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[-] Captain_Baka@feddit.org 55 points 3 months ago

You’ll probably run Android most of the time while on the go, but can launch Debian as an app for quickly pivoting to a new OS.

If it's that what they call Linux support, then fuck that.

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 15 points 3 months ago

Android will eat 95% of the RAM leaving Debian with like 200MB

[-] jnod4@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 months ago

And it still would make most of it and provide good performance

[-] andyburke@fedia.io 29 points 3 months ago

I just want a phone that runs Linux, not Google's commercialized fork.

[-] Teppichbrand@feddit.org 7 points 3 months ago

Just yesterday I learned about SailfishOS on the Jolla phone and I have to say I was pretty impressed. This is already much more useable then I thought. In optimistic we'll have a great Linux phone in a couple of years.

[-] erebion@news.erebion.eu 3 points 3 months ago

SailfishOS uses old kernels with SoC patches, those are Android kernels, support for it will never be longer than on Android.

[-] hancock@retrolemmy.com 1 points 3 months ago

Look at mecha comet, yesterday they launched the kickstarter. First delivery in may 26 promised

[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 18 points 3 months ago

Wow! A phone that abides to standards???? Impossible!

[-] schwim@piefed.zip 9 points 3 months ago

Running Linux as an android app is useless.

[-] erebion@news.erebion.eu 7 points 3 months ago

Not really useless, just not a Linux phone.

[-] FenderStratocaster@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

I don't want that.

[-] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

This smartphone runs Android...

Eh.

...Linux...

Ok now you have my attentio--

...and even Windows 11

Hard pass!

[-] cm0002@libretechni.ca 5 points 3 months ago

I mean tbf, they just mean they're making the smartphone more computer like in that you can install whatever OS you want lol

[-] Batmorous@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

That's cool and all but what's the progress on PostmarketOS? what's left that they need to implement? Also once the OS is fully complete then it should be much easier to port to other phones no? Just having to account for differences in architecture and software?

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