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Ubuntu Touch🇩🇪
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Plasma Mobile🇩🇪
LuneOS
openSUSE Mobile🇩🇪
Nemomobile
Droidian
Mobile NixOS
ExpidusOS
Maemo Leste
Manjaro Arm
Tizen
WebOS

Linux Mobile Hardware:

Jolla Phone🇫🇮
Shift Phone🇩🇪
FLX1🇺🇸
Fairphone 5🇳🇱
Volla Phone🇩🇪
Librem 5🇺🇸

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Are Linux phones ready? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 week ago by shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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Starting September 30th, there's going to be a tsunami of Android users looking for an alternative system fleeing this developer verification malware.

In your opinion, are things like post market OS and the rest of the Linux phone ecosystem ready to take on these new users?

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[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

My friend has been dailydriving the older Jolla phone for a while now and it seems usable with the android translation later or whatever it is. I just ordered the new Jolla phone, let's just hope it's good enough that I don't have to keep my old android as a backup

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is that phone only sold in Europe? I'm a US resident

[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

[–] PureTryOut@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Sadly SFOS is largely (UI, core apps) proprietary, including that Android support layer.