Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone
A developer has successfully ported a modern Linux kernel to a ten-year-old HTC QWERTY smartphone. The project serves as a handheld terminal and the source code and documentation are publicly available on GitHub.
Why it matters
This demonstrates the longevity of mobile hardware and the flexibility of the Linux kernel in repurposing legacy devices for modern computing tasks.
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Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone
I ported modern Linux to a ten-year-old HTC QWERTY phone as a handheld terminal. I wrote it up here: https://tmzt.github.io/blog/a-modern-port-of-linux-to-a-ten-... You can see the code here: https://github.com/tmzt/linux-stable-msm-dtsi
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