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Is anyone here using a (non-Android) linux Smartphone? Curious what type of phones y'all are using and what your experience has been.

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[–] SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 5 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Can you use Signal on a Linux phone? I know there's a desktop Linux client, but it relies on being activated from an Android or iPhone app to function, in my experience.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 3 points 12 hours ago

https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/apps/ can run Android apps with Waydroid. I don't know if Signal works with this, but Android apps run with good performance using Waydroid (I just read about it, never used it myself).

[–] Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

I don't have experience with mobile Linux (still on Android), but you can emulate Android apps through Waydroid and that would (probably) work. Granted, Idk if notifications would work, but that's an option if mobile Linux can handle Waydroid. There's also Molly, which is a signal client that doesn't rely on Google Play Services for notifications.