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Linux Phones

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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.


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  • Hardware freedom.
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  • Full utilization of specs.
  • Phone lifespan raises to 10+ years.
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  • Postmarket OS🇨🇭
  • Mobian
  • Pure OS🇺🇸
  • FuriOS🇺🇸
  • Plasma Mobile🇩🇪
  • LuneOS
  • openSUSE Mobile🇩🇪
  • Nemomobile
  • Droidian
  • Mobile NixOS
  • ExpidusOS
  • Maemo Leste
  • Manjaro Arm
  • Tizen
  • WebOS

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  • Fairphone 6🇳🇱
  • Jolla Phone🇫🇮
  • Volla Phone🇩🇪
  • Shift Phone🇩🇪
  • FLX1🇺🇸
  • Librem 5🇺🇸

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Hey all!

I have come into possession of an original Google Pixel phone and am looking for an OS that I could put on it. The phone was only $80 and I bought it with the intent of finally trying out some Linux-based phone OSs. Still pretty new to the post-Windows world, but I've noticed that most of the mobile OSs are for Pixel 3as and later...

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[–] determinist@kbin.earth 11 points 3 months ago

I have a Pixel 1. I run LineageOS on it.