Amazon is reportedly working on its own Linux-based OS to replace Android on its Fire TVs, smart displays, and other non-tablet devices. —What's that?
  • pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io
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    11 months ago

    Nice! And they will probably differentiate from the competition by allowing GPL applications and sideloading, and having a total control for your privacy and no tracking, right?

    Right?

    • Square Singer@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      Well, they don’t want a mobile Linux. This is going to be a minimalist, locked-down distro that does nothing more than start a webrenderer.

      Nobody’s gonna see the underlying Linux system.

      It’s kinda like how my car entertainment system is running Linux. You wouldn’t know it if you don’t read the license file that comes with it.

  • Arthur Besse@lemmy.mlM
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    11 months ago

    oh great, yet another platform that will use free software to restrict what people can do with their computing devices 🤮

    how is this supposed to be a good thing? 🙄

    • wavebeam@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I’m not sure how this is in any way different from android? Android is free software they use to restrict the computing they devices they sell to push more ads and junkware. This is just a different one. Amazon sucks, so I don’t see what move they could make that could be seen as positive. Just don’t buy their garbage devices.

      • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
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        10 months ago

        I am in dire need of decent linux smartphones that aren’t android. Can Valve just get to it please?

  • Atemu@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    TL;DR Amazon is building a Linux distro that starts a chromium to run react native apps. Apparently, you need hundreds of people for that.

    • muelltonne@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      TBH Amazon has a whole zoo of devices. Even if they are putting a small team of 2 or 3 people in charge for porting this to each device, they might end up with a few hundred people

  • BitSound@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    I know it won’t happen, but it’d be nice if Linux switched to GPLv3. That would at least help somewhat here

    • Laser@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      That can be easily done with AOSP, to my knowledge there’s no Google stuff in there. Which is exactly what they’re using right now