I mean... would you consider Recticulum?

https://youtu.be/V3kZwsysuqQ

-sips Fairphone 6 tea- https://forgejo.catcrafts.net/Catcrafts/fp6-img/releases

Exactly! I use Firefox in desktop mode on my Fold 7 and it is absolutely sublime. If only I could have the entire OS as a desktop experience on this thing! That would be amazing!

And a foldable Linux phone could run full Desktop Environments instead of that creaky Android Desktop / Samsung DEX... Goddamnit

Im wishing to santa, lol.

But technicaly yes. If i setup a lora mesh setup on my balcony, that connects to my pc. And another lora mesh to wifi interface via esp32, theoretically i should have low enough bandwidth.

Last i checked, a solar panel based lora device would cost 100 eur, i think i can use reticulum that allows working across multiple interfaces. That would be server lora, and then i would get a client lora device would cost like 40.

A typical thin client would also be within 100 ish eur range. This will allow me to have a link to my home mini pc that is hosting a bunch of stuff, maybe i can run matrix bridge so i can access signal and whatsapp. And some basic maps with actual maps cached on thin client and only the public transport api communicating. Then the only other thing i would need would be a way to listen music which probably needs to be implemented somehow.

The only problem is that, i have no clue how much the bandwidths going to be, and how high would i need to put the device etc. And right now, its not a financially wise decision to spend 2-3 hundred eur and hours and hours of debugging and implementing stuff

radio to wifi

Is that a thing?

Honestly, i want a "device" with wifi. And radio to wifi, so i can connect to my home within a 5-10k radius.

I haven't used my sim in a looooong time, otger than to provide internet, and why the heck do they have to be such a privacy nightmare?

I really hope this whole "closer ties with the EU" business gets us access to Linux phones. I had the same issue with fairphone if memory serves.

Awful wish choice...

Get a chromatic dragon instead of a red one.

As a foldable enthusiast, the situation is even more dire for me. Nobody makes a Linux-compatible foldable with flagship specs. I wish I could go back to normal phones, but I like my pocket tablet way too much to do that. Once you go foldable, you don't go back.

You know what's really unrealistic in this late-stage capitalistic hellhole? An open-source, Linux-based modern car.

It looks like that might be true: https://github.com/FuriLabs/initramfs-tools-halium

I've not heard of this before, so I'll need to look into it

Most besides Nura (postmarketOS) use the Android kernel and build a Linux userspace on top.

See Halium

If you look at what hardware works on Nura vs on another distro using halium you'll understand why; it's a lot of effort to write drivers for every component in a modern phone.

Still uses halium on an Android kernel, that's probably the mentioned hardware abstractions.

Doesn't that use Halium to run Linux on the Android kernel? Pretty sure that's what they meant with hardware abstraction. In fact it's what most Linux on mobile distros use, with the exception of the Librem 5 and Pinephone. Nura is the only distro I know of which primarily runs on the mainline Linux kernel.

a little progress, but still unusable. At first I couldn't connect to 5G, but getting close to the router, ~1m, I managed to connect. The download speed maxed at 5Mbps. 2.4G speed maxed at 200Mbps. Then I moved the phone very close to the router, ~10 cm, the download on 5G jumped to ~120Mbps. The issue seems to be on a very weak signal reception. I don't remember how well it worked in Android (I can try re-flashing it to test) on this phone, but Samsung A52 gets ~400Mbps on 5G, ~80Mbps on 2.4G in any place in my apartment showing full WiFi signal.

PS. flashed Android, at my desk ~750Mbps, close to the router ~1500Mbps, on 5G.

Writing this from one as we speak! (Jolla Phone 2026)

That's already available here: https://furilabs.com/shop/flx1splus/

It's a bit buggy, and they have a lot of work to do still, but it does work.

I had several linux phones back in the early 2000s: A couple Motorolas and then at least 3 Nokias, but then we had the Elopcalypse that ended the Nokia line.

I paid to support dev, but couldn't get one in the end. They won't ship to Canada.

Isn't Jolla only available in a handful of EU countries? That's not a solution for ~95% of the world.

RED?

what's that, like fire resistance?

what an absolute waste of a wish

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That's how Google sneaked in with open source clothing.