▲ 177 ▼ I Tried Running Ubuntu on My Phone, Here's How It Went (www.howtogeek.com) submitted 2 years ago by tifriis@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml 49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Peasley@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Lineage gives you a decent app ecosystem (F-droid) with the option to set up Play Store for full Android compatibility Ubuntu Touch has a very limited ecosystem compared to F-droid, but might be enough for someone willing to do most tasks in a browser. Stuff like phone calls, pictures, sms, podcasts, music, and other simple tasks will work equally well on either OS assuming your device is supported permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] oo1@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah interesting - I don't know how many say flatpaks will work on arm. I guess you're basically able to run most of what a raspberry pi can or whatever is in debian's arm repos though. On lineage you can use auroura store too for a less googley halfway house. The article mentions waydroid - but it doesnt go into that much detail on it. I find waydroid to be very good on a decent linux pc - but does it work well enough on ubuntu touch. I'd not do anything heavy though like mobile games on waydroid - that'd seem wierd. Is there any benefit/cost though to effectively running your apps via a lineage v.m? I'd think if there is it might come down to some wierd security thing but probably at cost of startup time or performance, or maybe even power consumption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] oo1@lemmings.world 1 point 2 years ago Yeah interesting - I don't know how many say flatpaks will work on arm. I guess you're basically able to run most of what a raspberry pi can or whatever is in debian's arm repos though. On lineage you can use auroura store too for a less googley halfway house. The article mentions waydroid - but it doesnt go into that much detail on it. I find waydroid to be very good on a decent linux pc - but does it work well enough on ubuntu touch. I'd not do anything heavy though like mobile games on waydroid - that'd seem wierd. Is there any benefit/cost though to effectively running your apps via a lineage v.m? I'd think if there is it might come down to some wierd security thing but probably at cost of startup time or performance, or maybe even power consumption. permalink fedilink source parent