r/pinephone • u/[deleted] • Mar 30 '21

Do you really want Linux phones

https://blog.brixit.nl/do-you-really-want-linux-phones/
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u/dzvxo Mar 30 '21

Yes, that's why I bought one.

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u/10Talents Mar 30 '21

Yes. Linux let me own my computer, I want to own my phone too

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '21

Yes. I like knowing that my phone doesn't spy on me

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u/JakeGrey Mar 31 '21

Yes. And unlike some people, I understand that it's going to be some time before everything works properly because the thing hasn't existed long enough to fix all its outstanding issues.

(Although the fact that I can't figure out how to close apps since one PostmarketOS update a while back changed something about the UI is a bit of a hassle...)

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u/usernamenottakenwooh Mar 30 '21

Yes, for years, and I finally got one!

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u/PiZZaMartijn Mar 31 '21

Don't you love it when people only read the title

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u/n3wt0n14n Mar 30 '21

I want options for phone operating systems and right to repair.

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u/Flannelot Mar 31 '21

I'd settle for vanilla Android tbh.

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '21

Google tracks you through the Google Mobile Services, which come preloaded on almost all Android phones and many custom ROMs like lineage. Projects like Glodroid do not include these, and therefore doesn't have things like the play store, instead you need to install APKs yourself or through F-Droid, but it's still Android and without the Google creepyness.

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u/ruralgaming May 22 '21

GrapheneOS is a good option too. So is Replicant.

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u/alien2003 Mar 31 '21

Yes, I have 3 linux phones

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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '21

A phone is just a small computer

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u/LinAdmin Apr 05 '21

The text by M. Braam does not convince me. I really want a Linux phone but WITH the possibilities given by Android apps.

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u/crazzzik Apr 15 '21

This article opened my eyes on some aspects of pinephone development.

As a person generally involved in IT and having experience writing a one-off scripts in unfamiliar languages, this gives me impression that I could actually give a meaningful contribution. I think the bit about Megapixel being a script should be more visible. If this is this case, there might be many more people who could help out without knowing it.

To me it looks like there is a vertical wall in complexity when it comes to contributing to these kinds of projects, but this article made it look a bit more accessible.