From e372cb052271b3f211194be4b9b76288ba4c66c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Micay Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:22:15 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] merge mostly redundant FAQ section into future devices --- static/faq.html | 37 +++++++++---------------------------- static/js/redirect.js | 1 + 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-) diff --git a/static/faq.html b/static/faq.html index 759e3bcc..15c36a2c 100644 --- a/static/faq.html +++ b/static/faq.html @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
  • Which devices are supported?
  • Which devices are recommended?
  • Which devices will be supported in the future?
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  • When will more devices be supported?
  • Why are older devices no longer supported?
  • Which devices did GrapheneOS support in the past?
  • How long will GrapheneOS support my device for?
    • @@ -346,34 +345,16 @@ and dedicated towards it. Releases for each supported device need to be robust and stable, with all standard functionality working properly and testing for each of the releases.

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    When will more devices be supported?

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    Broader device support can only happen after the community (companies, - organizations and individuals) steps up to make substantial, ongoing contributions to - making the existing device support sustainable. Once the existing device support is - more sustainable, early research and development work for other devices can begin. - Once a device is deemed to be a worthwhile target, the project needs maintainers to - develop and maintain support for it including addressing device-specific issues that - are uncovered, which will include issues uncovered in the device support code by - GrapheneOS hardening features.

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    It's not really a matter of time but rather a need for community support for the - project increasing. As an open source project, the way to get something to happen in - GrapheneOS is to contribute to it, and this is particularly true for device support - since it's very self-contained and can be delegated to separate teams for each - device. If you want to see more devices supported sooner, you should get to work on - identifying good devices with full support for alternative operating systems with - verified boot, etc. and then start working on integrating and testing support.

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    It should also be clear that the expectation is for people to buy a device to run - GrapheneOS, rather than GrapheneOS supporting their existing devices. This will only - become more true if GrapheneOS is successful enough to accomplish the goal of having - devices produced based on an SoC reference design with minor improvements for privacy - and security. Broad device support is the opposite of what the project wants to - achieve in the long term.

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    The expectation is for people to buy a secure device meeting our requirements + to run GrapheneOS. Broad device support would imply mainly supporting very badly + secured devices unable to support our features. It would also take a substantial + amount of resources away from our work on privacy and security, especially since + a lot of it is closely tied to the hardware such as the USB-C port control and + fixing or working around memory corruption bugs uncovered by our features. We + plan to partner with OEMs to have devices produced meeting all our requirements, + providing additional privacy/security features beyond them and ideally shipping + with GrapheneOS rather than massively lowering our standards.

    diff --git a/static/js/redirect.js b/static/js/redirect.js index ce9842f5..f1e88e13 100644 --- a/static/js/redirect.js +++ b/static/js/redirect.js @@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const redirects = new Map([ ["/usage#google-camera", "/usage#pixel-camera"], ["/faq#dns", "/faq#custom-dns"], + ["/faq#when-devices", "/faq#future-devices"], ["/hiring#qualitifations", "/hiring#qualifications"],