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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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What linux phone is closest to ready for daily use (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to switch from android phone to linux and i want to know which phone is closest to daily driver. I only need call sms and bluetooth to work and battery should last 1 day. also working map camera and web browser app would be great. for os i have thinked to use ubuntu touch or postmarket os. Phones what i have most interested Volla phone Pixel 3a Fairphone 4 Pinephone or pinephone pro Any thoughts or ideas

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I daily drive PinePhone Pro with the Pine keyboard to extend battery life. The experience is far from Android, but it's usable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What distro do you use? Is there anything that doesn't work/works awfully? I understand the camera used to be a problem but dunno if that's still the case

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I use Arch Linux ARM (with Danct repos).

Camera works and sometimes broken after suspend, but I don't use it. Audio on calls sometimes buggy. But megi resolved call issues, I updated today. Battery life is poor unless you use a keyboard. Battery indicator displays combined percentage which isn't ideal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Sounds good. I use my phone camera a lot so that's a slight dealbreaker for me but could probably live with the rest. Super interesting to see how it's improving all the time!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

You can read about the latest progress from the developer of the camera app: https://blog.brixit.nl/fixing-the-megapixels-sensor-linearization

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, if you need a camera, then I would highly recommend to stick with Android for now :)