[LAU] OT: linux phone?

[hollunder at gmx.at]

On Fri, 30 May 2008 07:29:16 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
Susan Cragin <susancragin at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Skip the phone. Try mumble.
> http://mumble.sourceforge.net/
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ray Rashif
> Sent: May 30, 2008 12:46 AM
> To: Thomas Vecchione
> Cc: linux-audio-user at lists.linuxaudio.org
> Subject: Re: [LAU] OT: linux phone?
> 
> Looking at it, reading the docs, I can honestly - and humbly - say
> that this is NOT ready. If you'd like to develop, then it's for you.
> If you'd like a phone to use as a phone, then it's not. An iPhone is
> of more worth, iirc you can load up some custom Linux distro on it
> too like on an iPod. I don't see any benefit for the end-user aside
> from the "open" hardware. We don't get a refund if we open and
> destroy it along the way, unlike software where code can be rolled
> back.

Please avoid html mails and top-posting.


On the topic of linux phones:
Are there any that are completely free software?

I think I read a while ago that there's still some proprietary stuff in
there, the part that enables it to make calls or something.
I wouldn't be happy with that kind of 'open' phone.

Best Regards,
	Philipp