Comment by seba_dos1

5 days ago

You don't have to use Android. I've been using various GNU/Linux phones for the last 17 years, so being able to do `gcc -o main main.cpp && ./main` on a phone is just natural to me. Back in 2008, as a teenager, I could choose to spent my first earned money to get me either one of the first GNU/Linux phones on the market or the first Android phone, and I feel that as the time goes it only validates my decision.

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nunobrito  5 days ago

What is your feedback in regards to battery? Android have been exhausted in development to optimize battery usage but I'm reading linux phones don't really care that much so you end up with a dead phone in less of a day.

Has a power user, what has your experience been on that topic?

I'd switch my phone to linux on a heartbeat because android apps seem compatible enough nowadays to run there too but battery is always the pressing limitation.

My thanks in advance.

  • seba_dos1  5 days ago

    I'm using a Librem 5 and its battery life is good enough for me - it lasts pretty much exactly what's needed for me to get through a typical day, so I often get home with the battery almost but not entirely flat. When I know that I'm going to be using it more intensively or need it to last longer, I'll usually just put a spare battery into my backpack, but I rarely actually need to use it when these days you can just charge up in a train or tram.

    That's not a universal property of these devices though - N900 that I used previously could easily last a few days.

    • Imustaskforhelp  5 days ago

      Having a spare battery or being able to change battery seems like a fever dream for people on new android devices.

      I am seriously interested in linux phones... like I am interested in either getting a grapheneos phone or somehow looking through my old garage of parents phones to see if any phone can be linux'd

      I don't want to spend money right away but I am also a teenager, but the thing that's kinda stopping me from spending is that terminal can already be done through things like termux and the question I am asking myself is: is it good enough I have written back to back comments about it on why I think running android on linux using waydroid seems more performant than vice versa but I am curious.

      Are there any recommendations that you have for me? I want to get linux on my phone but I am pretty sure that there are no second hand linux phones and I think it might cost me a lot of money (well for my country) anyway and I feel like the issue for me not being able to tinker is monetary of sorts.

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vallassy  5 days ago

I've been looking at Linux phones for a while, and now the latest 'sideloading' lockdown from Google has pushed me to seriously consider getting off Android. What phones do you use or recommend for someone who has a little Linux experience?

flykespice  5 days ago

The only stopper for most of us fully moving to Linux phones are banking apps...

I am interested to hear how you deal with that as a full linux phone user