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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.


Benefits:

  • Hardware freedom.
  • Perfect operating-system competition.
  • Full utilization of specs.
  • Phone lifespan raises to 10+ years.
  • Less e-waste.

Linux Mobile Distros:

  • Postmarket OS
  • Ubuntu Touch
  • Mobian
  • Sailfish
  • Manjaro Arm
  • Pure OS
  • Plasma Mobile
  • LuneOS
  • FuriOS
  • Nemomobile
  • Droidian
  • Mobile NixOS
  • ExpidusOS
  • Maemo Leste
  • Tizen
  • WebOS

Linux Mobile Hardware:

  • Fairphone 5
  • Volla Phone
  • Librem 5
  • PinePhone

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Here's what happened from the 19th to 25th of May, 2025: A RaspBerry Pi CM5-based handheld, successful experiments with a 5G modem plugged into a Librem 5, phosh-osk-stub gets a sweet new name, and more! Enjoy!

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Losing WiFi Pixel 8 (self.linuxphones)
submitted 2 weeks ago by CkrnkFrnchMn to c/linuxphones
 
 

Anyone else here losing WiFi signal on their Pixel 8..?

Wasn't doing it when I first bought it but seems like since 3-4 months ago that phone has been acting up :(

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submitted 2 weeks ago by Sunshine to c/linuxphones
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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by klu9 to c/linuxphones
 
 

I recently learned something that blew my mind; you can run a full desktop Linux environment on your phone.

Not some clunky virtual machine and not an outright OS replacement like Ubuntu Touch or postmarketOS. Just native arm64 binaries running inside a little chroot container on Android.

Found via OS News:

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Ubuntu Touch Q&A 165 (www.youtube.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine to c/linuxphones
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.it/post/17708152

She mentioned in her toot that she tries to keep the dependencies so that the app works well with waydroid.

Anyway it's a great app, I use it almost daily. Strongly suggested!

Link to source code page: https://github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Android

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Can My Phone Run Linux? (many.tuxphones.com)
submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine to c/linuxphones
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submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine to c/linuxphones
 
 

VoLTE has been enabled for Poco X3. In TELEports there is now a block and unblock facility. Some important changes have been made towards verifying Wi-Fi connections. Numtian is the MMS daemon and it has seen some modifications. Ofono has been tweaked to handle switching from IPV4 to IPV6 more effectively. QtMir has been refined.

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Devices supported by Droidian (devices.droidian.org)
submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine to c/linuxphones
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