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Linux Phone Options you Should Know About

185 sats \ 10 comments \ @sandagoriate 16 Aug 2023 tech

Bitcoin and Nostr are decentralized and open-source. We need to support somehow Mobile phone companies based on Linux OS (or at least Linux OS compatible). It's not yet a perfect product but I see they are growing up with time. Let's bring them to Nostr and support their existence.

In this post I'll focus on the pros. The cons I'll generate quickly here like: high price (for some) and low quantity of apps in the store. I think for these cons is just a question of time and adoption. So let's see the benefits:

Pine Phone Company: Pine64 OS: Manjaro with Plasma Mobile (Linux) Pros: Good price, lots of separated accessories or replacement pieces to buy https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephone/

PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition Company: Pine64 OS: Manjaro with Plasma Mobile (Linux) Pros: Good price, lots of separated accessories or replacement pieces to buy https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-pro-explorer-edition/

Librem 5 Company: Purism OS: PureOS (Linux) Pros: Hardware kill switches button for WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular signal, microphone & camera, privacy focus phone, open source OS. https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

Liberty Phone Company: Purism OS: PureOS (Linux) Pros: Supply chain and electronics Made in USA, hardware kill switches button for WiFi, Bluetooth, cellular signal, microphone & camera, privacy focus phone, open source OS. https://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/

Volla Phone 22 Company: Volla Systeme OS: Volla OS (Linux) or Ubuntu Touch (Linux) Pros: Good price, Google Free/cloud free Android Apps, no login needed, privacy focus, more than one app store options https://volla.online/en/volla-phone-22/

Volla Phone X23 Company: Volla Systeme OS: Volla OS (Linux) or Ubuntu Touch (Linux) Pros: Good price, Google Free/cloud free Android Apps, no login needed, privacy focus, more than one app store options https://volla.online/en/volla-phone-x23/

Pro¹ X Company: F(x)tec (UK) / FX Technology (USA) OS: Android (Google's Linux), LineageOS (Google Free Android Linux) and Ubuntu Touch (Linux) Pros: Touchscreen or phisical keyboard options, building web3 structures support. https://www.fxtec.com/smartphones/pro1x

Let's spread the world these companies. :)

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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @nullama 17 Aug 2023

You forgot Android phones. Android is Linux and open source through the AOSP

GrapheneOS is probably the best way to run it as it uses AOSP plus security and privacy updates. That means that Google Pixel phones would be another option in this list as those are the ones currently supported by GrapheneOS.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sandagoriate OP 17 Aug 2023

SailfishOS is another option as well for "Android Google Linux" phones.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sandagoriate OP 17 Aug 2023

Thanks for the info. The Pro¹ X with LineageOS is more or less the same thing I thinck. But is always good to kown more OS options for Android mobiles. In this article case I'm giving priority for pre-installed Linux OS: Do you know a mobile brand that put GrapheneOS pre-installed on it?

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @Hypnagog 17 Aug 2023

I had a pinephone pro. I have to say the effort is there but really not fit for purpose so I really hope more research, capital and time gets devoted to linux phones.

The biggest issue for me was that the battery last a MAXIMUM of 1 - 1.5 hours on full charge just browsing the web. There was no battery management at all and the hardware was on at 100% usage 100% of the time.

That's a big drawback.

It was more of a portable computer than a phone replacement.

The biggest pro was that I wasnt using android or iPhone, which I loved. I love linux and really hope this moves forward

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @sandagoriate OP 17 Aug 2023

Thanks for your info. You are right they need to improve their hardware power to bring more people to Linux phones. But I really love Linux and I really happy to see they are growing up (little by little). Let's hope to see next 2-3 years. But I' m really interested in Volla phone right now because They look very promissing and with a good price. I'm bullish with all it. :) Edit: posted again to fix some gramar

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Hypnagog 17 Aug 2023

Calling an open android port "linux" is a stretch. Limeageos and calyx and graphene are also by definition "linux" if that stance is taken, so you could just as well put "linux" on any phone using those.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sandagoriate OP 17 Aug 2023

You are right. That's why in ProX Phone I put one of the OSs "Google's Linux". I know this is not correctly technical but I'm trying to separate Normal Android as Google Linux from Others OS Linuxes and Anddoird Google Free forks as Linux as well. My focus is to support those companies that put it already pre-installed.