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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.

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Phone lifespan raises to 10+ years.
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Linux Mobile Distros:

Ubuntu Touch
Sailfish
FuriOS
Postmarket OS
Mobian
Pure OS
Plasma Mobile
LuneOS
openSUSE Mobile
Nemomobile
Droidian
Mobile NixOS
ExpidusOS
Maemo Leste
Manjaro Arm
Tizen
WebOS

Linux Mobile Hardware:

Fairphone 5
Volla Phone
PinePhone
FLX1
Librem 5

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[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The apps are just the second layer. The first layer is hardware compatibility. Even the best supported phones have spotty gps, mic and cam usability

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

FR FR, I think most Linux distros such as Ubuntu Touch are just running a stripped down Android software called "Halium" as a layer between the phone drivers and the OS.

Which of course leads to questions about maintainability now that the AOSP doesn't provide device trees.