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GNU/Linux phones exist: Librem 5 and Pinephone. They're based on free drivers and don't prevent you from installing any OS.
by fsflover 3y ago
GNU/Linux phones exist: Librem 5 and Pinephone. They're based on free drivers and don't prevent you from installing any OS.
- spookie 3y agoI hope those get more mature and stable, I do have one but it's kind of a mess to have things not break on you. Updates corruption and all. This is on the Pinephone Pro btw.
- fsflover 3y agoPinephone software is written by volunteers. Librem 5 is more stable: https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-professional-use-success/22303/40 https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-daily-driven-in-profession...
- techniquetech 3y agoThere's also Ubuntu Touch which I hope gathers steam. I installed it on an old Pixel 3a I had lying around mostly for fun, in much the same way I did for GalliumOS install on an old HP Chromebook.
- fsflover 3y agoI personally prefer SXMo.
- azinman2 3y ago> There are some devices for sale which allow this. But they're enormously unpopular.
- fsflover 3y ago> The problem is no one has made a smartphone with that open model.
- rstat1 3y ago> don't prevent you from installing any OS. That you then can't really do anything with either because of the super limited HW support (due to only using "free" drivers) or because they're so slow you just give up in frustration. Or lack of apps. At least in the case of the Librem 5 its wildly overpriced for what you actually get (if you ever actually get it that is).
- fsflover 3y agoHow is the limited hardware support connected to the free drivers? You can install Mobian, postmarketOS on a Librem 5 already. Pinephone is supported by 15+ operating systems. If you think the hardware is slow, have a look at SXMo. > if you ever actually get it that is They've been delivering the phones within 10 days since a long tome already. Sent from my Librem 5.