2026 will be the year of the linux phone
watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
I can’t wait for Linux phones to be stable enough for a daily driver.
CHKMRK@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Please stop. I can’t get my dick back into my trousers.
BreakerSwitch@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Given that Win10 is getting deprecated this year and Win11 has specific hardware requirements, I think 2025 could be the year of the linux PC. I’ll be curious to see how massive corporations for which this would mean millions or billions in hardware upgrades to stick with Win will square that circle.
Cyber@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Enterprises just lease desktops / laptops and replace them with the latest version of Windows… my team used to be after reasons to get the latest OS / laptop, now IT have to prise them out of their hands
Benchamoneh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I only use my desktop for gaming now but it’s old and won’t run Win11. I’m going for a SteamOS general release then I’ll just drop windows on there altogether
watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
XD
airglow@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The FuriPhone, which runs the FuriOS Linux distribution, has a polished enough user experience that it can be used as a daily driver by many people.
timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I somehow only recently saw this (few weeks ago) but man it looks awesome. I’m curious how well the android layer works as I haven’t used waydroid in a long time.
It’s not cheap enough to take a lark on is my only qualm.
airglow@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Here’s a demonstration of Waydroid on FuriOS and the accompanying blog post from 6 months ago. I’m obviously not a fan of X (Twitter), but the video shows that the app works in the Android container.
Yes, I also hope to see the price go down.
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 weeks ago
It seems like Linux-compatible handsets stopped around 2021. Except a few bespoke models that are hard to get your hands on outside of Europe.
I have a OnePlus Nord N10 flashed with Ubuntu Touch as a tinker device, unfortunately in the US it’s not daily-able because we shut down 3g and 2g networks and they still haven’t managed to get VoLTE working on Ubuntu Touch yet (though it may be coming in the next year!) so phone calls don’t work.
There’s also the Pixel 3a/3a XL which are plentiful and cheap but I like the N10 a bit more because of the additional RAM. Makes it feel a little less old compared to the Pixel.
oshu@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sorry but the pinephone is not great. I have one and its extremely underpowered to the point of uselessness.
Its like trying to use a 486 to as a current desktop.
Cyber@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Are you saying I could get Linux running on my Fairphone 3+?
Mind you, yeah, 3G switch off would then make life difficult…
bdonvr@thelemmy.club 4 weeks ago
Sure. Looks like on Ubuntu Touch the only thing not working is the fingerprint reader
devices.ubuntu-touch.io/device/fp3/
The OS in general isn’t ready for daily use though. It’s maybe doable if all you need is text, calls, camera, and a browser. And the calls only work in some countries. But it’s fun to play with.
solrize@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Good luck, phone hardware changes very fast though.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I’m okay with an older phone, I just want basic features to work consistently and well. Maybe support a newer phone every 5 years or so to provide an upgrade path.
Cenzorrll@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My Xperia z3c from 2014 would be perfectly fine to use right now if Google didn’t absolutely bloat the crap out of their products and it had an easily replaceable battery. If companies would just support their products for longer or release the sources when it’s out of support i probably would have skipped several phone upgrades. But that’s probably exactly why they don’t.
Spaniard@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I was just thinking about my moto x play still working. Same about updates
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Same. I still have my previous phone, but I don’t use it anymore because it’s insecure, not because it’s broken. I’m still using a laptop that’s even older precisely because it gets security updates since it runs Linux.
I’d absolutely lay a premium for longer support and it’s a large part of why I got a Pixel this time around, they advertise 7 years of support and I hope to hold them to that.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
So does pc hardware but Linux can breathe new life into even an old PC since the bloat does grow at the same rate as the hardware unlike other OSes
solrize@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
New PC hardware is mostly compatible with the old stuff or at least somewhat standardized except at the lowest end. Phone stuff is much worse about that. Idk what a Linux phone would mean anyway.
iopq@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Yet the performance basically peaked already. They are doing 15% increases at the top end and less for the cheapest phones.
solrize@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There are significant features being added too. Like satellite messaging in areas with no cell coverage can be pretty worthwhile. You’re right though, most other stuff is meh. I’d like wireless charging for my current phone but can do without it. I have a $250 phone from 2023 and don’t understand why anyone buys a flagship.
CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
Maybe whenever slider phones with full keyboards come back. Typing in the terminal would be a real chore otherwise.
tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
You do get used to it to some degree, but yes please bring the keyboards back
Ulrich@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
I mean probably never? You’d have to design hardware specifically that’s compatible with Linux, which would cost a fortune, in the hopes of selling a whole bunch of them, and they can’t even get large numbers of people to use Linux for free.
Feyd@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
You’d have to design hardware specifically that’s compatible with Linux
What makes you think that?
Ulrich@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
I don’t know how to answer that. Because most hardware is not compatible.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It isn’t fundamentally incompatible, there is just a lack of drivers.
You don’t need new hardware, you need driver support.
Feyd@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
The only thing that is lacking for compatibility incompatible is drivers. If that’s what you meant you should have said so instead of saying hardware needs to be designed. If that’s not what you meant then you don’t know what you’re talking about.
rice@lemmy.org 4 weeks ago
they already exist, the (software) interface is what needs work.
Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
They are already. My Redmi Note 7 runs Droidian perfectly.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Can Linux mobile OSs install apk apps?
Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
Yeah
watson387@sopuli.xyz 4 weeks ago
Really? I’ll have to do some searching online. I have a Mi 10T around here somewhere.
Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
I also have a mi10t! Broken, that is. Idk if you want to know bout it, but it falled down from my bycicle when I was at Sanremo and a car passed on top of it. Screen broken. Tankfully you could still see things and the touch was working, so I managed to get back home (≈100km). But then the next day it wouldn’t boot. His soul left me… He just stayed with me enought time to help me get home…
Petter1@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
🥹
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Likewise, brother. But at the current rate, we are still a few years away. :-(
rice@lemmy.org 4 weeks ago
The best solution today is to get actual phone / text apps working on the handhelds and just start using steamdecks etc lmao.
VOIP solutions obviously already do work.
crawancon@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
that has been said since before the nokia n600. lol
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
And we’ll keep saying it until we get there.