Fedi-friends, I wanna buy a phone that runs Linux, but I don't want to deal with anything installation related, flashing microSD, flashing bios, whatever.
I would like to receive the phone with a Gnome-based shell already installed and ready. Are there ANY options on the market? If I could, I would absolutely buy a Fairphone 5 with postmarketOS today.
PS: I'm in the US. You europeans people are luckier it seems :)
Alright, thanks Fedi! Got the FuriPhone FLX1. Let's see how it goes :D
@danvpeterson @zak Thanks Dan, glad that I'm not the only one looking for this :D
@lobau there's the PinePhone (and the pro) but I don't recall if it comes with an OS preinstalled.
@lobau the PinePhone comes with Manjaro and plasma, the pro comes with Sailfish OS.
@dacmot thanks! i'll have to look at Sailfish OS!
@lobau Librem 5 by Purism fits that description. I have one and it works pretty well.
@daniel does it feel slow? I looked at it, and while it checks all the boxes, it seems quite expensive for pretty old hardware. Are you daily-carrying it, or just using it to stay in the loop with development?
@lobau It is a bit sluggish and I don't carry it all the time. I bought it when it was a little cheaper. It was absolutely painless to set up.
@lobau #PinePhone is working on that, but it doesn't seem to be ready just yet. Better informed people than I could tell you more about it.
@sharewarewolf awesome, thanks for the headsup!
Dec 23, 2024, 4:37 PM@lobau @furilabs Do let us know how you get on with it. I'm so tempted to get it to try out. I really want it but I also want to know how it daily drives. :neofox_phone:
_I'm also concerned how it works on T-Mobile in the US as I haven't seen anything about which areas and providers it able to be used with._
@micah @furilabs I didn't put a sim card in it yet. I'm gonna keep my current phone as my main, since I rely heavily on notifications from Slack, Jira, etc for work, but I will put a small plan on this so I can start using it on weekend.
Things like driving directions, music streaming in the background, checking emails, etc will really tell me if this is really livable :)
@lobau Crazy cool stuff!
@lobau fancy giving us a review after fifty days of use? Thanks!
@fluidlogic so far, that has stayed a toy on my nightstand that I charge and play with once in a while. I tried to put service on it (US Mobile Black Star) but even with extensive help from their support we couldn't figure it out.
A lot of things don't work for me (neither the bitwarden app nor Firefox extension work for example) and I came to the conclusion that it's not ready for me to use even for small day trips.
I'll keep updating it and see how it evolves..
@lobau Thank you very much for this - it's invaluable information. I also use exactly that combo - BitWarden as a Firefox plugin.
I'm using a #MurenaOS compatible smartphone, which I'm finding is a suitable compromise. Fully #deGoogled, and with #Termux I have enough access to the filesystem to make it a usable Linux-like experience. I very much want a proper Linux phone. I thought we were close with the Nokia N900, but sadly the dream seems as far away as ever.
