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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 57 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (4 children)

This linux phone by Liberux seems like the most promising option in the near future. The crowdfunding campaign failed this summer but the project is still moving forward, just waiting to hear more from them @Liberux

Also GrapheneOS but not sure how far along any of this is: "We plan to partner with OEMs to have devices produced meeting all our requirements, providing additional privacy/security features beyond them and ideally shipping with GrapheneOS rather than massively lowering our standards."

Edit: here's a recent post from GrapheneOS from August 2025:

We're working on GrapheneOS support for future generations of a subset of the device models provided by a major Android OEM. Their current devices don't provide the updates and security features we need, but they're capable of doing it. We're working with them towards providing this so we can support their devices. They may end up officially selling devices with GrapheneOS as an option but that's not the bare minimum and it can be successful even without initially having that.

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  • [–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately for the US (possibly other countries?) we've shut down 2g/3g. 4g/5g here don't support calling only VoLTE and Vo5G and as far as I know Linux phones haven't figured those out meaning calling on Linux isn't currently a thing.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago

    Of course they have. We even have the Librem 5 that's sold here. The big problem the linux phones face is the cost of getting certified by all three carriers here β€” and without carrier cert, they just don't work.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    That Liberux phone looks pretty cool, though I'm not sure how Linux apps would work. Does it just use Android apps? I can't imagine too many Linux programs would work well on a phone, both because of the size as the screen as well as battery usage/background sleep.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Linux phone OSes can usually run Android apps through a VM but generally you want to avoid it for performance and privacy reasons.

    There are apps available for mobile Linux that are optimized for small screens and touch. Just not a ton understandably due to low userbase.

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  • [+] -9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Isn't Liberux a crowdfunfing scam?

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    Why do you make baseless claims like that? They refunded everyone when they didn't meet their funding goals, and also committed to creating a special edition phone in the next campaign for everyone who supported. You can see the campaign here on indiegogo

    Edit: Librem and Purism the controversial ones, not Liberux

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