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which linux phone is the most promising? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to donate to a linux phone. I believe in linux and I want a linux phone. Maybe we can use one in very few years as a normal daily driver. It's getting closer and closer every month.

I want to donate that we get there sooner. But which project? I'm following postmarket but I'm not sure if they are the most promising. What's your stance on this? To which project would you give your money to accellerate it?

Edit: I don't want to buy a phone. I want to support the phone os devs. Sorry for the bad wording.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Postmarketos with phosh works "fine" with the pinephone.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I found Ubuntu Touch/Droidian the most promising when I last tried to get a good Linux mobile setup. Everything was working and i could run any linux app i wanted. The only problem was mobile data configuration with ISP here in the UK. I would donate to whoever is making the best progress and having the most impact. There is so much variety of hardware with phones that a single (or very small number) of compatibility layers needs to emerge.

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[–] wildflower 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I love my Pinephone, not enough to use it as my main phone thou.

It's running Mobian, mostly because everything else I have is running Debian in some form, but it looks like the largest project is PostmarketOS.

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[–] Crack0n7uesday 2 points 9 months ago

All smart phones are *NIX, i don't even think the Windows phones were really Windows. Pick whichever UI you like best.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Edit: I don't want to buy a phone. ... Sorry for the bad wording.

I'd suggest editing the post's title as well.

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