultra mobile PCs" out there. Why are you focused on this one in particular? I used a GPD Pocket 3 with Arch linux for a while. If was fun but I didn't end up using it much.
>>107477448yeah, it only comes with unremovable software-level backdoorshttps://wuffs.org/blog/digitime-tech-fota-backdoors
Third worlders seething at nothing again
>>107477559>2 pinkiesAre you some kind of nephilim xir? Anyone with functional thumbs can type on that shit unless they suffer from hyperpituitarism
>>107475661Eminem makes it work. Why can't you?
>>107475661>I just want a full functioning linux computer in my pocket\Why? What are you guys going to do with it?Why is this board so obsessed with autistic niche toys?
>>107476349Dude, I had an Nokia N810.I had two of them. The look of it was cool, the metal chassis felt premium, the keyboard was godawful and it had no utility.
>>107480308The utility is called "typing"
i got an e7 somewhere, if only it had proper support for custom shit
