Sebastian Krzyszkowiak @dos@librem.one

Dyzio sends you best morning wishes - today, be as perfect as he is. Well, okay, at least half as perfect, that would already be great.

#cats #catsofmastodon #mobilelinux #photography #shotonlibrem5 (slightly edited to focus on what's actually important 😼)

@mks_h @cas We've got devices with functional OSS drivers these days, it's not 2005 anymore.

Sure, some devices are more hopeless than others and require compromises. Empowering their users is still desirable, but pretending that their problems just aren't there won't help anyone. Otherwise we could all just use Android, cause it "gets the job done".

Hey look, it still works! It's fully functional and daily drivable 😎 #kindle #mobilelinux #shotonlibrem5

@csepp > what do you even need the rest of the phone for?

Let's see... screen, cameras, GPU, VPU, WiFi, Bluetooth, battery charging, more RAM and flash than 256MB (part of which is used up by proprietary firmware)...

If all you want is "just calls", you can easily design a simple board around EG25/BM818 (or something else better suited) in no time. But you'll then want to "just" add SMS. Then just USSD. Then just MMS. Then just IM. Then just encryption. Then... It's never "just calls" :)

@mks_h @cas Maybe tomato tomato indeed, but you're missing the point, which is "proprietary drivers". The reason they're in userspace and not part of the kernel is licensing, and for me as a user it doesn't make a tangible difference - it's still as proprietary as it gets. I can (reluctantly) accept some proprietary firmware, but I'm long past accepting proprietary drivers and middleware on user's OS.

@silmeth It's been empirically verified that this algorithm performs well even under much higher memory pressure. zram or smth, I guess 🤷

Wardrobe's status check is also complete. Result: sleepy. #cats #catsofmastodon #shotonlibrem5

Snow status checked. Result: still there. #cats #catsofmastodon #shotonlibrem5

use Box<Cat> to store it on the heap #shotonlibrem5 #cats #catsofmastodon

it's a lazy thursday #cats #catsofmastodon #shotonlibrem5 #everyday #is #caturday

@mkljczk Ależ takie przetwarzanie języka naturalnego to jest akurat jedno z nielicznych prawilnych zastosowań tych technologii.

Looks like this may be The Year of Fractional Scaling on Wayland (read: I've just started to use it and neither my eyes nor laptop fans begged me to disable it right away) #kwin #wayland

@agturcz @licho I'm not an expert either, but I know for sure that bands for cellular networks are heavily regulated and the legal framework under which they are being used and certified is completely different than for ISM bands like Wi-Fi, which are sort of a special case here.

Also, depending on its design details, you may need to certify your whole product separately even if the module it uses is already certified.

@licho The certification is what makes the hardware licensed and it (in principle) involves not letting the device be used in an unlicensed way.

For details you'll have to check the specific laws and regulatory bodies in particular jurisdictions.

@licho IANAL; the viability of "it's illegal, but I'll be fine unless I get caught" approach is something you'll have to consider by yourself 😂

@jacqueline @mntmn When cross-compiling is a pain, an arm64 container with qemu-user takes all that pain away (for the fair price of performance).

@licho These devices usually contain a broadband module (not unlike the ones in Librem 5 or PinePhone) that's already certified.

And yes, under most jurisdictions you're not allowed to transmit at all without a license; the bands that you can use for stuff like Wi-Fi etc. (with some restrictions) are explicitly allowed to be used unlicensed, and the frequencies used in cellular networks aren't included there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISM_radio_band

@licho However, if what you're after is experimenting with cellular tech, then why wait? You can do it today. Get a #Librem5 and replace its modem M.2 card with something like uSDR: https://www.crowdsupply.com/wavelet-lab/usdr