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Do any of you daily drive a mobile Linux distro on your cell phone? Is that viable / will it ever be? (self.linux)

submitted 1 day ago by bpt11 to c/[email protected]

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[–] wildbus8979 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

To your point, I tried for a bit and truly the one thing I couldn't live without was Signal.

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

The Signal Linux client isn't working on a phone?
Signal is also one of my essential apps, but I wasn't expecting a problem there, as I've Signal running on my desktop and laptop.
Phone just not beefy enough or what is the issue with it?

[–] wildbus8979 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

Flare? It's hardly complete. Can't even use it as a primary device.

As for the desktop app, it's not exactly mobile oriented.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Ah, ok

Not being mobile oriented is a very valid point.
Thought, that it maybe still is enough to work with, but yeah, I can imagine that it's not really nice handle on mobile - and probably no notification support etc

[–] wildbus8979 1 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Also the "desktop" web app requires to be paired with an instance of the mobile app.

I wished moxie would spend a little less time flying helicopters and trekking in Tajikistan, and reflect on the need to support non proprietary platforms.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

Ah, yeah right
Completely forgot about that