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which linux phone is the most promising? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I want to donate to a linux phone. I believe in linux and I want a linux phone. Maybe we can use one in very few years as a normal daily driver. It's getting closer and closer every month.

I want to donate that we get there sooner. But which project? I'm following postmarket but I'm not sure if they are the most promising. What's your stance on this? To which project would you give your money to accellerate it?

Edit: I don't want to buy a phone. I want to support the phone os devs. Sorry for the bad wording.

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[–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

When i think of Android i don't think of it as part of the gnu/linux ecosystem, but a heavily modified linux kernel turned against the user.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    How is it turned against the user? Androids Linux is highly restricted in that it doesnt support a lot of things, but that makes it extremely stable, while this doesnt mean that apps are also "stable" like in Debian

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    They don't expect users to do development on android.

    (Phones should be used like telephones lol.) I'm going to buy a landline phone

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

    No a phone is an end device. But I dont think GPL or whatever says you need to be able to modify the code on that device.

    Makes no sense.

    Btw as I only said this in another comment, afaik android runs a tailored LTS linux kernel. It is not as bloated as regular linux as it contains device drivers and also doesnt need all the random drivers for whatever hardware to run on a specific phone.

    So you can say android restricts freedom in exchange for security, but "linux kernel turned against the user" makes no sense. Their kernel is just fine.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Their kernel is just fine.

    It is just fine, yeah. The things that restrict what the user can do is the interfaces.

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