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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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The Postmarket OS Project Has Been Partially Ported to 10 iPhone models (wiki.postmarketos.org)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Sunshine@piefed.social to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca
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  1. IPhone 3G

  2. iPhone 4

  3. iPhone 4s

  4. iPhone 5

  5. iPhone 5s

  6. iPhone 6

  7. iPhone 7

  8. iPhone SE

  9. iPhone X

  10. iPhone 12 Mini

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[–] beeng@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 days ago

If this gets us out of the duopoly I'm all for it

[–] Sunshine@piefed.social 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Looks like I need to research and dissect my iPhone 13 to help them!

[–] dudesss@piefed.ca 3 points 6 days ago

My relatives have a throwaway iPhone 13 with a cracked screen I can use for testing! I'm not sure who to contact or where to start if I wanted to offer it for testing.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 week ago

Damn I have an iPhone 3.

[–] maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

Considering the sheer magnitude of iPhones that have been manufactured, this is kinda a big deal.

[–] treeofnik@discuss.online 5 points 1 week ago

Seems promising! And kind of random that only the 12 mini is listed for that year, but I suppose it depends on what people have to test/tinker with