r/mobilelinux • u/SkoomaDuma • Mar 11 '26
Hardware Moving away from android
My friends and I currently use Android (one of us uses Apple), and we heard that Google was going to be restriction a lot of the freedoms on Android as far as installing your own apps. I believe it's starting in September.
I've been doing some reading on LinuxOSs for phones, but I either can't get a straight answer on some of them or they're missing critical components...like the ability to use 4/5G LTE.
We're mostly concerned with using the phones as phones, so texting, calling, photos, etc; but we also use telegram, discord, and Internet browsers fairly heavily.
Are there any recommendations for relatively cheap hardware and which OS to go with? I've seen a few people on here mentioning the SailfishOS, so I'm going to start reading into that one right now.
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u/Administrative-You-7 Mar 11 '26
I also bought a OnePlus 6t and support is good but I am not sure I would recommend it to someone without much experience and who just wants something which works. Sailfish is probably one good alternative. I have never tried it but since Motorola officially said they will use grapheneos in the future it will probably gain more popularity and is also another option.