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This is why it is so important to buy a device that has open source drivers. If your device can run mainline linux without any patches then you can be pretty su
by baroffoos 7y ago
This is why it is so important to buy a device that has open source drivers. If your device can run mainline linux without any patches then you can be pretty sure it will be easy to update for a very long time.
The only phone I know which fits this description is the Librem 5. Unfortunately it would currently be a lot cheaper to just buy second hand android phones every 2 years than to buy one of these but hopefully they can get the price down later.
- zozbot234 7y agoThe postmarketOS project is working on mainlining drivers for other devices. They're almost done wrt. the LG Nexus 5, which is their current flagship (though mobile voice/data support is still problematic)
- baroffoos 7y agoI tried installing PMOS 5 on a nexus 5 and it seemed a long long way away from being usable.
- CameronNemo 7y agoWell there is also the fairphone! And pinephone in the future (based on rk3399, so not bad mainline support). Peripherals are always iffy, but sometimes you need to make sacrifices.