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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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[–] cryptix@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why not much development with newer hardwares? Most devices are 2021 or older

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 6 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Also I swear to god my iPhone deletes notes I’ve made after they get too old or seemingly at random. Which is SO FUCKING AGGRAVATING AND MAKES ME FEEL LIKE MY PHONE IS GASLIGHTING ME.

[–] Sunshine@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There’s the FOSS alternative Fsnotes.

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[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If the big problem is licensing proprietary protocols, wht not just make pirate distros?

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[–] Sunshine@piefed.social 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I can’t wait to no longer be forced to use the robber baron apple’s AppStore.

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[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Meanwhile Linux phone with zero apps 🙄

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 7 points 2 weeks ago

Both factually incorrect and besides the point.

[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You can use waydroid to use android and its app ecosystem until the Linux app ecosystem catches up, and there's work being done on an android translation layer to just run the apps without the full android OS running.

The problem right now is the hardware and drivers, there's isn't many phones out there that 100% work. There's a few commercial options like Librem and FuriLabs phones but other than that, most of the options from postmarketOS have something not working like calls, or camera, or audio, etc. The fairphone 5 seems well supported by Ubuntu touch right now, but if I'm reading the page right, Ubuntu touch doesn't support VoLTE yet, so I can't use it in the US.

https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/fp5/release/noble/

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Global issues

The issues listed below are present in most or all of the devices depending on the technology they are built on.

Incoming, outgoing calls

Calling over VoLTE is not supported, please check that this is not a requirement in your country.

Halium and Legacy ports"
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[–] Maiznieks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Is pinephone still an option? I never got one, any alternatives?

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Lol no, the pinephone had an allwinter processor that would have been fine in ~2014, cant speak to the specs of the pinephone pro, but I would imagine they were better.

The issues with the model I had were mostly hardware related. The expectation of "it just works" are being completed for the linux desktop enviroments now-ish. I have not played with my pinephone in a long while, but linux phones should still be a few years behind.

[–] Ramenator@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I have the original PinePhone lying around, it was honestly already a piece of crap when it came out. Laggy to all hell for me with horrible battery life. Maybe it's gotten better since then, but I can't recommend it

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