Re: Debian mobile BoF at DebConf17
On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:21 PM, W. Martin Borgert wrote:
> I'll try to organise a BoF about Debian (on) mobile at DebConf.
I suppose it has been a while since the last one at DebConf12:
https://lists.debian.org/1345373756.2710.84.camel@chianamo
> - Which hardware is available and runs (more or less) with
> (more or less) free drivers? Phones, tablets, handhelds?
I'd focus on stuff supported by Replicant, devices that are being
upstreamed by vendors (Sony) or the community (N900/GTA04/etc).
https://www.replicant.us/supported-devices.php
> - How can Debian be installed on such devices, esp. by people
> not used to patch their uboot?
Often bootloaders are locked down and can't be modified.
> - Which DE in Debian is most useful on a mobile? I.e. Must not
> be too resource hungry and should be touch-friendly.
IIRC, Enlightenment was fairly good last I tried it. Unfortunately the
team packaging that for Debian isn't very active.
> - Are useful applications missing from Debian? Which programs
> work well on small screens? Can we compete with F-Droid?
A lot of the apps from the OpenMoko days are dead upstream but still
in Debian (like intone for music). I expect Ubuntu Touch or FirefoxOS
or WebOS etc might be useful sources of apps, or perhaps extending the
Android SDK packaging into packaging Android runtime parts and apps.
> What else? If we start to discuss things here on the mailing
> list, the better we are prepared in Canada :~)
More on the wiki:
https://wiki.debian.org/Mobile
Probably a big thing is exploits needed to install Debian:
https://wiki.debian.org/Exploits
> PS': Everybody is also invited to discuss in the MUC
> xmpp:debian-mobile@conference.conversations.im
Or the #debian-mobile IRC channel on OFTC.
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bye,
pabs
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