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Linux Phones

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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.

Benefits:

  • 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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Google blocks Android hack that let Pixel users enable VoLTE anywhere (www.androidauthority.com)
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[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

Android has (as standard) stuff like sandboxing, SELinux, verified boot, FDE, etc. It's possible to get stuff like this working on normal Linux, but it's a lot of work (more for some things than others). Also the standard Linux solutions for e.g. sandboxing are just not as robust as what's provided by Android.