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Linux Phones

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The Discussion on Linux-based Phones.


Benefits:

  • Hardware freedom.
  • Perfect operating-system competition.
  • Full utilization of specs.
  • Phone lifespan raises to 10+ years.
  • Less e-waste.

Linux Mobile Distros:

  • Sailfish🇫🇮
  • Ubuntu Touch🇩🇪
  • Postmarket OS🇨🇭
  • Mobian
  • Pure OS🇺🇸
  • FuriOS🇺🇸
  • Plasma Mobile🇩🇪
  • LuneOS
  • openSUSE Mobile🇩🇪
  • Nemomobile
  • Droidian
  • Mobile NixOS
  • ExpidusOS
  • Maemo Leste
  • Manjaro Arm
  • Tizen
  • WebOS

Linux Mobile Hardware:

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

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after 15 years, iOS has finally caught up with all the main android features, such as

  • very mid ui design
  • kinda floaty feeling
  • unpolished vibe android itself has progressed little, although it is rapidly achieving feature parity with iOS on "locked down user hostility". overall both ecosystems look very appealing, energetic, and healthy, for shareholders

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[–] mesamunefire@piefed.social 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Companies are the new de facto legislators

Excellent quote. Ill be using that in the future.

Its 'interesting' what can happen when people are forced to do a thing a certain way only because an engineer wrote it that way and a company mandated it.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

That's why Linux is better. The corporate engineers are pulling a Death Star.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I was going to quote that portion too, and refer to what we currently see going on with these media mergers like paramount+ and whatnot. Same bullshit.