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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
  • 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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Was wondering what tablets you run Linux on.

  • What's good?
  • What's not so good?
  • What's worth mentioning?
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[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 2 points 1 week ago

I have a Lenovo 10e Chromebook tablet running Postmarket Os.

  • Setup was straightforward and relatively easy.
  • The only major hardware failure was the built-in camera. Though I have much better cameras on multiple different devices. So it wasn't a big loss. USF pen support worked out of the box. No issues, no special instructions. It was just there.
  • The octocore four large arm cores, four small arm cores, provide a solid experience under KDE plasma. You aren't going to win any CPU drag races, but it gets you where you want to go most of the time.
  • The major downfall of this system is probably the four gigabytes of RAM. If you are a tab whore like myself. Or painting large documents, et cetera, in Krita. You will hit swap quickly, which degrades the experience a bit.
  • the only other knock against it. I seem to remember was widevine support. (Netflix HBO Max etc) It's not supported as well on many arm devices, but it is there if I remember correctly. However there were hoops to jump through.