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Someone replaced Android with a full Linux desktop on their old phone, and found it shockingly usable
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Settoletto 🍤 fed.dyne.org setto@fed.dyne.org
Joined: 2023-10-06
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(spoiler: only works on a very small number of devices. Still cool)

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H Ramus piefed.social h_ramus@piefed.social
Joined: 2025-06-07
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It'd be great to find a real alternative to the actual mobile OS duopoly. Running a Linux distribution on a phone makes sense. They already power most computing devices on the planet. The year of the Linux phone may arrive sooner than the Linux desktop!

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ATPA9 feddit.org ATPA9@feddit.org
Joined: 2025-03-12
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I really wished i could just throw a desktop linux onto my phone...

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naeap sopuli.xyz naeap@sopuli.xyz
Joined: 2023-06-03
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It'd be great to find a real alternative to the actual mobile OS duopoly. Running a Linux distribution on a phone makes sense. They already power most computing devices on the planet. The year of the Linux phone may arrive sooner than the Linux desktop!

I've pre-ordered the new Jolla with Sailfish OS
Haven't heard much about it since then, but I'm still having my hopes up ...

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Onomatopoeia lemmy.cafe Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
Joined: 2025-01-02
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It'd be great to find a real alternative to the actual mobile OS duopoly. Running a Linux distribution on a phone makes sense. They already power most computing devices on the planet. The year of the Linux phone may arrive sooner than the Linux desktop!

Well said, and I think you're right.

Being such a focused use-case helps mitigate the challenge of crazy flexibility.

Once people start making apps specifically for the phone environment it'll really help.

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