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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by bobthecowboy on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @12:46AM (#45258122)
I've been considering this as my Android exit plan (as part of a slow rolling de-googling effort, even before the recent "sideloading" news). Are you using it as a daily driver? I'm sort of surprised it doesn't get brought up more.
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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by maheart on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @01:12AM (#45258243)
Yes, I used SailfishOS as a daily driver since ~2014 until last year when I moved to the Furi FLX1. The FLX1 has been my daily driver since. SailfishOS is much more polished, but it's not fully FOSS, and it follows upstream much less closely. FLX1 is basically in-sync with Debian testing, with the exception of kernel.
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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by cenamus on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @02:55AM (#45258912)
Are you able to run android apps aswell? Without whatsapp you're pretty much locked out from most communication around here...
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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by kuuchuu on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @03:58AM (#45259346)
According to their [FAQ](https://furilabs.com/faq/), yes > FuriOS allows for running apps inside a container running Android codenamed Andromeda. This container has complete integration with the host and makes all Android applications work like native applications
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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by maheart on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @10:24AM (#45262673)
Yes, both (official) SailfishOS and FLX1 offer decent/good Android app support. Not every app will work, but when I have needed Android (rarely, for basic stuff), the applications have worked.
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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by poetaster on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @08:03AM (#45261087)
Interesting. I had a poke at postmarket, which wasn't ready in comparison with SFOS. Would you say the FLX1 is at better stage in development than postmarket?
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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by maheart on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @10:23AM (#45262651)
I'm not familiar with postmarket, but I imagine it shares a lot of the same phosh+GNOME app ecosystem, in which case, the apps aren't in a better state.

In terms of polish and app/dev ecosystem, I feel SailfishOS still rules, but it's getting harder to justify using/development, with it's increasing divergence from upstream.

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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by fossman on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @09:57PM (#45270672)
You're comparing a Linux OS (postmarketOS) to a device (FLX1). I think you meant to compare postmarketOS to FuriOS : )

FuriOS (and its base Droidian) are at a better stage of development for devices made to run Android using the old Android Linux kernel, whereas postmarketOS is better for devices made specifically for Linux, like the Liberty Phone, Pinephone, etc. Droidian will not even work on them.

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Re:Linux phones are more important now than ever by Klonoar on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @01:37AM (#45258407)
The only detractions on the software side that I ever see are about it being a “hack” via Hallium, but to be frank, the device actually ships and is usable today. Linux purists probably need to stop complaining.

It does seem like there’s been a backlog with the latest orders though - maybe due to tariff hell? I keep wanting to order but their forum has a few people being thrown for a loop on the order side, so…

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