[sf-lug] New OS for Smart phones, from Duval, creator of Mandrake Linux.

[maestro]

hmmm...
looks like it was...
but ended up on multiple threads...
anyway just a heads-up...


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On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 2:35 PM, maestro <maestro415 at gmail.com> wrote:

> hi ken;
> thanks very much for this...
> may i recommend you move the post to its own thread...
> this way if/when folks add to the thread it doesn't go to the [new os for
> phones] thread.
>
>
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> On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Ken Shaffer <kenshaffer80 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all, just a heads-up on a problem with the latest Ubuntu releases
>> with the 4.13 series kernels.
>>
>> The kernel released with Ubuntu 17.10 (and 18.04 daily builds),
>> 4.13.0-17,   has a serious problem with freezing updates for certain
>> BIOS/UEFI ROMs.  The safe kernels are 4.13.0-21+, so if you have any old
>> ISOs of 17.10 (or 18.04), better  discard them.  The Ubuntu 16.04.3 release
>> is still using the 4.10 kernels, but if any Hardware Enablement stack
>> updates were applied to the 16.04 with the 4.13 kernels, better be sure you
>> get the latest one.  A variety of machines are affected including models
>> from Lenovo, Acer, Toshiba, Dell,..    The bug has been reported at
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1734147, check there for updates on
>> information.  Symptoms are being unable to update the non-volatile memory,
>> so boot order changes do not get saved, etc. , being unable to boot USB, ...
>>
>> Ken
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 8:59 AM, Bobbie Sellers <
>> bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi LUGers,
>>>
>>>         Gaël Duval, force behind Mandrake, is now creating eelo OS for
>>> smart phones, based in Lineage OS.
>>> <https://fossbytes.com/eelo-mobile-os-open-source-android-alternative/>
>>> <https://fossbytes.com/eelo-mobile-os-open-source-android-alternative/>
>>>
>>> Thanks to Aragorn on alt.os.linux.pclinuxos!
>>>
>>> And at the same url you can find links to other non-Apple, non-Android
>>> smart phone OS development efforts.
>>>
>>>     bliss
>>>
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