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From a developer's point of view there's still a shitload of information missing.

- Which platforms are supported? Is the only platform supported a Raspberry Pi 4?

- what about feature matrix with e.g. camera, gps, gyroscope, touchscreen, etc?

- where is the open source code for what? If I want to fix a driver error, what's the projects/repos relevant to it?

- why are there no official build images that are ready to tryout? (e.g. similar to lineageos's devices list)

- flashing guide is misleading. You cannot "flash" an sdcard. Flashing implies bootloader-like patching of the existing OS of a target device, not a copied image that I can run on the exact same host device.

It took me a while to find the the examples in the repo on github:

https://github.com/webosose/samples



It sounds like you're expecting this to be an alternative Smartphone OS you can flash onto a existing smartphone. While for sure it CAN be one if some people get behind it, I didn't read anywhere that this is a main goal of this open-source project...


For Smartphones, LuneOS carries on the legacy of webOS. I made a video about it running on the PinePhone a while back: https://linmob.net/videos/#LuneOS




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