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Do you dislike your dependency on Android? To the rescue comes Mobile Linux "PostmarketOS" - Funded via Donations (link to 2025 Priorities -> Focus on Reliabilty, Audi, Camera, etc) (postmarketos.org)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A notable mention is https://ubports.com/en/ which is different from postmarketos in a sense that ubports uses old kernels with heavy patches. That means: good support for things, but difficult future.

PostmarketOS uses the newest kernels and tries to integrate their patches into mainline kernel, so that the reliability is maintained with all kernel developers.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You’d have to design hardware specifically that’s compatible with Linux

What makes you think that?

[–] [email protected] -5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I don't know how to answer that. Because most hardware is not compatible.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

The only thing that is lacking for compatibility is drivers. If that's what you meant you should have said so instead of saying hardware needs to be designed. If that's not what you meant then you don't know what you're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

I see that person everywhere. 2k comments in 3 months. They genuinely do not know much of anything. I tagged them as "bad faith actor/unintelligent". Best to avoid engaging with them.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah probably lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It isn't fundamentally incompatible, there is just a lack of drivers.

You don't need new hardware, you need driver support.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 4 days ago

I'm not really so concerned with how it's incompatible...