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Fog0555@lemmy.world 1 year agoHave you tried Ubuntu Touch?
I tried it on a spare old phone and found it pretty unusable tbh. Very limited application choices and I hated the UI / app management work flow.
Also I hated that by default the terminal (and superuser privileges) are VERY locked down.
It’s possible I just didn’t know what I was doing tho ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah, I’ve put Ubuntu Touch on a Pixel 3a and had a pretty similar experience unfortunately. I see potential, but it’s just not usable yet (for me at least).
Dang, I haven’t ever tried it. I was hoping for more configurability.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Perhaps next year will be the year of the Linux Phone. Alas, the same problems that plague the Linux desktop plug the phone. Lack of software.
It’s also very difficult to move out of the Apple ecosystem once everything just works the way you think it should. 
PopOfAfrica@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m quite interested in developments on the way to avoid that would allow the use of Android apps on a Linux phone.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Now that’s an interesting concept.
jacktherippah@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Linux desktop is far more mature and there isn’t even a year for the Linux desktop yet. Linux mobile will probably never take off within our lifetime lmao.
spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Agreed. I don’t have a home computer. All of my online experience is done through my iPhone. I can’t be messing around with phones I constantly need to tweak or troubleshoot. I’ve done it to myself, but I’m okay with where I’m at rn.
Doomsider@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Oh yes please stick with Apple. I don’t think I have ever heard of a better use case scenario.
spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
I can’t tell if you’re being facetious or not.