"Why am I running Linux on my desktop, but not on my phone?" is what Konrad asked himself at the beginning of this amazing story that ends up with him becoming a maintainer for Qualcomm support in Linux.

Featuring @ollieparanoid, @konradybcio, @craftyguy, @calebccff (in order of appearance).

Konrad accepts donations, preferrably in form of tea ☕.

Referenced in this episode:

• SoMainline
• B4 ("before") - tool for dealing with kernel patches
  • docs
  • source
• linux-arm-msm mailing list
• Asahi Linux
  • speakersafetyd
• #1922: Feature request: 'devbox setup'
  • The issue Konrad created about having a minimal image for doing kernel development. Reply there if interested, contributions welcome!
• !4420: Add initial on-device CI support
  • Caleb's new initramfs hook for running the postmarketOS initramfs in a testing environment (QEMU, CI, or manual testing).
• Linux on A7-A8X
• checkra1n
• Project Sandcastle

Channels:

• IRC: #linux-msm on irc.oftc.net
• Matrix: #mainline:postmarketos.org

Related episodes:

• #08 INTERVIEW: Caleb Connolly (of OnePlus 6 / SDM845 Mainlining Fame)

Editing by: @ollieparanoid, Music by: The Passion HiFi