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I think you already missed that boat: https://www.techradar.com/news/canonicals-dream-for-an-ubuntu-phone-is-dead https://www.techradar.com/news/canonicals-dre
by Johnny555 8y ago
I think you already missed that boat:
https://www.techradar.com/news/canonicals-dream-for-an-ubuntu-phone-is-dead https://www.techradar.com/news/canonicals-dream-for-an-ubunt...
- rmusial 8y agoThis project send seems promising... https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-smartphone-makes-major-strides-in-manufacturing-and-development/ https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-smartphone-makes-major-strides...
- SlowRobotAhead 8y agoAnd OpenMoko before that. Turns out the number of people that actually want a phone with a terminal interface is in the dozens.
- LeoPanthera 8y agoDon’t strawman. No-one wants a phone with a terminal interface, and linux phones did not have terminal interfaces.
- foob 8y agoI recognize that I'm in the minority, but I want a terminal interface on my phone. I have my qualms with Android, but one of my favorite things about it is that I can drop into a terminal and have what is essentially a full Linux distro at my disposal. I often leave my main laptop at the office instead of lugging it around, and it's great being able to use a bluetooth keyboard with my phone to get real work done sometimes. I use termux [1] which allows me to install whatever software I want with APT. I can use vim, ssh into servers, and mostly do whatever else I would do on a computer. It's not a strawman, it's just a developer-centric niche. 1 - https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Main_Page https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Main_Page
- LeoPanthera 8y agoThere’s a difference between a phone with a terminal and a phone with a terminal interface.
- CaptSpify 8y agoCanonical only gave this a very half-assed attempt though. The purism 5 should be coming out relatively soon, and it looks like they work hard to make their laptops work decently. I hope that translates over well to the phone.