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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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[Fluff] I’m going to donate to all the top 6 Linux Mobile distros so I can play all sides and come out on top (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let’s have 8 competitors instead of 2

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This is me right now:

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

From what I read the two most promising distros are postmarket and ubuntu touch.

Do you have any other distros in mind?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

@haui_lemmy @Beaver Droidian is a very good option. You have several devices that are fully functional with Droidian. I use a Redmi Note 9 Pro and the battery lasts all day with medium-high use

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Wow! I didnt know this one. This tells me that there are not enough people making content about this stuff! :) thanks for mentioning it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Here is a good list of which distros are actively being developed for

https://liliputing.com/mobile-linux-distributions/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thats pretty cool! Thanks! I wish it were updated more frequently though. 3 years is forever in tech.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have heard about Mobian,Plasma Mobile, Sailfish, openSUSE.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I think plasma mobile is a desktop environment, not a distro. Sailfish is proprietary from what I read here. The other two are a little less usable if you dont have the exact phone they support according to this

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So Postmarket, Droidian, Mobian, Ubuntu Touch, and who else?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There’s Manjaro Arm and NemoMobile