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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 17:57:33 No.51025598 View Reply Report Delete

I want to live the /free/ lifestyle. As far as is reasonable (OS, bootloader, etc.).

But I still have an Android smartphone. What free alternatives are there? Ubuntu doesn't cut it, Firefox isn't available in the US yet.

Pic related, it's Openmoko. Anyone using it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 17:59:09 No.51025629 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51025644

So you want advices about some new ROMs for your phone?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 17:59:58 No.51025644 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51025689

>>51025629
Sure.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:00:06 No.51025650 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026361

Be a nigger and steal everything from everyone, that's pretty free imo

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:01:14 No.51025679 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51025899

>>51025598
I use Replicant on my Galaxy S3. Bootloader is non-Free, but so is my desktop's BIOS, so it's no worse than that. Modem is non-free too and works as a tracking device, but that's unavoidable with phones.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:01:47 No.51025689 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026053

>>51025644
It depends by your model, but theres almost nothing but Android ROMs

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:07:41 No.51025831 Report Delete

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>>51025598
I own OpenMoko GTA02 FreeRunner.
It's shit. Oh god, it's a piece of shit.
20 distros and none of it works without crashing phone server after some time.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:10:59 No.51025899 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026029

>>51025679
What do you mean by modem?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:17:47 No.51026029 Report Delete

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>>51025899
Sim managment and cell connection

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:19:28 No.51026053 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026110 >>51026122

>>51025689
What's wrong with android? It's open source.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:22:01 No.51026110 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026163

>>51026053
Not at all. Some files that are vendor-related are closed-source.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:22:24 No.51026122 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026163

>>51026053
>walk next to a Verizon store
>"Come to the Verizon store for 30% discount on..."

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:24:55 No.51026163 Report Delete

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>>51026110
>>51026122
>buying phones with contract

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:27:49 No.51026211 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026248 >>51026346

Get a Jolla, only modern thing you're going to get

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:30:14 No.51026248 Report Delete

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>>51026211
This looks really nice. Anyone familiar with it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:36:10 No.51026346 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026378

>>51026211
Hmm, looks like the Android emulation and UI isn't open at all. This is almost worse than Android.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:36:43 No.51026361 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51026470

>>51025650
this
plus you're free from concept of ownership

just steal shit, drink cheap wine, sleep in abandoned bulidings, have fun. this is the life of someone who's truly free

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:37:38 No.51026378 Report Delete

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>>51026346
I can't remember what the UI shit is, maybe you can run a free version?
The android stuff must be open surely if android is?
(i have never used that phone)

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 18:44:32 No.51026470 Report Delete

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>>51026361
Try and live in someone's house and eat there all there food without them knowing, this is the definition of freedom.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 19:48:28 No.51027478 Report Delete

Quoted By: >>51027547

Is OpenFirmware just a misleading name or is it free

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 26 Oct 2015 19:52:56 No.51027547 Report Delete

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>>51027478
>"Several commercial implementations of Open Firmware have been released to the Open Source community in 2006, including Sun OpenBoot, Firmworks OpenFirmware and Codegen SmartFirmware. The source code is available from the OpenBIOS project. Sun's implementation is available under a BSD license.[2]"

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