Linux Phones

Unlike many other projects porting conventional Linux distributions to Android phones, postmarketOS does not use the Android build system or userspace.[16] Each phone has only one unique package, and flashable installation images are generated using the pmbootstrap tool.[4] The project intends to support the mainline Linux kernel on all phones in the future, instead of the often outdated Android-specific fork, to reduce the potential for security exploits.[4] A few devices can boot into the mainline kernel already.[17][18] The project aims to support Android apps, originally through the use of Anbox, which was replaced by Waydroid since postmarketOS v21.12.[19][20]

Alpine Linux was chosen as the base distribution due to its low storage requirements, making it more suitable for older devices. Excluding the kernel, a base installation takes up approximately 6 MB.[21][4][22] In March 2024, the maintainers announced that postmarketOS would migrate from OpenRC to systemd as its init system for select user interfaces.[23]

My ideal ecosystem would be having a Fairphone 5 (Postmarket OS) paired with the Pinetime Watch, the Framework Laptop (Linux Mint), the Steam Deck, the AMD desktop (Nobara) and the openwrt router.

The services I would use would be Lemmy, Wikipedia, Mastodon, Organic Maps, LibreOffice, Ecosia, Loops, Librewolf, Thunderbird, Friendica, Pixelfed, Proton, GOG, Peertube, Matrix, Localsend, Gitlab, Kiwix, Audacity, Gimp and Bookwyrm.

Barni2000 has been maintaining Qualcomm kernels, working on the Linux kernel and reviewing merge requests.

I'm currently using a Pixel 3A XL with Ubuntu Touch.

Postmarket OS: I really like it the most since it is built from the ground up to be linux. Though there is not pre-built image yet for my model.

Ubuntu Touch: It has a stable reputation and has 2561 mau over a month according to the amount of downloads from openstore. Though the gps is globally broken and the VOLTE does not work yet.

Sailfish: The UI is the most visually appealing and I like the idea of buying the operating system license to support the development. Though I wish the UI was open source and it was available for more than just Sony Xperia Phones.

Mobian: I haven't tried it yet though I heard someone got it running on the pixel 3 recently.

Pixel 3A XL Wiki

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28677404

Hey everyone, I'm going insane due to a lack of creative project. I've written an app already but I haven't gotten around to publishing it yet. I'd like to know what kind of apps you'd like to see created for mobile Linux. I prefer easier, bite-sized projects over particularly large ones, but I'd love to hear your ideas nevertheless.

cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/22480033