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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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PostmarketOS now officially supports 11 phones and tablets - Linux Smartphones (linuxsmartphones.com)

submitted 3 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Here’s the full list of supported devices:

ASUS MeMo Pad 7
BQ Aquaris X5
Motorola Moto G4 Play
Nokia N900
PINE64 PinePhone
PINE64 PineTab
Purism Librem 5
Samsung Galaxy A3 (2015)
Samsung Galaxy A5 (2015)
Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini Value Edition
Wileyfox Swift

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Doesn't sound too impressive to be honest, most Android roms support more than that. Even UT supports more than that, I suppose most pmOS aren't very well maintained.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 years ago

You clearly have no idea what postmarketOS does and what we mean with supporting these devices (I am a postmarketOS dev).

These devices are supported in our community and main category because they run a close-to mainline kernel. That means, the latest kernel versions currently available with just a few out of tree patches. That in comparison with Android and Ubuntu Touch which run on downstream kernels.

Almost all Android devices on that list came with kernel 3.4 or 3.10. However, for example the Samsung Galaxy A3 currently uses 5.11.7 on postmarketOS. That is not just "not impressive", it's insanely impressive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

I imagine the problem is that they can't exactly "officially support" a device, unless an active dev owns that model...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago

We don't need a core dev to own the device but there needs to be an active community member capable of supporting the device, yes.

Also, these devices are "supported" because they run a close-to mainline kernel, where Android and Ubuntu Touch use almost exclusively (and Android exclusively) outdated downstream kernels. With close-to mainline we mean a recent kernel version (e.g. 5.11.7 for multiple devices in that list) with just a few out of tree patches.