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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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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

It's pretty much volunteers reinventing all code to run a phone. That's a lot of hurdles. But I totally get it, especially the camera is what I think is hilariously bad

[–] jedrax@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Yeah that definitely made me giggle a bit. That front facing camera is actually terrible. I think it would be pretty cool as a concept, but it's always been a bit too expensive of a gamble in my opinion.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.de 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

It's not for everyone. They already announced a new pinephone, so we'll see what it imporves. Most improvement comes from software anyways.

I don't have one, I don't have the time to tinker with it, but I think the project is cool!

[–] jedrax@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 years ago

Yeah same. I've tinkered with Graphene OS on an old Pixel 4 of mine, but that's about the most I've messed with mobile operating systems. Unfortunately, a phone is one of those things that I absolutely need to work flawlessly and not have to think about.