Does anyone own a Linux cell phone and use it as a daily driver?
There are a few out there, was just curious if anyone has one, and how good it works on a day to day basis.
Does anyone own a Linux cell phone and use it as a daily driver?
There are a few out there, was just curious if anyone has one, and how good it works on a day to day basis.
thanks for the rundown. I definitely am eyeing a Linux phone but I don’t think I’ll buy one until a lot of the bugs are worked out on the next model, maybe the Pinephone Pro v2 or whatever the next one is.
Right now I just use stock android with all Fdroid apps, nothing proprietary at least as far as apps go. And with Rethink DNS/firewall it pretty much blocks 100% of Google’s telemetry. Seems to be a happy medium before I can switch to an alternate like graphene, e/os or preferably a better hardware linux phone.
Keep in mind that when it comes out, it’s probably gonna take at least 1-2 years for it to be good. PinePhone Pro has been around for 1-2 years it seems and I assume it’s pretty usable now. I’m not up to date on latest development, though. It’s kind of a weird thing, because a few months of progress can make a big difference - something you saw a few months ago might be outdated now (if you use latest software - but things like Mobian Stable will stay the same). But overall it’s a slow process.
That sounds pretty good compared to what most people do! There are also phones that run Ubuntu Touch, which uses an Android kernel I think. I don’t know if that’s better or worse than Graphene, though.