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Do you dislike your dependency on Android? To the rescue comes Mobile Linux "PostmarketOS" - Funded via Donations (link to 2025 Priorities -> Focus on Reliabilty, Audi, Camera, etc) (postmarketos.org)
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A notable mention is https://ubports.com/en/ which is different from postmarketos in a sense that ubports uses old kernels with heavy patches. That means: good support for things, but difficult future.

PostmarketOS uses the newest kernels and tries to integrate their patches into mainline kernel, so that the reliability is maintained with all kernel developers.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Phone functionality is the least of my problems, I need an open source replacement for Android Auto / Apple CarPlay.

Not sure how that would work, you'd either have to emulate it to talk to the infotainment system, or get all the infotainment producers to add an open source layer... Sounds like a nightmare either way.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We had the AUX jack but they axed it to sell earbuds.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works -1 points 6 months ago

I have heard that Apple removed the headphone jack to kill compatibility with those Square credit card readers.

[–] Dearth@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Can i play minecraft on it though? Ive got a horse ranch that I'd really like to continue

[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 months ago

Java is inherently cross platform, and works well on linux. So assuming the phone is powerful enough, you should be good to go even if it's linux.

Definitely worth checking out Minetest/Luanti though, it has promise.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

How do you tame a horse in Minecraft?

I need to know for... Reasons.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Just try mounting it, if you get bucked, try again.

[–] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Finally, my TV is unlocked!

[–] ryukendo@lemmings.world 1 points 6 months ago

Government should make standards for banks to support different operating systems. Not particularly well known OS.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I can't wait for Linux phones to be stable enough for a daily driver.

[–] CHKMRK@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago

2026 will be the year of the linux phone

[–] airglow@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The FuriPhone, which runs the FuriOS Linux distribution (based on Debian), has a polished enough user experience that it can be used as a daily driver by many people.

[–] Estebiu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They are already. My Redmi Note 7 runs Droidian perfectly.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Can Linux mobile OSs install apk apps?

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 months ago

just give us a headphone jack and removable storage and you'll have a customer for life.

[–] toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

give me ANYTHING that's open-source and not tied to google or apple. i don't care if it's shit. i'm old. i just need a phone and maybe some pics and browsing.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

GrapheneOS is an open-source Android fork lots of people like, it's what I'm planning on using once I get a new phone

[–] ilmagico@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

While I'm a fan of GrapheneOS, I think it could still be considered "tied to Google" both due to it being based on Android, and also because it only runs on Google Pixel phones. Graphene focuses more on security, then on privacy, but not so much on reducing our dependency on Google's software and/or hardware.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah those are things on my mind too, especially since Google moved Android behind closed doors.