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I Bought a Linux Phone in 2026 (www.youtube.com)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39351554

Samtime tries out a Fairphone 6 running Ubuntu Touch and it seemed pretty fine. Noted issues were the second camera not working, GPS/Map app being a bit weird, and imo, the screen showing all the apps you have open is terrible. But with the reg app store and waydroid, I think it could be almost managable to use.

My mom is a battery life fiend though, so that part she won't let go of. What's your thoughts?

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[–] 1 point 8 months ago (2 children)

The problem with PostmarketOS is that it only is stable on extremely old phones that sometimes aren't even midrange.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It is certainly not usable for the average person in it's current state, hence why I suggest donating to it to help with developing it.

    With proper funding and full-time devs, it would be able to focus on adding proper support to more phones, or potentially partner with a manufacturer like GrapheneOS just did with Motorola to get first-class support on a smaller handful of devices.

    Postmarket is our only long-term mobile option that will remain FLOSS and in the users best interest, we just have to support it and help build it up into something we can all use :)

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  • [–] 6 points 8 months ago

    I have donated and even used it. On said old phones, it works decently well.

    The issue is the hardware support, since most people won't want a near decade old phone who's battery you probably need to replace but can't do so easily.

    Feels like they need to rally behind a more modern phone and polish that to get people to actually try it rather than fractured development. The Fairphone 4, which they already have a stable release on, would be a good candidate.

    Ah well, I'll still keep up my donations anyway. Just feels like they could have more focused leadership, similar to the Linux Kernel.

    I also recommend (if you're in Europe) petitioning government bodies to help fund them as well.

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