minus-squarepossiblylinux127@lemmy.worldtoAndroid (locked, see pinned thread)@lemmy.world•Why are custom roms so much device specific while any linux distro works on any pc?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoShort answer: phone manufactures hate you Long(ish) answer: Each phone manufacture heavy modifies the linux android kernel in order to make it work on there hardware. This usually means that the binary blobs (there are a lot of them) are only compatible with specific kernels. linkfedilink
minus-squarepossiblylinux127@lemmy.worldtoAndroid (locked, see pinned thread)@lemmy.world•What niche phone features would appeal to you?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoHackability linkfedilink
minus-squarepossiblylinux127@lemmy.worldtoAndroid (locked, see pinned thread)@lemmy.world•Summit - A Lemmy readerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoIs it on F-droid? linkfedilink
Short answer: phone manufactures hate you
Long(ish) answer: Each phone manufacture heavy modifies the linux android kernel in order to make it work on there hardware. This usually means that the binary blobs (there are a lot of them) are only compatible with specific kernels.