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I'm probably going to spam this around a bit, since most people don't seem to know about it, but a reminder that FuriLabs has a (GNU+)Linux phone with decent spec.s and the ability to run Android app.s (from what I've heard) pretty decently: https://furilabs.com/
Biggest drawback is it's based on Halium. Usual growing pains of a new product/company apply but apparently the company is pretty responsive and their dev.s have worked with customers to get things like calling working with the carrier and bands of their country where it hasn't worked before so improvements move pretty quickly.
Collection of different experiences I've variously seen online over the last year or so:
I don't own one, myself, so I can't give any personal experience but I've seen it around for a few years now but most people don't seem to even know about it. Maybe there's a reason for that? But none I've ever seen anyone say.
Intriguing! I'm concerned about the "advanced power management algorithms" they're putting up front and center without clarifying. My current phone (OnePlus) is very aggressive about that and just kills my alarm clock in the middle of the night once in a while and breaks other apps, even with optimizations disabled and the phone plugged in. Furiphone isn't listed on DontKillMyApp and I didn't see anything with a quick search, have you heard anything about how it does on that?
Also that size, oof. Mine is already too big and this is noticeably bigger in all 3 dimensions.
Ooof; yeah: that'd be a dealbreaker for me, too. I've got a OnePlus, as well (Nord N20), and, while I can definitely tell there's some battery optimization going on, it's never killed my alarms; it's the only alarm clock I use so somewhat vital.
Unfortunately, I haven't heard anything (yet). Most of anything I've heard about them has been from "static" sources (like the above); I don't hang out in any chatrooms or the like they may have. I do know they have an account on the Fediverse, though (@furilabs@fosstodon.org), so you may be able to ask them directly?
Nice, thanks for the tip.
Unfortunately I think the size might be the deal breaker though, just remembered how my current one literally only fits in my pocket if I rotate it in at the exact right angle. 8 extra mm in both directions and there's no hope.
I'm not ready for pants shopping again already, taking these ones in took 10 hours T_T
I have a Ulefone, which is too small of a brand for there to be much specific guidance on how to counter some of the unwelcome power management stuff
I can’t decide if that name is amazing or very unfortunate.
Is it pronounced “Furry Phone” or “Fury Phone?”
Because one of those is much better than the other. I’ll let my fellow Lemmings guess which I prefer.
OS is FuriOS if that helps you out of that knot.
I've read this as "Fury O.S." dozens of times before now but your subtle implication has fixed that, thank you.
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FuriousGlass i could clear things up 😂
You can't sideload in Linux. Not unless you have a PHD in computer engineering.