Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Thanks for responding. I'm still having trouble finding the information:

> * https://plasma-mobile.org/technology/

This page doesn't mention the OS, afaict.

> * https://plasma-mobile.org/nexus-5/

This page seems to describe installing Plasma Mobile on top of Cyanogenmod, a fork of Android. Neon is mentioned only under "OLD INSTRUCTIONS AND ERRATA (no longer needed)".



Old instructions show what it is. The base is the same.

See for example: https://kubuntu.org/news/kubuntu-team-launches-plasma-mobile...


Thanks for responding to all my questions. fyi: The dev chimed in later in this discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12861481

It turns out it runs Neon, in a container, on top of Cyanogenmod.


Minimal Cyanongenmod base refers to the kernel and some blob drivers, there is nothing else there from CM. So it's actually normal glibc Linux, which uses some hardware drivers for Android through libhybris.

You can read more about the approach here:

* https://mer-project.blogspot.ca/2013/04/wayland-utilizing-an...

* https://mer-project.blogspot.ca/2013/04/wayland-utilizing-an...




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: