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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.

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  • Hardware freedom.
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  • Full utilization of specs.
  • Phone lifespan raises to 10+ years.
  • Less e-waste.

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  • Ubuntu Touch
  • Sailfish
  • FuriOS
  • Postmarket OS
  • Mobian
  • Pure OS
  • Plasma Mobile
  • LuneOS
  • openSUSE Mobile
  • Nemomobile
  • Droidian
  • Mobile NixOS
  • ExpidusOS
  • Maemo Leste
  • Manjaro Arm
  • Tizen
  • WebOS

Linux Mobile Hardware:

  • Fairphone 5
  • Volla Phone
  • PinePhone
  • FLX1
  • Librem 5

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postmarketOS in 2026-02: generic kernels (postmarketos.org)
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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

installs the generic kernel into a 1999 blackberry

Jokes aside, fantastic news! Though quite likely missing some features on nicher hardware, still I can see it being used even as a starting point for making new device-specific kernels.

[–] erebion@news.erebion.eu 4 points 1 week ago

I see it as a starting point to becoming more mainline and less device-specific.