this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
32 points (97.1% liked)
Linux Phones
2812 readers
2 users here now
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
⚙️Contribute
🧼Go Clean From the Duopoly:
💻Related Communities:
📰News:
💬Messager:
⌚️Watch:
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Joining the chorus of not-a-phone tablet with Linux. I've got PopOS installed on a Motion J3600 tablet that originally came with Windows 7. Modern Linux doesn't appreciate the single-point touchscreen - I find I need to adjust most apps individually to play nice. And I can't figure out how to disable the default on-screen keyboard so I can use a different one.
But it runs faster than it did on Win10, and I can keep using it, as opposed to Win11.
Try Phosh perhaps, there you can easily enable docked mode, which disables the on-screen keyboard.