Blaze@piefed.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedwww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1707 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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minus-squareFredselfish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year 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-up7·1 year agoLook at postmarket OS. Unless you are really lucky, texting, calling, wifi, etc is not or barely working.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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.