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Switch to Linux phone? (self.linux)

submitted 2 years ago by cianmor to c/[email protected]

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I have been out of the loop for a while with the development of Linux/GNU based OSes on phones. However, with seeing how companies (like reddit) can change the rules as they wish, I want to see if completely switching to Linux is possible.

Long story short… what are the current phone providers that have Linux as an OS, or what is the best way to run Linux on an off-the-shelf phone?

As a side-question, is Nextcloud still the next best option for a complete service alternative to Google/iCloud?

Thank you!

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[–] PropaGandalf 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm waiting for my preordered shiftphone 8 to be released. They promised to cooperate with custom rom devs and improve the experience compared to their current model the Shift6mq which already can run postmarketos.

Also Nextcloud is a fantastic alternative to google/microsoft/apple cloud.

[–] cianmor 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you for postmarketos. I had a look and it actually looks exactly like what I had in mind. They even have a community on lemmy at https://lemmv.ml/c/postmarketos I now have to check out the shiftphones and see if Linux supports apps like the banking apps, 2FA, etc. or if they can be emulated through some kind of Android laver. Otherwise it would have to be an Android OS without Google or a separate phone for those apps.

[–] PropaGandalf 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

postmarketos is the most stable and matured mainline linux mobile os. For 2FA, banking apps and android apps in general there is waydroid ehich I already use on my fedora laptop.

[–] cianmor 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you know how the performance of waydroid is on postmarketos?

[–] PropaGandalf 0 points 2 years ago

Nope. Never had a linux phone and never tried postmarketos. But waydroid is pretty usable now.