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Linux Phones

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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.


Benefits:

  • Hardware freedom.
  • Perfect operating-system competition.
  • Full utilization of specs.
  • Phone lifespan raises to 10+ years.
  • Less e-waste.

Linux Mobile Distros:

  • Ubuntu Touch
  • Sailfish
  • FuriOS
  • Postmarket OS
  • Mobian
  • Pure OS
  • Plasma Mobile
  • LuneOS
  • Nemomobile
  • Droidian
  • Mobile NixOS
  • ExpidusOS
  • Maemo Leste
  • Manjaro Arm
  • Tizen
  • WebOS

Linux Mobile Hardware:

  • Fairphone 5
  • Volla Phone
  • PinePhone
  • FLX1
  • Librem 5

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[–] morto@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Here in Brazil, banks require you to install a literal spyware and go physically to the bank to allow it, if you want to do banking on your pc, while some banks don't even support it. Meanwhile, the same banks will allow you to just download the mobile app and use it with minimal requirements and no need to go physically anywhere. Then they say that people just don't want to do banking on pcs anymore.

If so, that sounds nightmarish

It is