Comment on I Bought a Linux Phone in 2026

• ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It is certainly not usable for the average person in it’s current state, hence why I suggest donating to it to help with developing it.

  With proper funding and full-time devs, it would be able to focus on adding proper support to more phones, or potentially partner with a manufacturer like GrapheneOS just did with Motorola to get first-class support on a smaller handful of devices.

  Postmarket is our only long-term mobile option that will remain FLOSS and in the users best interest, we just have to support it and help build it up into something we can all use :)

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  • Lumisal@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I have donated and even used it. On said old phones, it works decently well.

    The issue is the hardware support, since most people won’t want a near decade old phone who’s battery you probably need to replace but can’t do so easily.

    Feels like they need to rally behind a more modern phone and polish that to get people to actually try it rather than fractured development. The Fairphone 4, which they already have a stable release on, would be a good candidate.

    Ah well, I’ll still keep up my donations anyway. Just feels like they could have more focused leadership, similar to the Linux Kernel.

    I also recommend (if you’re in Europe) petitioning government bodies to help fund them as well.

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