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points by jauntywundrkind 2 days ago | 0 comments
I'm very happy for graphene and motorola, and hoping this comes to less premium lines!

One of the most exciting things is that GrapheneOS folks insist the bootloader not be locked. I continue to think actual Linux on the phone is kind of just waiting for us, that it'd be imminently possible. If we had some modern-ish devices with unlocked bootloaders. Especially if they are Qualcomm chipsets, which have been seeing a lot more linux upstreaming/mainlining support than any other ARM platform. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49361686

[–] HybridStatAnim8 2 days ago
GrapheneOS requires the bootloader be locked for a complete install. But it does require the bootloader be unlockable and support yellowboot.

GrapheneOS, Android, and android based OSs, are all linux distros.

[–] jauntywundrkind 2 days ago
Correct and correct.

I think most readers are able to understand what I mean when I say Linux.

Given that Android doesn't respect me as a user at all, that it sandboxes me out of my own system, I can maybe regard it as a Linux perhaps, but as it ships: it's never my Linux. It's Google's Linux. Running on my device.