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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Suavevillain@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI’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.
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
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.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
That’s true, but for everything non-free, they always end up having a perfectly working web app that will accept my money.
PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I’m sure there will be some sort of compatibility layer available. Android Linux based after all.
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).
IronBird@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
i’m just gonna switch to steam deck + gsm router