“Eight ARM cores, 8 GB of RAM, 128 GB of flash, Wi-Fi 6, a 5G modem, and a built in battery backup, that is all attached to an SoC that I feel is overqualified for sitting in a drawer.”

Blog post on seg6.space · Aug 8, 6:49 PM · Developer Converts CMF Phone 1 Into Personal Server Using Termux

“Android already has working drivers for every piece of this hardware. Wi-Fi, power management, the battery, the GPU, the modem, and every weird vendor detail already work. Throwing all of that away in pursuit of a more conventional userspace was the wrong trade.”

Blog post on seg6.space · Aug 8, 6:49 PM · Developer Converts CMF Phone 1 Into Personal Server Using Termux

“Termux is not a virtual ma…”

Blog post on seg6.space · Aug 8, 6:49 PM · Developer Converts CMF Phone 1 Into Personal Server Using Termux

“the gpu is accessible from termux userspace, but you need the right userspace driver/translation stack to actually make use of it. my problem was getting desktop chrome inside the debian chroot talking cleanly to the mali gpu.”

Lobsters comment · Aug 9, 5:41 AM · Developer Converts CMF Phone 1 Into Personal Server Using Termux