Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone (undefined)

24 points by tmzt 4 hours ago

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

yjftsjthsd-h 2 hours ago

> 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

tmzt 2 hours ago

I pushed all the intermediate branches as well.

elsig60 an hour ago

Good write up. interesting idea. thank you

ktallett 27 minutes ago

The fact this phone is 15 years old and has seen minimal obvious replacements is such a shame. I love this work!