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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:

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

Linux Mobile Hardware:

  • Fairphone 5
  • Volla Phone
  • Librem 5
  • PinePhone

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Apple and Google will gladly erase the works of developers to chase profits.

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[–] paper_moon@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This is similar to telling people to stop advocating people using Linux on their computers and just use WSL in windows if you want Linux. You don't have the same level of control and privacy, freedom, features etc. Also you're beholden to the host OS for updates and security, etc. I'd MUCH rather Linux on bare metal, in both cases my computer and my phone. And yah you can make the point that a Linux phone is definitely less secure than android at this point but in the future when its more mature, I'm sure people will focus on tweaking security to fill the security holes.