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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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Ubuntu Touch Is Switching to a Fixed-Release Model for Ubuntu Touch OTA Updates (9to5linux.com)

submitted 2 years ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml

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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

ubuntu touch is still a thing?

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, has been all the time. It was just handed over from the Ubuntu company to community management under the Ubports banner.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

that's neat. hopefully the fixed release model will support phones that are actually available to buy.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You can buy a Volla phone and afaik also a Fairphone4 with Ubuntu Touch pre-installed.

I think the main issue for other phones right now is that their Android kernel compatibility layer ("halium") is only compatible up to Android 11 and needs an update for newer phones to work.

[–] joneskind@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I came here to say that.

[–] wittypier@awful.systems 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank goodness, maybe they'll figure out how to lock the bootloader soon