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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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Linux phones don't even really exist right now. Wonder why Ubuntu has never tried again.
Genuinely interested, but any time I look into it it requires hardware that's expensive to import or many years out of date.
The oldest phone I still have lying around is my Pixel 7 that was my initial jump into GrapheneOS, I haven't found any distros that are compatible with a Pixel newer than a 4a. If anyone knows of a compatible distro I'd make the jump.
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The only thing I ask for is VoLTE actually working.
I wish that there were better kernels around. A monopoly (Windows on a desktop, Linux on a phone - well, at least iOS still has BSD) is not a good thing on any platform.
2026 year of the BSD phone.
For me, it sure is.
We've been 'setting up the ground work' for Linux on Desktop and Phones for decades. It's not the groundwork that's the issue, it's adoption.
Groundwork on what? The only Linux phone I've seen that I'd want is the Jolla C2 and they don't ship outside the EU so I can't even get one
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tizen
Remember LiMo, which became Tizen? What about MeeGo?
I think I had a Samsung watch that used Tizen but it's not exactly prevalent outside of their devices. Don't get me wrong I'd love to see more mobile Linux, but Sailfish seems the best bet to me and even so has a pretty limited device selection, and hardware is way too variable still.
A standard and modularized base for phone hardware would be nice, or maybe something like Pi but for phones.
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Nope. No time.
I would only consider getting a linux phone as a toy to play with in addition to my actual phone that I actually need to work and be supported. It’s just too niche imo