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What would I need a second device for if I get a PinePhone or other linux phones? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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I mainly use my phone for messaging (ie. Signal, Whatsapp etc), web browsing/social media (forums, lemmy, bluesky etc), and video viewing (jellyfin, alt youtube frontends, and netflix)

Are all these things possible on a linux phone like a Pinephone?

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[–] wildbus8979 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Signal is not currently possible (or at least practical). That's muly main blocker right now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Okay that’s a dealbreaker for me to be honest. I basically used all the social capital I had to get all my friends and family to start using Signal, I can’t just stop using it ahha.

I assumed Signal and FOSS apps would run fine in an android container of something. Is that not the case?

[–] wildbus8979 5 points 17 hours ago

You can run Signal on Waydroid yes, last I tried (about a year ago) the on screen keyboard didn't work right, and there were issues with Push notifications. Maybe things have improved since, but nonetheless it's a pretty crappy experience.