Mobile Linux OS PostmarketOS finances smartphone audio & Call reliability projects
Mobile Linux OS PostmarketOS finances smartphone audio & Call reliability projects
postmarketos.org
New financed postmarketOS project: wireplumber and callaudiod
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The sooner there is a rom compatible with most android devices, the better.
I'd be off Android so fast.
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I hope there's a good alternative soon. I'd love a Linux variant phone that is usable.
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are there any decent devices that have a fully working pmos build?
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The best ones where basically everything works as intended are: OnePlus 6, OnePlus 6T, Xiaomi POCO F1
I have a OnePlus 6T and the only missing pieces are calls and camera. Both work, but not reliably yet. Everything else is pretty much there.
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Shit, I have an old OnePlus 6 laying around, currently running LineageOS. Hmmmmm
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also have a one-plus 6t, mms and SMS are also spotty
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rooting for the guys although I don't want none of them things. I run my device without a modem on (hopefully I disabled it correctly) and I want it to run like my other shit runs - I turn it on when I want it, no doing shit in the background nobody asked it to, syncing to the clown, none of that.
the results are awesome - I get like days of standby out of a severely degraded battery that can't manage a whole day under android. still, I understand that other people need this stuff. for me, SMS and calls utilizing the utterly broken, insecure, and definitely compromised telecom infra shouldn't be a thing in 2025.
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syncing to the clown, none of that
What did that clown ever do to you?
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stole it off jwz
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i'd rather sync to a clown than a cloud tbh. the clown is more likely to keep my data safe
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Replace "clown" with "AI".
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if there was any voice protocol with anywhere near the adoption rate of phone service I could understand this
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Will there ever be an app ecosystem for Linux phones. I don't see how could happen. I'm talking actual apps like banking or payment systems. Institutional software such as government apps that requires a stable platform. Not a janky Linux system that is prone to breakage every few updates or scatter across different distros. Seems like the year of the linux desktop meme could end up morphing into the year of the linux phone.
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Why can't we just use banking websites? You don't need an app ecosystem for that. They just need to build a responsive website that will work on a computer or phone. If you have bank to bank transfer (like e-transfer in Canada) that can be done from the mobile website as well.
Payment like NFC payment is a different story. I suspect its unlikely we ever see that.
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Exactly. And as I said in another comment, you can make a wrapper for it if their website is not the most mobile-friendly. Any browser can handle everything beneath the skin.
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Banks sometimes need a 2FA app, this is what some people need "banking apps" for. The bank website itself is trivial to just use, but you need to be able to log in. In sweden, much of society, from fetching a post package to booking an appointment with a doctor or getting a bus ticket, relies on this 2FA app. You can barely function in society without this app.
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Apps on Linux phones are just Linux apps that scale well.
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Well, they all have standard web interfaces, and so many apps are merely wrappers for it or a rebuilt front-end. On a Linux device one would presume you’ll have a standard web browser so all you need really is a wrapper for the website and the browser engine handles all security. Is there any reason not to just go that route?
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This is great news!
For those unaware, Google is continuously enacting policies that are closing down the open environment of Android, and I fear this will significantly harm projects like GrapheneOS, CalyxOS, and others.
If you can spare a couple dollars, please consider throwing some money at PostmarketOS or any other mobile Linux project you like.
are you aware of any articles/documentation that can make a noob aware of how these projects compare to each other?
i'm going to eos on a nothing phone in the near future, but that's only because i can find step-by-step documentation with exact hardware and eos version on how to do so thanks to Lemmy.
@eldavi @1XEVW3Y07 https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
Just donated some money to them. Haven't even tested a build yet but I'm excited based on what I've seen over the years.