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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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can an average person use a linux phone? (mindly.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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can an average person use a linux phone?

@linuxphones

I've been reading some articles about mobile Linux and many of them state one must be an "advanced user" or that the software isn't secure. How true is this?

I already use Linux on my laptop, but I'm not a software developer or anything like that. Would I be able to slap a new OS onto an old Android phone and be on my way, or would I run into problems?

#MobileLinux #Linux #LinuxPhone #FOSS

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Number 1 rule is to try it out on a second phone. Do not try with your current phone. Just don't.

Second rule : read the first rule again.

In all seriousness, I have had so much fun with mobile Linux OS's, trying out different phones and OS's but there's a deep learning curve and at the end of the day, there is not one that is completely ready to be use as a daily driver or have all the apps that I need - looking at you DUO Mobile (2fa).

However there is /e/OS, where is degoogled, has a built in tracker blocker and uses microG. Use it as a daily driver on my One plus 6t but its technically still Android. Someone did mentioned Murena, same OS.

Buy a cheap supported phone off of EBay and have a go. If you have any questions, let me know.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

@duckweed @codenul
I'm replying via tokodon running manjaro plasma mobile on a pinephone. The keyboard app crashed halfway through.

Fun but not reliable yet.