Just ordered my first #linuxphone from #jolla with #sailfishos as it’s OS! Excited to play around with it and put it to a test, but my main hope is that it can fully replace my iPhone as main driver phone (either right away or at a later point).

Been using iPhone for around 15 years, but not happy with the walled garden, privacy issues nor price levels - and want to actively promote #FOSS so that it can also become a robust alternative for mobile.

Let’s see how it lives up to my expectations and hope once it arrives!

Anyone else that have a #jolla - or thinking of getting one? What are your experiences with it?

Just installed #PostmarketOS on a #OnePlus6 I bought for this purpose (writing this toot on it rn ). Been working great except for two things:
- Megapixels is missing some oneplus,enchilada.ini config file and I can't figure out where to get it from...
- Chatty won't start from the app menu. It starts fine from the command line, but that's not really practical
If anyone has any idea, help is welcome

The dumbphone I bought like a year ago is such bad quality that it’s already significantly broken, only barely usable if you squint. I should get something more reasonable, and it can either be a decent quality dumbphone or something I can slap a Linux on and send SMSs over ssh. What are the current best options in these areas?

In today's episode of "Hey, Look at Me, I’m Quirky! " we examine the latest trend: daily driving a Linux phone! Because, who doesn’t love a good masochistic challenge of carrying TWO phones? It's like choosing to ride a unicycle when there's a perfectly good car next to it.
https://thefoggiest.dev/2025/04/24/daily-driving-a-linux-phone-but-why #LinuxPhone #Trend #DailyDriving #QuirkyChallenge #TechHumor #MasochisticFun #HackerNews #ngated

Daily driving a Linux phone, but why?

https://thefoggiest.dev/2025/04/24/daily-driving-a-linux-phone-but-why

So, when these Apple devices die (or rather, when the updates have slowed them down enough, and the battery has depleted to the point of not getting through the day - which should be next year or the year after, if the pattern holds)… my next devices will be some of the following, and I’m looking forward to the challenge of getting them to work… any recommendations?

Phone options:
- Pine Phone
- Fair Phone
- Murena
- Librem
- Pro 1x
- Volla Phone
- SageTea XFone

Watches:
- Any of these with AsteroidOS: https://wiki.asteroidos.org/index.php/Category:Watches
- PineTime
- ZSwatch:
https://github.com/ZSWatch/ZSWatch

Any suggestions or advice?

Er der nogen her som har erfaring med

hvilken #Linuxphone kan håndtere vores elskede

#MitID #MobilePay apps .. ?

Det er tid at gå (tilbage) til #linux på #mobil - men de to apps er ligesom #cantDoWithout ...

tak!

I guess hope is the last thing to die: https://mastodon.social/@Liberux #linuxmobile #linuxphone #linux

Shot on OnePlus 6T running SXMO, now with camera support . #postmarketos #linuxphone #oneplus #linux

Two USB-C ports on the Liberux NEXX: more possibilities, more freedom.
The #LiberuxNEXX will have two USB-C ports: one at the bottom and one on the side. Why?

Extended connectivity: charge while using a peripheral or connect multiple accessories.
Auxiliary add-ons: imagine a dock, an extra battery, or a physical keyboard.
Flexibility: no matter how you use it, you'll always have an accessible port.

What would you like to connect to the NEXX? We're listening!

The "Mobile Linux"/"Linux Mobile" discussion feels like a rehash of the "Open Source" terminology discussion in the 90's that led to more diverse terms (e.g. FLOSS).

I propose:

#linuxmobile / #mobilelinux as umbrella terms for all efforts at bringing the standard Linux ecosystem to any mobile device (e.g. also tablets)

#linuxphone for a phone running standard Linux ecosystem parts *predominantly* (e.g. allows Android kernels and Halium)

#FLOSSPhone for a phone with no proprietary parts

I ordered the @furilabs FLX1 Linux phone.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114019659194244028

I am considering getting the @furilabs FLX1 Linux phone.

https://furilabs.com/shop/flx1/

Apparently, FuriLabs had a presence at FOSDEM 2025. (I was there, too.) And, I could have taken a look at the phone there.

@furilabs

What does mobile app development for the Furilabs FLX1 look like?

Is it just a regular GNOME application? Something else?

Are there any specific APIs?

We can keep discussing about kernels, drivers and which are "true" Linux phones and which are not, or we can focus on getting as many people on the FOSS phone ecosystem and improving the rather sorry state of so many applications, and I would VERY much prefer the latter

The Liberux NEXX will include 3 physical kill-switches for total privacy:

Microphone + Cameras
Wi-Fi + Bluetooth
Communications Module
OFF → all other sensors are also disabled

This was the original design… but we're now considering the possibility of one more switch: , a slider integrated into the camera’s shutter button, to separate cameras and microphone. What do you think about it?

When my #mobile phone will be KO, I'd like to have a true (#GNOME) #LinuxPhone … and the FuriPhone #FLX1 by @furilabs seems to be a good candidate

Built on the Gigaset GX6 :
- Removable battery
- 2 SIMs slots AND micro SD
- Robust
- B1, B3, B7, B20 and B28 bandwith (French 4G)
- Debian GNOME + Android layer
- Jack input …

… but expensive and maybe a bit too big

An opinion ?

› https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/furiphone_flx1/ (Article)
› https://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/b3dc5aa1 (Specs)
› https://youtu.be/cnIgkF3OzMs (Test by TuxWiz)

My iPhone's Bluetooth and wifi stopped working and now it's time to get a new phone.
Can someone recommend a linux phone that I can rely on as a good phone but also use as a good open source piece of tech?