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Android's new developer verification rollout begins, sideloading changes are next
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I have the new Jolla Phone preordered and I'm excited to see how it plays out. Maybe 2026 is the year of the Linux Phone
They've been saying "maybe it's the year of the Linux desktop" for years, mobile Linux only reliably works on a handful of specific modern devices and some fairly old ones
I wouldn't hold my breath for it
I know that the year of the Linux desktop is a bit of a meme but that's why I was referencing it. That said, the year of the Linux desktop has long come for me personally and only my desktop PC still has a Windows partition but I don't know when I last booted into it. I won't immediately ditch my Android phone, but I'm excited to test the viability of a Linux phone for me personally
As much as I love Linux I'll be the first to admit that it probably won't catch on with average users for a long time. Most people really don't want to have to troubleshoot anything and just want something that works out of the box, and Linux isn't really able to deliver that consistently.
I'm curious to try a Linux phone myself, but being in Canada importing new hardware is expensive and the other phone models that are compatible are ancient, and often without VoLTE support which is gonna be mandatory pretty soon here
Desktop Linux may not be mainstream, but it's solid. Mobile Linux not so much. I bought the pinephone hoping it would be a first class citizen, but it's fairly underwhelming, even after all this time. UBPorts has it listed as 68% supported, it and other OSes lack useful app ecosystems.
We will get that reality with SteamOS supporting mobile devices whether gov likes it or not. These laws are SO god damn stupid.