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Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by Freak_NL on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:39AM (#27012853)
A compatibility layer for Android apps would really make it viable. I just don't want to fight my OS to be recognized and treated as its owner.

In that respect I really like how I can run Windows games on Linux via Proton and Steam; an otherwise good game can ship with all kinds of crap (like having their own launchers stuck in the system tray), but when I'm done the whole Wine-sandbox collapses and I'm back in a Linux desktop that does what I want. Something like that for the host of proprietary apps you are nowadays hard-pressed to avoid (I manage now, but it is not a tenable position) would be welcome. Ideally you could do all sorts of privacy preserving stuff at the sandbox layer.

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by pydry on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:19AM (#27013623)
>A compatibility layer for Android apps would really make it viable. I just don't want to fight my OS to be recognized and treated as its owner.

This is the real reason we need this. Without competition from free alternatives our phones will get locked down "for our benefit" harder and harder and it won't be done for our benefit.

More tracking, more of our data sold, more DRM, etc.

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by ShinyRice on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:38AM (#27013705)
Sure, the stuff in the tray goes away, but Wine is not a sandbox. Software can still look into your filesystem and processes. You need Flatpak for proper sandboxing.
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by tnzm on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:57PM (#27017845)
Flatpak, of all things?

https://flatkill.org/

Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by teddyfrozevelt on Sunday May 02, 2021 @07:49PM (#27020152)
People really still post this?
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by craftinator on Monday May 03, 2021 @09:49AM (#27025029)
I actually hadn't seen this before. What's the counter argument to the security problems that that website points out?
Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by teddyfrozevelt on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:24AM (#27026289)