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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] 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they run a close-to mainline kernel, where Android and Ubuntu Touch use almost exclusively (and Android exclusively) outdated downstream kernels.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.