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• Suavevillain@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m still hoping they can get to a state for more general users. I really want one still. I need a Linux phone doing the old sidekick designs.

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  • tempest@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The main issue will be application support.

    Linux running on the desktop in 2025 is helped immensely by everything being web based. So long as you have a browser you are fine for a lot of general computing.

    The phone space is ruled by apps. The phone makers and the companies developing apps prefer it this way.

    Getting a banking app, or Uber or Facebook Messenger to work on a Linux phone is going to be a massive pain in the ass (ignoring the rest of the OS which is definitely not even close to useable for the general public).

    I would love a Linux phone but we are so far away.

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    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The phone space is ruled by apps. The phone makers and the companies developing apps prefer it this way.

      That’s true, but for everything non-free, they always end up having a perfectly working web app that will accept my money.

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    • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m sure there will be some sort of compatibility layer available. Android Linux based after all.

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      • slamphear@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There already is! I had a Furi Labs FLX1 for a while and it was able to run Android apps surprisingly via Andromeda (their fork of Waydroid).

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    • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      i’m just gonna switch to steam deck + gsm router

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  • PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    tbh part of the rough experience for me may be down to the hardware. the ubports version of the pinephone i have is quite low power. 2GB memory and a little ARM Cortex-A53

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• Dojan@pawb.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Cool being able to SSH into my phone though

  I thought you could do that on Android?

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  • dev_null@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, you absolutely can, and without needing root or anything.

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