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There are a few (very small) makers of linux phones. I think there’s a new “Ubuntu Touch” device out now. Pinephone also makes a linux device, if they’re still in business that is.
The problem is that linux phones don’t have the apps available, nor the development support to maintain them. The whole reason smart phones are useful is because of apps that have large user bases and functionality. Although, I supposed you could just do everything in the browser.
My advice is to take the SD/SIM card out of your phone, throw it into the ocean, and just use a flip phone instead.
Semi-ignorant take incoming: could we see some sort of Linux for phone where the Android apps we must have (banking apps, etc.) can run through a sort of dockerized android OS and be self-contained for the user? I feel like the processors can reach that point where the experience feels the same to the end user while VMs/containers are doing the heavy lifting in the background.
There are a few (very small) makers of linux phones. I think there’s a new “Ubuntu Touch” device out now. Pinephone also makes a linux device, if they’re still in business that is.
The problem is that linux phones don’t have the apps available, nor the development support to maintain them. The whole reason smart phones are useful is because of apps that have large user bases and functionality. Although, I supposed you could just do everything in the browser.
My advice is to take the SD/SIM card out of your phone, throw it into the ocean, and just use a flip phone instead.
Semi-ignorant take incoming: could we see some sort of Linux for phone where the Android apps we must have (banking apps, etc.) can run through a sort of dockerized android OS and be self-contained for the user? I feel like the processors can reach that point where the experience feels the same to the end user while VMs/containers are doing the heavy lifting in the background.
It seems to have been tried, with seemingly mixed results:
https://cyberpanel.net/blog/run-android-apps-on-linux
https://www.reddit.com/r/PrivacyGuides/comments/11llyo8/do_any_linux_phones_have_access_to_apple_app/
The general consensus seems to be that the phones are largely still in beta and not really suitable for mainstream use yet.
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