Liberux NEXX Is a New (Still in Development) Linux Phone

A few points:
LiberuxNexx sounds like a medication's marketing name.
It says "2TB storage" then in the details it's actually 256GB + microSD support, which IMHO is very different.
To me, this just sounds like a new version of the PinePhone Pro or Librem 5. Yes, it's got newer & better hardware, but there's no release date or even price.
- What happened to librem anyway? They used to be all the rage, now it's nothing.
  
  They’re still available for sale and they post development updates every week.
  It’s just not a popular device.
- I want this to be good, but I agree with all these points, right down to the possibility that we may never even see this thing released.
- No it doesn't, when have you ever taken LiberuxNexx two times daily? It sounds like some guy's username on X
- It doesn't sound like a medication's marketing name, it sounds like the name of an open source project: a complete garbage fire.

I'm all for it but it's in the cowdfunding stage. We'll have to see what becomes of it.

This has been tried a few times now. Why will this one succeed?
- It bugs me how, within a month after Apple releases a new iPhone, small-time manufacturers put together the hardware, custom ROMs, and tooling to pump out bespoke knock-offs of the latest model. Which sell for maybe $200. While we're stuck worrying that the development of a new Linux phone, with completely ordinary hardware by today's standards, might get mismanaged to hell or ends up costing a fortune.
- It won't outside small niches. If people can't use their banking apps, it's dead before release.
  
  I agree, Android phones will not have a chance at being successful unless it has a translation layer to run Android apps.
  I know things like that exist, but I don’t think it’s anywhere close to having a high compatibility.
- i think that's not a great way to think about it. when is the year of the linux desktop? its a slow build until its a viable ecosystem.
  if companies just stopped making linux phones, the ecosystem would wither up and die (not counting postmarketos)
  every new linux phone will inspire new people to try linux on a phone, and eventually we may have a viable alternative to ios and android.
  
  If it was going to be any year, and yes I know this is said a lot, it would be this year. With Win10 support ending, a bunch of Millennials are going to install it on their Boomer parent's computers. You have the German government installing it on every computer they run. Major companies like Lenovo releasing handhelds with it pre-installed.

This feels off. Just the hardware configuration doesnt make any sense. The soc will be over 5 years old when this thing releases. Those four a76 cores @ 2,4 Ghz wont wow you with their performance and would be a downgrade compared to a flagship with a SD865 released 5 years ago. Which is alright by its own tbh. But why the fuck combine it with 32gb of ram? Thats just excessive and apart from hyper specific edge cases this just doesnt make any sense. Especially when looking at the eMMC storage. Personally i already find UFS 3.1 painfully slow when it comes to desktopish usecases sometimes. But eMMC is just pure ass.
This is like buying a pre built with a 12100f with 128gb of ram and only harddrives as storage. Like there is probably a really small market for that. But for everybody else it would be just such a bad choice.
- The new eMMCs are 400MB/s (so SATA-ish level) with random writes about there as well, it depends what specifically they'll be using. It's also more power efficient than SSDs, however it can't address more than 256GB (so consider SD speeds too).
  There also isn't anything wrong with having a lot of RAM if it doesn't impact the battery considerably. Which it prob does.
  
  Interesting, didnt know about the current state of eMMC. That would be certainly useable if its the new stuff.
  Regarding the ram: Yeah, a lot of ram isnt bad. But it also costs money and i dont feel like that amount of ram in combination with the rest of the hardware is too beneficial. Maybe i lack the creativity but i dont see applications where you need that much of ram and wont be bottlenecked by that 5 year old mid tier mobile SOC. Like my desktop gaming rig has 32gb of ram and current flagship phones still use sometimes just 12gb and go up to 24gb in very rare cases. 32gb just feel imbalenced with the rest of the hardware.

