• Suavevillain@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I’m still hoping they can get to a state for more general users. I really want one still. I need a Linux phone doing the old sidekick designs.

    • tempest@lemmy.ca
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      3 hours ago

      The main issue will be application support.

      Linux running on the desktop in 2025 is helped immensely by everything being web based. So long as you have a browser you are fine for a lot of general computing.

      The phone space is ruled by apps. The phone makers and the companies developing apps prefer it this way.

      Getting a banking app, or Uber or Facebook Messenger to work on a Linux phone is going to be a massive pain in the ass (ignoring the rest of the OS which is definitely not even close to useable for the general public).

      I would love a Linux phone but we are so far away.

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        19 minutes ago

        The phone space is ruled by apps. The phone makers and the companies developing apps prefer it this way.

        That’s true, but for everything non-free, they always end up having a perfectly working web app that will accept my money.

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      4 hours ago

      tbh part of the rough experience for me may be down to the hardware. the ubports version of the pinephone i have is quite low power. 2GB memory and a little ARM Cortex-A53

      tis sluggish