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this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2025
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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.
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I agree and thank you for saving me from even looking at the thumbnail.
Aren't all androids Linux?
As much as every car, every plane, everything that has to work.
But no, „real linux“ for linux users means you can install linux apps, use linux package management, use linux commands to fix your shit.
Thats only possible in postmarketOS afaik. Therefore its the only „real“ linux on a phone I know of today. You can boot postmarketOS on a PC and not have to use emulation for it. Thats my definition of „real“.
Fair warning: I dont know how droidian works and I have heard of hybrids that use linux userspace and android guts. But no idea if they could be used as a regular linux.
It's pretty much "real". You can install every package in the repos via apt, and they should work. Caveats can apply with regards to stuff that needs extra adjustment for accelerated graphics or new kernel features.
yes, however they are too much lock down compare to a real Linux phone
They are joke Linux, think like Linux absurd lite. However, things are changing for the good direction, Android slowly moves to mainline kernel.