Linux Phones

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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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I’m happy to see this community is bigger than the Reddit equivalent (lemmy.ca)

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No billionaire shenanigans to get in the way of having a truly open-sourced phone.

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[–] Dariusmiles2123 29 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I didn’t know that and then it would make me happy to know that Lemmy is beating Reddit at something, but I still think we’re far away from having open source phones we could use every day in every situation.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Lemmy definitely beats reddit at several things: it is more left, more queer, more nerdy, and even more obsessed with reddit.

[–] A_N_O_N 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yep i would even go as far as to say lemmy has the better piracy sub too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Don't forget the pretty ui. I have a crush on Alexandrite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The crazy thing is, I left Reddit because I thought I'd miss Boost for Reddit too much after the APIcalypse and now that we have Boost for Lemmy I've already became too used to Voyager to care lol

[–] lemmeee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Is Boost proprietary? Because then it's a good thing that you switched.

[–] A_N_O_N 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes but jerboa looks absolutely similar to boost tho as its based on boost maybe they should try jerboa which is foss if they like boost ui.

[–] Dariusmiles2123 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah clearly I had noticed that you’re not really allowed to be in favor of everything left (which is really different in every country) or queer.

I’m not in favor if homophobia or racism, but I’d also want everyone to be able to reasonably express an opinion without being completely destroyed..

Edit: I wanted to say not allowed to not be in favor..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That's certainly true, there is a definite mob mentality surrounding certain topics.

However, I had reasonable success having actual discourse on controversial topics by presenting proper arguments, sticking strictly with a respectful and calm tone, and of course having some scientific links to reference for certain positions.

[–] Dariusmiles2123 1 points 4 months ago

Yeah me too but sometimes I’m scared of not being able to say anything against the general opinion on Lemmy.

Especially about LGBT topics where I can feel like it’s clearly not welcome even if you’re just expressing yourself calmly and in a peaceful way while trying to understand everyone’s opinion.

[–] lemmeee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They work for people whose priority is freedom and that are GNU/Linux experts. So I don't think it's productive to make general statements like that. If there is something that sucks (like battery life), you should say what it is exactly.

[–] Dariusmiles2123 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don’t really know because I don’t have a Linux phone yet, but apparently banking apps would be a problem on these phones when they aren’t on my Linux computer. It’s just an example, but an important one for me. But I’m clearly just dipping my toes in the Linux phone world so I’m not an expert.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

@Dariusmiles2123 @lemmeee I am using degoogled /e/ OS and banking apps (German and Swedish banks) work fine because proprietary Google Mobile services were replaced with open-source Microservices.

Find multiple blogs here:

https://biosphere.wilmarigl.de/en/?p=2259

[–] Dariusmiles2123 3 points 4 months ago

It ain’t a Linux phone but a combination of /e/os and Fairphone is also probably what I’d use.

It’s good to know your banking apps are working flawlessly.