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.

  • Guenther_Amanita@feddit.de
    16·
    10 months ago

    I think either PostmarketOS or Mobian would be the best existing candidates right now.
    Hardware wise, the Fairphone 4 is probably the best option, especially compared to something like a Pinephone.

    I tried Phosh (Gnome mobile shell) on an exhibition a while ago and honestly loved it.

    However, I’m absolutely not confident in those tbh, in terms of reliability. The whole thing is highly experimental right now, and I wouldn’t trust them as a daily driver.

    Phosh is also available for Fedora, especially Silverblue (available as ARM iso), since you are, with me together, probably one of the most prominent Fedora Atomic fanboy :D

    I see big potential in a uBlue-phone spin maybe. I tried making one myself, but I absolutely don’t have a clue what I’m doing and don’t want any responsibility for such a project.
    Do you know if or how we could organise such a project?

    • 01011
      3·
      10 months ago

      I really wish PostmarketOS worked with more recent hardware, especially some of the Pixel line.

    • Pantherina@feddit.de
      1·
      10 months ago

      Look at startingpoint, I would be down to join effords but tbh I dont have a phone until some kernel gets patched to work on a Pixel 4a (or until I repair a “community supported” oneplus I found)

    • GravitySpoiled@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Thx! Sounds like it’ll be postmarketos

      It’s porbably best to connect with ublue devs on their discord

      • Guenther_Amanita@feddit.deEnglish
        11·
        10 months ago

        Don’t use Discord, rather use the official uBlue-forum. That way, everything is public, better organized, accessible and not in the hand of some chinese corporation.

    • TeryVeneno@lemmy.ml
      1·
      10 months ago

      I’m ngl I think Fairphone 5 might actually be better, I think more of the hardware is supported in postmarketOS compared to the 4.