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Rabbit R1 is Just an Android App (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by thequantumcog@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

See, it turns out that the Rabbit R1 seems to run Android under the hood and the entire interface users interact with is powered by a single Android app. A tipster shared the Rabbit R1’s launcher APK with us, and with a bit of tinkering, we managed to install it on an Android phone, specifically a Pixel 6a.

Edit: Someone also got doom and Minecraft running on this thing

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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

Note that this is mostly due to the closed source drivers and nonexistent Linux support for smaller SoCs. Some manufacturers are quite good in that front (e.g. Broadcom/Raspberry Pi, Rockchip), with others you're lucky if they allow you to use Linux at all, with no GPU drivers (which you often have to pirate the binaries, thanks ARM for making Mali a completely closed source project from its open source origins).

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 15 points 8 months ago

Note that since it's just an Android app, there is no purpose in selling this e-waste device other than increasing the price, since it does nothing you can't already do on your phone.

[-] macaroni1556@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Broadcom is actually terrible, the Rpi foundation just had an in.

NXP deserves some credit for good board support packages and documentation.

[-] thequantumcog@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

Broadcom is also closed source (I think). I have to use closed source drivers for my broadcom wireless adapter on Linux.

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