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It's not (only) about the hardware, both PureOS and Plasma Mobile platforms are nowhere near production-grade software, likely cannot be even considered beta-qu

It's not (only) about the hardware, both PureOS and Plasma Mobile platforms are nowhere near production-grade software, likely cannot be even considered beta-quality by an end-user.

fsflover 5y ago
The HN audience can have those phones as daily drivers (some do). I am not suggesting that they are as good as iPhones.
- gary17the 5y ago
  I see your point. There's also postmarketOS; PINE64 PinePhone is listed as one of its primary supported devices[1]. [1] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
  - ekianjo 5y ago
    postmarketOS mostly only supports well very old devices, and the Pinephone which is also based on completely outdated hardware. I wish there was something a little more recent with Linux support.
    - deleted 5y ago
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    - kop316 5y ago
      http://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices http://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices It also supports the Librem 5, but also the Oneplus 6 and 6T
      - mlok 5y ago
        I had a look at OnePlus and checked wikipedia to know which country it comes from, and... wow : * benchmark results faked by software * personal data collection * backdoor All of these do not appear on the English page so there's a link to the French one : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus#Controverses https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus#Controverses
        kop316 5y ago
        Yep..... I'm not endorsing them per se, I'm just saying work is going on to get them to work on pmOS (and Mobian).
Proven 5y ago
The question wasn't about production-grade s/w, it was about Linux - available or not
yepthatsreality 5y ago
What is not “production-grade” about PureOS? It’s the same OS they install on their laptops and the mobile options are baked into GTK. Do you use PureOS? As far as I understand it’s just Debian, with some changes to Gnome and both of those run in production in lots of places.

It's not (only) about the hardware, both PureOS and Plasma Mobile platforms are nowhere near production-grade software, likely cannot be even considered beta-quality by an end-user.

fsflover 5y ago

The HN audience can have those phones as daily drivers (some do). I am not suggesting that they are as good as iPhones.

gary17the 5y ago
I see your point. There's also postmarketOS; PINE64 PinePhone is listed as one of its primary supported devices[1]. [1] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
- ekianjo 5y ago
  postmarketOS mostly only supports well very old devices, and the Pinephone which is also based on completely outdated hardware. I wish there was something a little more recent with Linux support.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - kop316 5y ago
    http://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices http://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices It also supports the Librem 5, but also the Oneplus 6 and 6T
    - mlok 5y ago
      I had a look at OnePlus and checked wikipedia to know which country it comes from, and... wow : * benchmark results faked by software * personal data collection * backdoor All of these do not appear on the English page so there's a link to the French one : https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus#Controverses https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus#Controverses
      - kop316 5y ago
        Yep..... I'm not endorsing them per se, I'm just saying work is going on to get them to work on pmOS (and Mobian).

Proven 5y ago

The question wasn't about production-grade s/w, it was about Linux - available or not

yepthatsreality 5y ago

What is not “production-grade” about PureOS? It’s the same OS they install on their laptops and the mobile options are baked into GTK. Do you use PureOS? As far as I understand it’s just Debian, with some changes to Gnome and both of those run in production in lots of places.