are you planning to daily drive Linux mobile?
this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025
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If possible yes, or if not possible I’m interested in seeing what is closest to providing an experience like that.
I’ve been daily driving desktop Linux for the last 5y and off and on for 25y plus a lot of professional sysadmin experience so I’m pretty familiar with fiddling and such.
So I don’t need a turnkey experience but I do want a pleasant and reliable experience once it’s all setup.
the device list is here, I think most of them in the community list are pretty well supported.
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices#Main
the device i use is in the testing section, but it works to an extent.
if you have old android phones around you should check if they're at all supported by pmos
Thank you for sharing that
I looked at this previously but had some concerns with most of the devices being rather old (most recent options are 2021) and even so the camera support seems to be quite rough.
Does this match your experience as an early adopter or am I reading too much into it?
i mean it is called "post market os", and yeah hardware driver support isn't that good unless you get a community supported device. my one doesn't have camera, cellular, gps, etc.
Luckily my phone is pretty well supported out of the testing section though, so it has wifi and (partially broken) 3d acceleration
Mine is a budget phone so the performance is not optimal, but it's still fun to play around with.
I don't think the phones being old matter that much though, I haven't had too much performance issues (except my browser that doesn't have 3d acceleration working)
The FuriPhone FLX1 meets all of your requirements:
- It runs the Debian-based FuriOS, which is FOSS.
- Among phones with Linux (excluding Android) preloaded, its specifications are among the best available, including a camera with PDAF and OIS, a 120Hz screen, and a replaceable 5,000 mAh battery. It also supports 5G and VoLTE, and has IP68 water resistance.
- FuriOS includes Android app support via a fork of Waydroid.
- The phone and the Linux distro are actively maintained.
- Furi Labs is based in Hong Kong.
This looks extremely promising, thanks for sharing it.
It’s the first I’ve heard of it but it already goes in the bucket of top options for me to consider.