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Which open-source operating system(s) installed to all mobile devices (laptop, tablet, phone) would work nicely together like Apple devices do? (piefed.social)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by Tehdastehdas@piefed.social to c/linux@lemmy.world

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To improve Android-application function on the go, AOSP-derivatives (LineageOS, GrapheneOS, /e/OS, CalyxOS, etc.) are also tolerated, at least on the phone. This because so many people say mobile Linux (PostmarketOS, Sailfish OS, etc.) is not so nice yet in daily phone use.

This question didn't come from me originally, but I'll add my context anyway:
I come from Ubuntu (eww, Canonical) and Android (eww, Google, nope!).

I currently have Linux Mint with Cinnamon desktop on the laptop, and because of the bugs, I've been considering moving to something else with KDE (serious desktop UI), maybe OpenSUSE because its roots are so European.

I tried Fedora with Gnome on a tablet I had 2025, which seemed fine on a touchscreen, unlike Fedora with KDE.

My phone runs /e/OS with the default Nextcloud hosted by Murena (the company behind /e/OS), which is fine, and I appreciate that /e/OS can be bought pre-installed, and that it supports bootloader re-locking (against pickpockets) on many devices (Fairphone and Shiftphone of the European ones).

Special thanks to Firefox for a unified experience through a Mozilla-account. More of this kind of unification would be welcome.

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[–] sam@piefed.ca 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

KDEConnect and GSConnect make for a pleasant experience for pairing Android with Linux.

I'm personally using GrapheneOS + Arch w/ KDE

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I frequently have 3-4 KDE connected devices on my network and quite often it works fine with 2, but when the third comes online, it does not get found for hours, even when I force a refresh.

The only way to make it work "right now" is to unpair and then pair them again, every fucking time.

Sometimes even 2 devices don't work unless I keep clicking refresh for 2 minutes.

It feels finnicky af. I remember it working way better during early KDE 5...

(everything up to date ofc and all in the same wifi)

[–] harl3k1n@feddit.org 1 points 4 days ago

Same here. KDE Connect on android with fedora KDE works like a charm.

[–] 7uWqKj@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

There’s nothing in the free world to compete with the Apple experience.

[–] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 2 points 4 days ago

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Technically correct, but very much a walled garden. You can do it Apple's way, or....well that's all you can do.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

None

[–] Cyber@feddit.uk 3 points 4 days ago

Out of curiosity, which Mint bugs are you seeing?

I've just upgraded one family laptop to... 22? And about to do another on the weekend... so curious if I should hold off, or hurry up...

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I run LMDE6 on KDE/Wayland, with KDE Connect on both it and my phone. It's pretty handy, especially when I forget to put my PC to sleep before climbing into bed; I can just pull up KDE Connect on my phone and tap the "suspend" command. Instant response. Getting important notifications and texts on my desktop is handy as well.

It does take a bit of configuration, but honestly I vastly prefer that over a faceless corpo deciding the configuration for me and installing backdoors and other garbage I never asked for.

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I’m currently testing out O+Connect which is software for all Oppo/OnePlus/RedMi phones. It works better than the Apple ecosystem in some ways, but worse in others. Overall, I’m very impressed.

O+ is built natively for macOS and windows, but I’ll be attempting to install it on Linux through wine

[–] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I couldn't get it to run in wine or bottles unfortunately. The installer just crashes the bottle/wine VM.