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Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by lostmsu on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:58PM (#27011086)
What would you like for Email on your phone from the Linux world?

A web browser?

Contacts app?

These are essentials for the phone.

What about an RSS client?

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by ryukafalz on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:10PM (#27011151)
> What would you like for Email on your phone from the Linux world?

There seems to be an adaptive version of Geary now, which looks nice though I haven't used it yet.

> A web browser?

GNOME Web works pretty well in my experience, though it could be faster and it's still missing WebRTC support.

> Contacts app?

GNOME Contacts seems to work well enough on my Librem 5 - synced straight away with my Nextcloud instance, vs. on Android where I had to find a third-party app to do that.

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by yjftsjthsd-h on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:28PM (#27011247)
> What would you like for Email on your phone from the Linux world?

I actually run mutt on Android already (yay termux), so should be fine.

> A web browser?

What's wrong with Firefox or chromium?

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by trystero on Saturday May 01, 2021 @11:47PM (#27012205)
There are lots of very good open source alternatives (K9 Mail, OsmAnd, Element/Matrix, Firefox of course, etc.). Take a look at f-droid.org.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by lostmsu on Sunday May 02, 2021 @12:44AM (#27012417)
The parent was saying he wants Linux (as in desktop) apps on his phone. My point exactly is that they are much worse than Android ones in mobile scenarios.

Many would need UI to be rewritten from scratch.

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by sliken on Sunday May 02, 2021 @03:05AM (#27012957)
I greatly prefer firefox to chrome on android. Especially reader mode.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by EvilEy3 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @03:40AM (#27013113)
If only there was a Firefox for Android.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by sliken on Sunday May 02, 2021 @04:30AM (#27013359)
Not sure if that's sarcastic, but yes there is.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by EvilEy3 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:33AM (#27013687)
It is sarcastic.

Person who advocates for Firefox on Android doesn't even know that it is already there.

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by kgwxd on Sunday May 02, 2021 @08:49AM (#27014838)
You misread the comment.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by EvilEy3 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @09:09AM (#27014966)
Yep, apologies to OP. I thought I was replying to different comment.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by fuzxi on Sunday May 02, 2021 @12:19AM (#27012315)
>What would you like for Email on your phone from the Linux world?

Thunderbird

>A web browser?

Firefox/Chromium

>Contacts app?

kAddressBook

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by lostmsu on Sunday May 02, 2021 @12:42AM (#27012410)
> Thunderbird, kAddressBook

Interface totally unacceptable on mobile.

> Firefox/Chromium

Android has both