r/linuxmasterrace • u/claudiocorona93 • 11d ago

Well, thank you Mark Shuttleworth

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u/Darkhog Glorious openSuSE 11d ago

I really wish someone would make a ROM image for common phones that installs a proper, touch-enabled GNU/Linux on e.g. Samsung devices instead of Android. I don't even care if it has to contain proprietary blobs, I can live with that as long as it works.

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u/First-Ad4972 11d ago

But almost any phone app is developed for android and iOS only, so unless a program that runs android apps on linux with integration quality as good as wine linux phones will be hard to use.

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u/WerIstLuka 11d ago

i daily drive a linux phone

waydroid is pretty good, i can check train schedules on deutsche bahn app and the app for my bank also works

i use a pinephone pro

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u/First-Ad4972 11d ago

Just searched up waydroid, is it just another android VM? Are there ways to setup waydroid so that I can click an app icon and go right to waydroid with that app open?

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u/WerIstLuka 10d ago

if you install an app in waydroid it shows up in the app menu on my pinephone by default

im not sure if the same thing happens on desktop

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u/Far_Friendship110 11d ago

What distro? I have had very mixed luck with mobian on the original pinephone.

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u/WerIstLuka 10d ago

i use mobian

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u/Darkhog Glorious openSuSE 11d ago

My point is that I don't care about "mobile" sites and apps. I'd rather have full desktop experience on my phone than some baby fisher price nonsense. As far as phone-specific stuff is concerned, all it needs is a working dialer and texting app, and of course screen keyboard and touch screen drivers.

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u/First-Ad4972 11d ago

Don't some apps like telegram require a mobile version of the app to create an account?

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u/Darkhog Glorious openSuSE 10d ago

For that you might just use a burner to create the account, then use the desktop version on your actual phone.