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we're open to it! we just need to better understand what resources we need internally to support this effort and for the specific mediatek/qualcomm chips we're looking at


Given the level of excitement around this, and the community expertise, if I were you I'd open up as much of the info as you legally can and let the community help. I think there's a decent chance that if you set up the framework, you may not have to do much to get it done. I would:

1. Create a github page where you include as much of the hardware info as you can

2. Include any custom kernel patches that you have for the hardware (I'm pretty sure this is legally required anyway because of GPL on the kernel, so this could double as fulfillment of publishing/distribution)

3. Let people go at it! Early on I expect a community leader (usually a top contributor) will emerge that you can work with to get it done. I suspect you wouldn't have to do a whole lot (beyond information sharing) to get stuff mainlined and even prebuilt distros assembled for the device!

Even if it doesn't work, it's not a big investment and it gives you a massive amount of credibility with the community.


What specific mediatek/qaulcom chips are you looking at? It says you've already shipped two batches, so I assume that's been decided?


If a standard linux image is produced, I would potentially replace my laptop with this device.




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