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[SOLVED] Will Linux Phones ever become commercially viable and decrease to a price point of 200-400 USD? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Owell1984@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Don't say, hey android has Linux in it, yeah no, idc, I want to know how far we are from buying a Linux phone at a price point of 200 USD.

A Linux phone is one which is built completely on Linux, uses Linux apps and most important has a terminal.

I don't want a Linux Phone for privacy, although that's a great reason, but I want it for the freedom it provides me. Hell, I don't care if Android itself comes with a terminal and has similar features to Linux, I just want a Terminal which can install apps, where I can write commands and it will execute it. Complete Control on my phone and how it behaves is what I want.

I want to tell it when to sleep, when not to sleep, when to boot, when to edit a file and how, when to take a screenshot and what to do with it and where to save it, etc, etc. I hope you get the idea.

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[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unless people pay for the hardware and software development to happen, Linux phones will never be as feature complete as Android or iPhones, so people will not buy as many, so the prices will not go down.

Also, I gotta disagree reeeeaaal hard with the sentiment in the comments here that Android is Linux since you can slap a terminal on it. Excuse me, but where's the GNU?

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Excuse me, but where’s the GNU?

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedom.html

https://f-droid.org/packages/tech.ula/

I've had great fun using userland to put gnu into my android, ran windows, tried to use a phone as a portable dockable computer.. it's so close, but not quite ready for a daily driver

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I will give you that, even as an Android disliker, this is pretty cool. Not for me maybe but its cool how portable these environments can be.