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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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which Linux Phone Distro should I use? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Bullerfar@lemmy.world to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml
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I am looking forward to changing out my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. But I am very confused of what to choose, of the many options. Here is some criteria you guys could maybe help me choose the perfect fit from:

1: has to be able to use some android apps still, because of government- & banking applications. 2: the car runs it's own android system, but android auto would be nice to still have. 3: It would be awesome to be able to use the linux phone as a pc as well. I loved the videos I have seen from ubuntu touch, where you just connect to a screen through usb c and you have a desktop environment. That is just awesome! 4: I am kind of pro EU. So if the OS is developed in europe and the phone that supports it from the factory is also EU based, it's a huge plus in my book. Not a deal breaker though. My trusy on USA has just dissapeared sadly.

Hope someone will be able to help me out here! Thank you.

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[–] exu@feditown.com 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

PostmarketOS is probably the largest one you'll find. It supports a huge range of devices, some better some worse. You might have worse driver support and fewer features on newer devices, because PostmarketOS is focused on using the upstream kernel with minimal patches.

Most other mobile Linux distributions use Halium as a translation layer between the Android core and Linux userspace. More stuff might work, but you're still using the ancient Android kernel and proprietary drivers.

Written from my Fairphone 5 I got yesterday to put PostmarketOS on it.

[–] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

If you don't mind me asking, where did you get and how much did you pay for your Fairphone 5?

[–] exu@feditown.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I got it used from a local online store. 240 CHF that's ~265 EUR or ~300 USD

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Fellow swiss guy apparently. It means I ain’t the only one on Lemmy and the only one interested in Linux phones. We might be 2 in the entire country😅