Sony is trying to convince the community that their open Xperia devices can be used in a number of interesting ways, and they are adding support for them in the mainline Linux kernel.
Sony seems to be one of the few companies that actually care about open source and what happens with its devices. … As you can imagine, not all of the Sony devices are open, but there are plenty of them, some of which are really new like Xperia Z5, Xperia Z3+, and many others. In any case, Sony is now pushing patches into the Linux kernel, which greatly enhances the access of developers to the hardware.
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