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jauntywundrkind • today at 5:11 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I'm very happy for graphene and motorola, and hoping this comes to less premium lines!

One of the most exciting things is that GrapheneOS folks insist the bootloader not be locked. I continue to think actual Linux on the phone is kind of just waiting for us, that it'd be imminently possible. If we had some modern-ish devices with unlocked bootloaders. Especially if they are Qualcomm chipsets, which have been seeing a lot more linux upstreaming/mainlining support than any other ARM platform. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49361686


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HybridStatAnim8 • today at 5:56 PM

GrapheneOS requires the bootloader be locked for a complete install. But it does require the bootloader be unlockable and support yellowboot.

GrapheneOS, Android, and android based OSs, are all linux distros.