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[Ed Kapitein <ed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Seth,

I love your approach to this!
If canonical would give us a kernel and drivers for the hardware, we 
could take it from there.
I would need a X driver ( not mir ), a driver for the sound hardware, a 
driver for the modem ( serial + AT commands ? ) and drivers for the 
other parts.
( wifi, usb, bluetooth etc )
I'd love to start hacking once the hardware drivers are available.

Do you think this is something that is achievable ?

Kind regards,
Ed


On 04/05/17 20:34, Seth Ciango wrote:
> This is liberating if we allow it to be. We're no longer forced to be 
> Snap only while tethered to Unity8. We finally have control over the 
> future of this project. The developer team needs to speak to the 
> community on this.
>
>   * Who is willing to stick around?
>   * How difficult would a switch to GNOME be and how long would it take?
>   * What current phones on the market could the community target based
>     upon their openness and compatible hardware/drivers?
>
> We do not NEED Canonical or phone manufacturers. We truly thank them 
> for getting us here. All the effort by the Ubuntu Phone team has been 
> amazing and is greatly appreciated.
>
> We all backed this phone project financially and with hours of our 
> lives. Hours that we spent debugging, coding, helping someone else. 
> Hours that we could have spent with friends and family or on other 
> projects.
>
> We chose to work on this phone because we believe in the ideal of 
> freedom and choice. For us, the other two mobile OS's are not options. 
> They represent tyranny and forced conformity.
>
> I stand here committed to these ideals and the work that has been 
> done. I am prepared to further invest my money and time into giving 
> freedom and choice to those who want it.
>
>
>
>
> /"they asked him what was the object of all this study applied to an 
> art that would reach but very few. He replied: 'I am content with few, 
> content with one, content with none at all.' ...Lay these words to 
> heart, Lucilius, that you may scorn the pleasure which comes from the 
> applause of the majority."/
> /
> /
> /Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Letter VII/