In theory it will just be another Linux able to run on everything Linux supports + Android hardware. Honestly I don’t know if it will ever run on common modern phones but it should at least be possible to run it on more “open” phones like Fairphone or PinePhone.
These are the most supported devices, maintained by at least 2 people and have the functions you expect from the device running its normal OS, such as calling on a phone, working audio, and a functional UI.
If the below is where we are at still with PostmarketOS, it will be a decade or more before it is anything more than a curiosity.
As I said, I don’t think we can expect PostmarketOS to work on normal phones but looking at the table they have PinePhone figured out. My hope is that we will soon see something like PinePhone but with proper specs that will actually be usable and that some phone makes like Fairphone will help make PostmaketOS run on their phones. Couple of properly supported models is all we really need and I hope it’s couple of years away, not a decade.
Can you just refuse to upgrade your 2021 or previous (nothing on their device list applies to models released after 2021) to not be affected by this policy change? I have never noticed a useful feature in android version upgrades for quite a while now.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 weeks ago
Here you can see current state: wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
In theory it will just be another Linux able to run on everything Linux supports + Android hardware. Honestly I don’t know if it will ever run on common modern phones but it should at least be possible to run it on more “open” phones like Fairphone or PinePhone.
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
If the below is where we are at still with PostmarketOS, it will be a decade or more before it is anything more than a curiosity.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 weeks ago
As I said, I don’t think we can expect PostmarketOS to work on normal phones but looking at the table they have PinePhone figured out. My hope is that we will soon see something like PinePhone but with proper specs that will actually be usable and that some phone makes like Fairphone will help make PostmaketOS run on their phones. Couple of properly supported models is all we really need and I hope it’s couple of years away, not a decade.
humanspiral@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Can you just refuse to upgrade your 2021 or previous (nothing on their device list applies to models released after 2021) to not be affected by this policy change? I have never noticed a useful feature in android version upgrades for quite a while now.
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 4 weeks ago
Yes but you will also stop getting security fixes. After some time it gets risky.