They use an Android kernel. How does it matter how nice their proprietary UI is if the phone can no longer be updated once Qualcomm, for example, no longer patches the kernel?
We desperately need more mainline support, this isn’t sustainable.
It’s not a standard kernel, it is a vendor kernel. It has sooooo many patches it becomes close to impossible to update then by rebasing. That’s where the mainlining efforts come in: Upstream first.
It’s always easier to maintain something upstream than to try to maintain a downstream fork.
I’d also argue that the mainline kernel tends to have better security, as the drivers have far more eyes on them than the vendor driver kernels.
They use an Android kernel. How does it matter how nice their proprietary UI is if the phone can no longer be updated once Qualcomm, for example, no longer patches the kernel?
We desperately need more mainline support, this isn’t sustainable.
They use a standard Linux kernel with Android drivers trough libhybris. The proprietary UI and middleware is a mistake, I agree with that
It’s not a standard kernel, it is a vendor kernel. It has sooooo many patches it becomes close to impossible to update then by rebasing. That’s where the mainlining efforts come in: Upstream first.
It’s always easier to maintain something upstream than to try to maintain a downstream fork.
I’d also argue that the mainline kernel tends to have better security, as the drivers have far more eyes on them than the vendor driver kernels.