Hello, I am looking for the optimum phone to install Ubuntutouch on, and I particularly want optimum battery life and, of course, a great camera. Which phone would you recommend I am looking at Xiaomi Poco x3 or M3 otherwise they are big for me. I currently have a Pixel 6 and Grapheneos but I would like a Linux UT in the past I also had Xperia 10 and Sailfish os. What would you recommend for everyday use with a good camera?
Keep in mind that none of these phones support the mainline kernel.
There are only 3 phones that supports mainline kernel: PinePhone, PinePhone Pro and Librem 5.
All other phones use Halium. In short, because there are no drivers, your phone will use Android container to talk to hardware.
Thanks for your answer, I know and pine phone pro is a on my priority list, but it's still buggy with UBT.
True. PPP will be functional on other mobile Linux distributions that target mainline Linux. Like PostmarketOS or Mobian.
Very much so. Canonical stopped developing it a long time ago, but it's a community project now.
I got curious and looked up the supported devices, I've got an old xiaomi redmi note 8 lying around and they support the note 7, note 7 pro, the note 8 pro and the note 9 lol
Oh well
Also keep in mind that Ubuntu Touch doesn't support VoLTE at this time which is a problem if you live in the US where it's required for basic voice support.
Last I saw they were hoping to have it fixed by the end of the year but am unsure of the current progress.
Just look at https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/
I have a Pixel 3a and it's a really great port.
I waiting for use UT on my Pixel 6, this will be perfect, for use on newer phones.
I'm looking at getting this phone to use with UT. Are there any bugs/limitations that I should know about? And do you have a sense of how long it will be supported for? Thanks :)
The Pixel 3a? As stated on https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/ it's the best port out there (and my previous experience with a OG Volla/GS 290 confirms this). Now is Ubuntu Touch perfect? No, and everything depends on your use-case (and because of no VoLTE support, the region you are in also matters). You can also try Droidian (https://droidian.org/) with a Pixel 3a, so given likely availability of a working, used device for less than USD/EUR 100 you can't go wrong with it, IMHO.
I got a 3a and put UT on it but couldn't make mobile data work on a UK sim. It was the same for Droidian unfortunately. Droidian looked especially cool.
