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[SOLVED] Will Linux Phones ever become commercially viable and decrease to a price point of 200-400 USD? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Don't say, hey android has Linux in it, yeah no, idc, I want to know how far we are from buying a Linux phone at a price point of 200 USD.

A Linux phone is one which is built completely on Linux, uses Linux apps and most important has a terminal.

I don't want a Linux Phone for privacy, although that's a great reason, but I want it for the freedom it provides me. Hell, I don't care if Android itself comes with a terminal and has similar features to Linux, I just want a Terminal which can install apps, where I can write commands and it will execute it. Complete Control on my phone and how it behaves is what I want.

I want to tell it when to sleep, when not to sleep, when to boot, when to edit a file and how, when to take a screenshot and what to do with it and where to save it, etc, etc. I hope you get the idea.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html

https://f-droid.org/packages/tech.ula/

I've had great fun using userland to put gnu into my android, ran windows, tried to use a phone as a portable dockable computer.. it's so close, but not quite ready for a daily driver

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I will give you that, even as an Android disliker, this is pretty cool. Not for me maybe but its cool how portable these environments can be.