Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
This is a question we are being asked more often, so to give you a little guidance the answer to both is yes but with limitations.
Can i buy a Linux smartphone?
The answer is yes, but there are very limited choices, and they are often expensive, some of the more popular brands [at time of writing] are
Librem
Murena
Pro 1X
Pine Phone
Can I convert my old smartphone to a Linux smartphone?
The answer again is yes But with many reservations, the first being at the moment the number of different models that can be converted is limited, second due to minimal resources and some components the installation can be challenging to say the least.
What choices do I have for a Linux smartphone OS?
At the time of writing there are a limited number of smartphone OS's based on Linux, some of those are,
Arch Linux Arm
Manjaro Arm
Mobian
openSUSE
Postmarket
Ubuntu touch
The distributions I list are mainly for use on ARM devices [Arm is a limited instruction set CPU used by many manufacturers under licence predominantly in android phones and tablets]
There you have the Brickwizard's current thoughts on the subject of Linux and smartphones, As I do not own one myself I have no personal recommendations as to which may be best.
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Can i buy a Linux smartphone?
The answer is yes, but there are very limited choices, and they are often expensive, some of the more popular brands [at time of writing] are
Librem
Murena
Pro 1X
Pine Phone
Can I convert my old smartphone to a Linux smartphone?
The answer again is yes But with many reservations, the first being at the moment the number of different models that can be converted is limited, second due to minimal resources and some components the installation can be challenging to say the least.
What choices do I have for a Linux smartphone OS?
At the time of writing there are a limited number of smartphone OS's based on Linux, some of those are,
Arch Linux Arm
Manjaro Arm
Mobian
openSUSE
Postmarket
Ubuntu touch
The distributions I list are mainly for use on ARM devices [Arm is a limited instruction set CPU used by many manufacturers under licence predominantly in android phones and tablets]
There you have the Brickwizard's current thoughts on the subject of Linux and smartphones, As I do not own one myself I have no personal recommendations as to which may be best.
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