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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Anyone use one of those Linux phones like pine phone or librem.

I was looking at a few months ago but settled on a deggooled phone. Are there user friendly distros for them?

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

True, I have considered it but

They don't come cheap
They make it less a phone and more a mini laptop by having to open it up to use
Increases thickness

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sure, there are drawbacks, but I think it worth it. It not only fixes the battery life, but also provides hardware typing which is important because we don't have swipe-typing.

I wish they made a slider keyboard...