Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone
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by tmzt
3 hours ago
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I ported modern Linux to a ten-year-old HTC QWERTY phone as a handheld terminal.

I wrote it up here: https://tmzt.github.io/blog/a-modern-port-of-linux-to-a-ten-...

You can see the code here: https://github.com/tmzt/linux-stable-msm-dtsi

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yjftsjthsd-h
2 hours ago
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> The history and context are included in the git history and you can see the progression, different approaches, and other details.

As someone interested in this area: thank you

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tmzt
2 hours ago
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I pushed all the intermediate branches as well.
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elsig60
1 hour ago
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Good write up. interesting idea. thank you
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ktallett
30 minutes ago
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The fact this phone is 15 years old and has seen minimal obvious replacements is such a shame. I love this work!
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