Overall, probably a positive thing as the improvements made here will flow downstream. I’m actually looking forward to seeing the performance of these new Qualcomm chips in laptops.

  • @cosmicrookie
    27•7 months ago

    Could this mean Linux phones?

    (Very green Linux user here)

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      23•7 months ago

      They tried that already. We raised more money than any other project but it wasn’t enough

      It was moved out the official company and now is maintained by a few hard working people. I would personally not recommend Ubuntu Touch as it simply is getting behind.

      Postmarket OS does fascinate me though

    • AggressivelyPassive
      3•7 months ago

      Unlikely. Linux phones are held back by the lack of proper app store integration. No matter how hard they try, these two companies will not be able to get a play store license and they can’t really create their own ecosystem. My bet would rather be servers, edge devices, laptops.

    • @[email protected]
      2•7 months ago

      Give it a decade, I reckon. As traditional SMS and phone calling die to platforms like WhatsApp/Telegram/etc., and those platforms become available cross-platform, the idea of a Linux phone might become possible. It’s just a matter of decentralizing the distribution of that software, at that point (like how GrapheneOS and others current have the problem of needing the Google store for installing proprietary apps).