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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.


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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

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  • Fairphone 5
  • Volla Phone
  • PinePhone
  • FLX1
  • Librem 5

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I've found it on Reddit today, it's built on PostmarketOS and aims to replicate Blackberry 10 experience. Posting here because it looks much nicer than Phosh and I've never heard of it, despite following mobile linux communities.

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[–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I was always wishing the BlackBerry Classic would run the same OS, but FOSS and up-to-date and based on Linux.

The Classic will likely never come back (has not even been rooted yet), but it's nice seeing an OS like that.

Hoping for tight XMPP integration into the hub and something like the BlachBerry Classic hardware-wise. With Mainline Kernel, USB-C and 5G. Ready for the next decade.

That would be my dream.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago

We really should have more options than cell phone towers built into these phones anymore. LoRA with reticulum should be part of these.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago

Looks interesting. I'm very interested in seeing where this goes.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 months ago

OnePlus 6 validated at 60 FPS. Any PostmarketOS device with mainline Linux or Libhybris should work. Snapdragon 845/855 devices with mature kernel support are prime targets. Device porting contributions welcome.

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

I wonder what the battery life is like.

[–] tuckerm@feddit.online 5 points 2 months ago

Wow, yeah I also haven't heard of that one and I check in on mobile Linux projects pretty often.

[–] Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

This sounds like a cool project. Now I need someone to remake my Blackberry 8830 with modern hardware

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

This is exciting. I've never used a BlackBerry, but the video looks really neat.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

very promising! but how can you install it on a phone where pmos already runs? couldn't find any instructions

[–] horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Long lasting energy from peanuts?

[–] horn_e4_beaver@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Nah, Marathon turned into Snickers in 1990.

[–] RheumatoidArthritis@mander.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

I did not expect to learn this fact from a phone OS thread. Thanks! :D

[–] Tundra@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

loving the logo

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

So is Android, but people like to get bent all out of shape when you mention it

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah technically, and so is ChromeOS, but that's not really what people mean when they say Linux. It's not the Linux kernel specifically that they want, it's usually the freedom and openness.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh, so you mean GNU/Linux.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 8 points 2 months ago

Alpine Linux ticks most of the boxes people want and I don't think that has any gnu tools

[–] SirActionSack@aussie.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

People are getting "bent all out of shape" because you're in a Linux phone thread and announcing AksHuaLLy aNDrOid is LInuX.

Do you think that people are suddenly going to be happy with the current state of Android if you repeat that it's Linux based enough times?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago

See, just like that!

[–] adminofoz@lemmy.cafe 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Hmmm I wonder why people would get upset about acting like one of the largest surveillance companies in existence and hobbiest devices designed to evade surveillance are essentially the same?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -3 points 2 months ago

Look, there's another one!