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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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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Linux phone plus android app support would do it

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My phone runs Android, on which I run Linux in chroot, on which I run FEX, on which I run Wine x64.

That means I can run Android apps, Linux-ARM apps, Linux-x86/x64 apps and Windows x86/x64 apps.

Also I got Magic Dosbox running DOS and Win95.

And a bunch of emulators, namely C64, GB/C/A, DS, 3DS and Switch.

Yes, I might have a problem ;)

[–] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love your problem.

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Weirdly, it's more fun for me to get a new system running than actually using it.

The only one of these systems that I really use a lot (apart from obviously native Android) is the Linux-ARM command line. Which is made much easier by the keyboard attachment I built myself (https://github.com/Dakkaron/Fairberry).

[–] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This looks really cool. Perfect amount of nerdyness

[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks!

[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

That's true, something like Proton for Steam but instead of Windows apps, it allows installing and using Android apps on Linux.

I still think a pure Android base would be easier to impliment and engineer, but I'm not experienced enough with software or low level Dev work to know of that's true or not.