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I probably can't get a new phone super soon, but it's been quite frustrating how little support there is for iOS versions of open source software I've been slowing moving towards or investigating. I absolutely get why though!

I have the capability to understand complex topics but it takes me quite a few tries to really get it, so I'd like some help or recommendations of things that aren't "just use linux". (I am slowly dipping my toes by using WSL for things, though.) I am always searching for software, but I've never been active enough in communities to ask for personal recommendations and be warned of short comings. Obviously if you find recommendations, they want to look the best to you and hide their faults. I do try and research as much as possible, but like I said, I can get confused or not understand the drawbacks or full level of manual work/environments needed to operate at times.

Mostly I'm looking for day to day things that I can operate from my windows computer, but can also connect to my phone, assuming I get an android next. (Librem phones looks cool, but switching carrier providers is not feasible for me at the moment.) The boring things, like calendar, email, notes (I do use obsidian already). But if you'd like to gush about your daily drivers, I'm all ears!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Keep in mind that the project it will work on old phone but at some point update will stop. Don't remember after how many years google stops supporting a phone I guess its around 3-4 years.

In most cases this is not an issue if you don't care about the latest features.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know google ends up not supporting older android versions, but I would assume an open source OS could make it updatable for longer? Or is there a physical hardware lockout at times?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but i believe software updates would continue depending on ROM, but hardware / firmware / security updates would cease after a set amount of years?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh right, that makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope. I have a Lenovo P2 that recently got android 13 (last official was 9 or 10), security patches are up to date to march. Hardware and firmware yes but you don't generally care that much about these.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So lets take a Pixel, with 6 years of updates guaranteed from Google. After 6 years, you can continue to install newer and newer OS versions and these will include security fixes for software. However, no new security updates pertinent to the device hardware will be available past that date? (I am asking)