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_m7bj on June 11, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: It's Now Possible to Boot Android on I.MX6 Platfor...

This is super-basic, but given pretty much the only words I recognize on that page are "android" and "mesa", what does this /mean/?

zengid on June 11, 2017 | [–]

The original article is better at explaining things:

https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2017/06/05/andr...

robert_foss on June 11, 2017 | | [–]

Thanks ;)

robert_foss on June 11, 2017 | [–]

It means that the iMX6 platform now can run Android using an entirely open source software stack.

It also paves the way for other platforms, and in general is another win for open source.

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