Check lineageos devices list for compatibility, it's an alternative ROM that intentionally comes without bloatware. If you want to tinker or do some DIY linux

Check lineageos devices list for compatibility, it's an alternative ROM that intentionally comes without bloatware. If you want to tinker or do some DIY linux projects with it, check out postmarketOS wiki. If you want to consider doing a little software tinkering as well, then I'd recommend going for the Pinephone because it runs with all kinds of Linux distros out of the box. It's not a production use phone though, and more of a tinker device. [1] https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ (lineageos 19.1 == AOSP 12) [2] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices Edit: there's an alternative android "store" called f-droid.org, which ships open source app builds. You might wanna browse a little there for inspirations of what you can do with it.