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Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by ekianjo on Sunday May 02, 2021 @06:34AM (#27013955)
> I don't understand the desire for a Linux phone as so described in the article as a daily driver.

So you are fine throwing your phone every 2 years or so once the manufacturer stops releasing updates?

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Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by EvilEy3 on Sunday May 02, 2021 @07:47AM (#27014404)
Google and Samsung offer at least 4 years of support. This number will increase in the future as they decouple stuff from core OS.
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Re:Will Linux phones stay around this time? by fsflover on Sunday May 02, 2021 @10:15AM (#27015497)
Drivers are still tied to an old non-upstreamed Linux kernel, aren't they?
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