I have absolutely no faith in this project whatsoever, there is a 99% chance itll fail like all Linux phones and tbh they all deserve to. Not a single mobile Linux OEM has even the slightest idea what the average person wants, hell im a highly technical Linux enthusiast and it doesn't even do what I want. The average person wants:
Long battery life
Fast charging
A good screen
Decent performance
A good camera
Software good enough to tie everything together in a cohesive experience (this one especially they lack in)
Meanwhile more technical people (such as myself) want:
Good security (both hardware level security and software level security)
A relockable bootloader (with it being locked from shipping)
Extended software support (including firmware and microcode updates)
The ability to seamlessly work on multiple different sim networks
Longevity (I should not need to get a new one once every three years)
Reparability
Software that can accommodate technical usecases without falling apart
Meanwhile Linux phones:
Can be a portable programming station (why???? No genuenly why would anyone want to do this???? Just get a cheap Thinkpad)
Can run desktop software (ok thats neat I guess but not neat when all the software is optimized for desktops, the downsides to this completely overshadow any tiny benefit this may provide)
Have support for multiple mobile Linux distros (congratulations, you have multiple choices and they all suck)
Have support multiple WMs/DEs (and they're all either under maintained, not maintained at all, or they just suck)
Have extensive software customization (its a phone, why on earth would I want that???)
Are cheap (sometimes, also I can just get a cheap used Google Pixel 7)
Run faster (except not when you take into account the significantly worse hardware)

Bookmarked, will definitely give this a look.

I hope the emphasis on wireless display tech doesn't mean they are skimping on usb-c video out. That is the only bugger I currently see.
- Please yes usbc alt dp alt with 4x4k120 hdr mst support

@KarnaSubarna it needs to be able to run Netflix, banking apps and McD app (has very high security requirements - hard to get working on LineageOS f.ex.
If it solves those - I think it could be hugely popular - as the first fully useable phone, for those wanting to regain control over their phone and data.
- It needs to run the McD app... JFC....
- Is running the McDonald’s app the “can it run doom” of FOSS Linux phones or are you just morbidly obese?
  
  @ocean LOL. we almost never eat there - but I've just noticed its the one app that has the highest security requirements (and my kids ask if I have an offer from mcd they can use when we pass it :) - so its the only app I never made run on LineageOS (netflix etc. I got working fine). So its a good test.
- I thought this was the first usable linux phone?
  https://furilabs.com/shop/flx1/
  
  Wao, this is not bad at all. I wonder how it behaves as a daily driver. It would probably be easy for me to adopt as I don't have a single mainstream app in my phone at all.
  
  I'm very interested in this one, but would like to see it in the wild first to make a more informed purchase.
- Just use browser If it doesn't run in browser Then you don't need it

but will it have a magnetic ink display option

I dont want that of a beast but only a cheap and decent smartphone that will supported by most of the Mobile Linux Distros to use a phone completely privately instead of using android
- So a Pixel? Cause every distro I look up Pixels are on it since they are open.
  But yea same boat I'm trying to replace my Samsung 21u with something like the pixel and Graphite OS or Lineage OS.
  
  I would like to have the real Linux phones Not just a pixel running a alternative android

Looks great, thanks for sharing. 👍 Hope they add IP68 protection for dust and waterproofing though… ☔

Looks expensive... Ugh
- The market is saturated with 'high end' smartphones. We need fresh competition for budget options.

Sailfish OS exists right now as a Linux mobile OS with their own hardware (& supports the Sony Xperia line as well—which have microSD & headphone jacks …which no GrapheneOS devices support 🙃)
- Isn't sailfish proprietary?
  
  It looks that part of it is proprietary https://docs.sailfishos.org/Services/Development/Sailfish_OS_Source/

"linux phone"
Don't make me tap the sign
- What sign?
  
  The one that says that Android is Linux therefore every Android device is a Linux phone (or tablet, etc).
  This is often dismissed as a technicality but as every thread on so-called "mobile Linux" demonstrates, so-called "Linux phones" are judged basically on how well they can run Android crapware... just as "desktop Linux" is more or less judged solely on how well it can run Windows apps. Unlike Windows, however, Android is open source(-ish) and already a Linux operating system.
  Most people who want to "switch to Linux" don't actually care about Linux, they just want Windows that doesn't suck. I imagine most people who want "mobile Linux" similarly want a non-sucky Android... which actually exists, unlike Windows.
  If what you want is "Mobile Linux that can run Android apps" go install GrapheneOS or LineageOS or whatever.

And yet again they're based out of Europe, which makes this out of reach for most Canadians.
- Why?
  
  High shipping costs, customs, currency conversion, etc.
- Wait, why?