Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️2d ago

I wonder if @postmarketOS could pull off something like what [I WRONGLY THOUGHT] @GrapheneOS is doing, where they get a phone maker to sell just one model of phone who's hardware is verified to work well with the operating system preinstalled.

This way, they have a single reference platform to target and some support for getting hardware working, even if only in the form of documentation. They also get some funding from purchases.

I mean, it's probably a bit "chicken and egg" as hardware makers need to see potential sales and potential sales come from users seeing a daily driveable end unit, but maybe, just maybe, something like this could be the next step after getting a single phone fully working.

#PostmarketOS #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux

Show threadGrapheneOS2d ago

@Blort @postmarketOS We're working with Motorola and Qualcomm to improve their hardware, firmware and drivers to meet our requirements. Our minimum requirements are only the starting point for GrapheneOS support. There will be continued work on improving security.

We're working with Motorola on porting GrapheneOS to those future devices too. That includes includes implementing features including hardware memory tagging, the hardware-based portion of our USB port protection and a lot more.

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@Blort @postmarketOS No money is currently changing hands between us and Motorola. We haven't made any decision to have devices sold with GrapheneOS have any premium which would go towards funding GrapheneOS. It's definitely an option but not necessarily the way we're going to go. We may prefer having devices with it preinstalled at no additional cost. Getting additional funding isn't currently a goal of the partnership. We would rather have them assign more developers to work on it than that.
Mar 25 at 7:35amWeb
Show threadBlort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️2d ago

@GrapheneOS @postmarketOS

Fair enough. I can totally respect that.

That said, personally I would have liked for you to get some funding from this, much like how buying early Pinephones provided funding for the OS projects pre-installed on them.

As a potential buyer, I *wanted* to see you get some of the money!

Thanks for clarifying the deal, though.

#GrapheneOS #Motorola