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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.

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

Linux Mobile Distros:

  • Ubuntu Touch
  • Sailfish
  • FuriOS
  • Postmarket OS
  • Mobian
  • Pure OS
  • Plasma Mobile
  • LuneOS
  • 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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Free Software Foundation announces a Librephone initiative to develop a fully free and open source smartphone (liliputing.com)
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[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was wondering the same thing. I thought the reason this thing has never taken off is because it’s ridiculously hard to make firmware that operates these radios.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Exactly. It took Apple with their infinite resources and top engineers many years to build their own baseband.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 17 hours ago

And that's still very new. Who knows how it'll hold up.