Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square202fedilinkarrow-up1706 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1706external-linkGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedwww.youtube.comBlaze (he/him)@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square202fedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI have an old phone how would I install Linux and still use it as a phone, for texting etc?
minus-squareSL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoLook at postmarket OS. Unless you are really lucky, texting, calling, wifi, etc is not or barely working.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoUnfortunately it isn’t as simple as just needing the right Linux distro with a touch-friendly “DE.” We essentially need the “IBM compatible” equivalent phone platform like how modern PCs got started.
I have an old phone how would I install Linux and still use it as a phone, for texting etc?
Look at postmarket OS. Unless you are really lucky, texting, calling, wifi, etc is not or barely working.
Unfortunately it isn’t as simple as just needing the right Linux distro with a touch-friendly “DE.”
We essentially need the “IBM compatible” equivalent phone platform like how modern PCs got started.