Postmarket OS is getting there. It only runs at all on a couple dozen older phones. And they don't currently have receive voice. But 2 months ago they didn't have 4G data or send voice so...

Oh, and battery life is not good.

My next mobile device will likely be a small tablet running Linux and a Wi-Fi hotspot.

[–] weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They did, it's not great and device support is very limited.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 day ago

At this point I'm thinking of just carrying around a small touchscreen laptop

[–] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From what I can tell most of the roadblock is drivers for hardware support. Basically every price of hardware has to have a reverse engineered driver to work. We need hardware mfrs on board to really gain traction in this arena.

Still, I'm pretty sure my next phone is going to be a Linux phone. I know I'll lose functionality but if I can make calls, send texts, and browse the web I'll get by. Hopefully that space keeps gaining traction and it won't be long until it is a truly viable option to replace google/apple products.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

imho the biggest roadblock is more general applications. Most desktop apps don't scale well or at all to mobile screens, but it's better than nothing.

[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, and its pretty great on devices you can install it on.

Problem is? Its not possible to install on most phones.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 18 hours ago

and most phones are newer, which are harder to crack.