• SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    hell yeah I'm planning on switching within the next year or two once it matures slightly and more importantly I hopefully have money to spare on a new phone

    • snuffles [he/him,any]
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      4 years ago

      dude get yourself a nexus 5, since google stopped supporting them last year they are dirt cheap. i got mine for like 40€. you can flash it with postmarketOS or Ubuntu Touch. Hardware is actually on par with the pinephone, ubports is even slightly faster on the nexus

      • SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
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        edit-2
        4 years ago

        damn I've gotta check that out, I didn't know they got so cheap now!

        edit: and it runs android kit kat out the box, that will be a wonderful blast to the past before I load up linux.

        • snuffles [he/him,any]
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          4 years ago

          only downside is that it sandboxes bare bones android to talk to the proprietary firmware blobs, this also means that you're stuck on kernel ~3.4

          • SirLotsaLocks [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            why does that mean you're stuck on kernel 3.4? can it not be upgraded?

            • snuffles [he/him,any]
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              4 years ago

              correction, it's 4.* actually. the problem is that the closed source firmware in some hardware components talk directly to the kernel, and they assume the same kernel android uses in kitkat. Android is dogshit with keeping their kernel current, which is one of the reasons it is a security nightmare. (obligatory not an expert, talking out of my ass alert)