Like pine OS? I love Linux but I don't hate myself enough to try to DIY arch onto my phone hardware, I've already sunk enough hours into getting video and audio working on my desktop
Yeah, I'd like to see a phone come with linux pre-installed by the manufacturer. It's one thing to change over a PC, but I'm certainly not technically skilled enough for a phone
sunk enough hours into getting video and audio working on my desktop
What’s your hardware setup like? Between the archinstall script, ALSA drivers being good finally, and AMD hardware working brilliantly with mesa, sound and video has pretty much worked out of the box for years. Unless you’re using an Nvidia card. Then you’re SOL
There's plently of open source mods of android that let you sideload as much google apps as you need. LineageOS is the most popular and stable by a long shot.
Works fairly out of the box, except for the whole part of flashing onto the phone in the first place.
Looks like another fad OS that's "focused on privacy". I can't find a list of what phones they support. It just says, "pixel 3 or newer", which makes me suspect it only supports pixels.
If Huawei keeps making phones in some form, it seems like they would be a good option. Sure, they aren't officially doing business in the US, but it's not too difficult to get one unlocked. HarmonyOS seems promising and will likely be a good option for avoiding US companies/government. They're also a worker owned company, which is neat.
When your phone options are currently hardware company vs advertising company
I wish there was a good option for smart phones
Same, it'd be cool to see pine phone or something take off , or like Huawei or Xiaomi come up with their own phone OS
Why do that when there are perfectly good linux distros to fork?
postmarketOS will be usable as a daily driver one of these days
Like pine OS? I love Linux but I don't hate myself enough to try to DIY arch onto my phone hardware, I've already sunk enough hours into getting video and audio working on my desktop
Yeah, I'd like to see a phone come with linux pre-installed by the manufacturer. It's one thing to change over a PC, but I'm certainly not technically skilled enough for a phone
What’s your hardware setup like? Between the
archinstallscript, ALSA drivers being good finally, and AMD hardware working brilliantly with mesa, sound and video has pretty much worked out of the box for years. Unless you’re using an Nvidia card. Then you’re SOLThere's plently of open source mods of android that let you sideload as much google apps as you need. LineageOS is the most popular and stable by a long shot.
Works fairly out of the box, except for the whole part of flashing onto the phone in the first place.
Lineage doesnt allow you to lock the bootloader tho. Calyx is the new cool kid iirc
Looks like another fad OS that's "focused on privacy". I can't find a list of what phones they support. It just says, "pixel 3 or newer", which makes me suspect it only supports pixels.
https://calyxos.org/get/download/ That has supported devices, yes its mostly pixels.
If Huawei keeps making phones in some form, it seems like they would be a good option. Sure, they aren't officially doing business in the US, but it's not too difficult to get one unlocked. HarmonyOS seems promising and will likely be a good option for avoiding US companies/government. They're also a worker owned company, which is neat.
Use Honor brand if you want a Huawei-like experience that still has android and can still be sold in the US
I had an Honor for a while, good brand. Not perfect (nothing can be) but was still more than good enough