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Mobile Linux OS PostmarketOS finances smartphone audio & Call reliability projects (postmarketos.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 64 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The sooner there is a rom compatible with most android devices, the better.

I'd be off Android so fast.

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

    And Signal gets on board

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  • [–] 23 points 10 months ago (4 children)

    They already have a Linux app, I can't see them not making UI adjustments for Linux phones.

    I'm also personally fine just using matrix but thats just me.

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

    The Signal lead has been vocally against doing a fully fledged version for Linux for a while now. He really likes his closed ecosystems. "for security"

    Desktop Linux is soooo insecure because users can access their own data.

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (2 children)
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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Project status: archived

    oof

    i know Flare is another client for Linux, which does adapt itself to window size so it should work on mobile

    tho it can’t be used as a primary device easily (so you’ll need signal on another phone) and from past experience, the linking can be pretty iffy

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  • [–] 6 points 10 months ago

    The Linux app is just the desktop app, which doesn't have the functionality that the Android and iOS apps do. It only works when paired with an Android or iOS device, so you'd still be shackled to those ecosystems without proper support for a mobile Linux app.

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

    Like 90% of the blame here goes to Qualcomm AFAIK :/

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

    Why is that? (Genuine curiosity)

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  • [–] 17 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Most of the chips in a smartphone are made by Qualcomm, both processors and peripheral chips like 5G modem, LTE modem, WiFi, and Bluetooth. Qualcomm chips require proprietary binary blobs to function, and usually only have a support lifetime of about 2 years. They also only supply those blobs to the manufacturer of the device.

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

    Ah that makes sense. Thanks.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    Qualcomm being what they are is the reason Apple was able to provide a better lifespan for their phones for like a decade (you'd get 5-6 years of iOS major version upgrades compared to 0-2 on Android phones).

    Google actually pushed the Android ecosystem to do better by creating its' own Tensor SoCs which they support for longer... But they don't really make the drivers for those open source either. So we're still not doing better in that regard.

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