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Jul 10, 2017 at 19:02
Ten years anniversary of Openmoko https://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20160920-openmoko_10years/ (reflecting on the FOSS smartphone project)
Ten years anniversary of Openmoko
In 2006 I first visited Taiwan. The reason back then was Sean Moss-Pultz contacting me about a new Linux and Free Software based Phone that he wanted to do at FIC in Taiwan. This later became the Ne

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Oct 9, 2020 at 04:51
An amazing project to use Squeak Smalltalk as a phone operating system, and comparing modern phones to the OpenMoko:
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Dec 14, 2019 at 18:11
@greenjon I used to follow the Openmoko project with interest! I'm not sure I'd want a dev phone as my only device, but I often carry two phones anyway. I'm really excited about the pine watch too.
Jun 25, 2019 at 22:11
@cwebber@octodon.social Yep, ever since I read 'Intel x86 considered harmful' I've been amazed by how many CPUs exist inside a modern computer. Any could have bugs. There have been some verification efforts for RISC-V, and the ISA seems to have a bright future, so I'm hopeful there. I hope it's economically viable though. I loved the OpenMoko project but it wasn't commercially successful. I understand that companies wanting strong guarantees do custom, verified, single-purpose hardware (e.g. with Galois).