• crime [she/her, any]
    ·
    3 years ago

    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

    • Wheaties [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Why do that when there are perfectly good linux distros to fork?

      • crime [she/her, any]
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        3 years ago

        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

        • Wheaties [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          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

      • captcha [any]
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        3 years ago

        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.

        • account346533 [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          Lineage doesnt allow you to lock the bootloader tho. Calyx is the new cool kid iirc

          • captcha [any]
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            3 years ago

            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.

            • account346533 [she/her]
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              3 years ago

              https://calyxos.org/get/download/ That has supported devices, yes its mostly pixels.