postmarketOS v24.12: The One With Androids & Cameras, But It's Mainline Linux (postmarketos.org)
from ollieparanoid@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 23 Dec 2024 17:14
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Lojcs@lemm.ee on 23 Dec 2024 18:25 next collapse

It always puzzles me why they chose the one distro without systemd to base this on and are now trying to add it themselves.

Also I have thoughts about this:

Move sudo to community
At present, sudo is in the main repository, which requires us to provide security support for 2 years. Upstream sudo does not provide an “LTS” lifecycle, so this requires either performing security upgrades during the maintenance lifecycle, or backporting security fixes by hand.
Benefit to Alpine
Prior to the creation of the security team, there was an unofficial preference to push doas as the preferred pivot tool for Alpine. This reinforces that messaging. Additionally, we do not have to support sudo for a 2 year lifecycle, since there are no LTS branches for it.

How often does sudo have security vulnerabilities that it’s worth moving to a lesser used tool whose vulnerabilities are less likely to be discovered against your security team’s wishes? What do all the other distros do?

blackfire@lemmy.world on 23 Dec 2024 18:30 next collapse

Yeah that does seem like an odd way to go about it. Other than full system upgrades I can’t remember the last time I saw sudo in the upgrade list. Maybe I’ve just been missing it.

pastermil@sh.itjust.works on 24 Dec 2024 04:02 next collapse

Yeah, they could’ve picked something like Debian. It’s like they picked an embedded distro only to try to turn it into a full-fledged.

[deleted] on 24 Dec 2024 11:35 collapse

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Lojcs@lemm.ee on 24 Dec 2024 11:43 collapse

What has nothing to do with systemd? You open the link and before the introduction it says the current release isn’t fit for general use because they couldn’t add systemd yet. If they picked something with systemd they wouldn’t need to spend so much effort on it

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 24 Dec 2024 12:06 collapse

My bad. Well, maybe they manage to keep Openrc/Systemd shims long-term, since Openrc tries to be quite similiar.

StarlightDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 23 Dec 2024 21:39 next collapse

The article mentions that the cameras work on the Fairphone 5. Sadly its still a no go while there is still no audio which is a big shame.

ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org on 23 Dec 2024 23:23 next collapse

cameras were prioritised before audio? Interesting choice

pastermil@sh.itjust.works on 24 Dec 2024 04:01 collapse

I wonder if it would work properly on Fairphone 4.

warmaster@lemmy.world on 24 Dec 2024 02:08 next collapse

Damn, I wish I could try it on my Pixel 9 XL Pro.

NewOldGuard@hexbear.net on 26 Dec 2024 15:50 collapse

This is so cool, I love the project but have never been able to run it. What a lovely gem of good news in the mobile space to contrast against divestos shutting down. Hopefully it can take its position as a viable alternative to android roms in the next few years