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Personally, I'll definitely keep this idea in the back of my head. As of today, however, I think it is most sensible to wrap up the work on the basic phone features first (SMS, QR-scan, GPS, contacts, calendar, alarm timer, notes, camera app, ...). Once those basics are settled, we can branch out to new topics.
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Hence "POST LAUNCH SUGGESTION:" having the basics in place obviously comes first.
NomadNet/Sideband is a micro size program that works on raspberry pi's or standard laptop/PC's running linux as the main OS or as the side partition. Sideband has been put on Androids with some effort and their is an effort to put it on iPhone as well.
Given Genode's microkernel status on both phone and PC, seems like it would be easier for adoption for people to load up a ~20MB Genode OS instead of a ~1GB Ubuntu OS onto their device as a partition or main operating system.
Trying to figure out the optimal way to setup a local mesh network of phones (likely involving Androids & iPhones to get the coverage area larger), laptops, etc. and Genode seems like it would make that effort easier, but I don't have the technical knowledge to know for sure.
Assuming Genode OS is not in a rush for Android or iPhone adoption, Genode OS on laptops, raspberry pi's and the few PinePhones in a given area seems like the best route to getting a mesh network built as a fallback network for PinePhones should carrier acceptance suddenly become an issue.
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I'll keep an eye out for the next update, especially if it's one that enables text messaging so I can give Genode daily driving a shot.
Quote:Consider adding some kind of mesh network option to Genode using Reticulum/Sideband, Meshtastic, or Qortal(maybe?) to allow for the creation of at least a back up messaging service.
Personally, I'll definitely keep this idea in the back of my head. As of today, however, I think it is most sensible to wrap up the work on the basic phone features first (SMS, QR-scan, GPS, contacts, calendar, alarm timer, notes, camera app, ...). Once those basics are settled, we can branch out to new topics.
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Hence "POST LAUNCH SUGGESTION:" having the basics in place obviously comes first.
NomadNet/Sideband is a micro size program that works on raspberry pi's or standard laptop/PC's running linux as the main OS or as the side partition. Sideband has been put on Androids with some effort and their is an effort to put it on iPhone as well.
Given Genode's microkernel status on both phone and PC, seems like it would be easier for adoption for people to load up a ~20MB Genode OS instead of a ~1GB Ubuntu OS onto their device as a partition or main operating system.
Trying to figure out the optimal way to setup a local mesh network of phones (likely involving Androids & iPhones to get the coverage area larger), laptops, etc. and Genode seems like it would make that effort easier, but I don't have the technical knowledge to know for sure.
Assuming Genode OS is not in a rush for Android or iPhone adoption, Genode OS on laptops, raspberry pi's and the few PinePhones in a given area seems like the best route to getting a mesh network built as a fallback network for PinePhones should carrier acceptance suddenly become an issue.
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I'll keep an eye out for the next update, especially if it's one that enables text messaging so I can give Genode daily driving a shot.
