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Linux phones!!! There’s still a lot of dev work to be done but this is exactly why I’m on board with the pinephone. not a daily driver yet, but if you’re a programmer looking for something to contribute to, go check it out

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There’s still a lot of dev work to be done

An incomplete choice is not a choice.

He wants to cross a bridge without paying a toll. Telling him that he can take a rickety bridge, an unsupported bridge, build his own bridge, or wait for a new bridge to be finished doesn't get him to the other side.

He can continue to use the restricted bridge, but if he want to use the free bridge soon, he can support building that bridge, today.

You're right but I think you're missing the point. I read that as a call to action (this is HN), not a dismissal of a problem.

They're saying we're not getting a solution from the corporate sector, so we need to build it.

That's not helpful. Whereas the comment you are responding to is helpful (at least to some of us).

I crossed that bridge when I came to it - trip trap! trip trap! trip trap! - and lo! I heard a voice: "Who is it what cross my bridge? I am very hungry, and I will eat you up!!" Shuddering in fear, I told the hungry troll "I am but a tiny me. You should eat my brother who comes along soon!" The greedy troll, let me go, and I watched from the bushes as the troll gobbled up my brother. I was sad, but then remembered that I am still alive, not eaten

Amen to Linux Phones. We need more choices!

I got so sick of these kind of shenanigans, I built a simple, non-mobile phone with a Raspberry Pi 3B+, a Raspberry Pi 7 inch touchscreen, and a Logitech headset. It runs off Wi-Fi or Ethernet only.

It does voice and SMS only, but it does what it does very well. I wrote all the software myself (Python3 and C).

I've been using this as my daily driver for over a year now.

I'm planning to make it available to the public soon. All of it will be open source, of course. My goal is an open source alternative to Apple/Google.

Can't wait to see this. Where should I look?

I'll post here on hacker news once I get a web site up and running. Look for a post from this user name (another_comment). I'll also post here in the comments of appropriate posts.

Thanks for the interest.

Or, if you're not a programmer and want to support GNU/Linux phones, consider Librem 5.

Linux is only free if your time is worthless.

Parent comment says nothing about it being free (indeed rather the opposite re time investment), so what's the point of this response?

> Linux phones!!!

Android phones > Linux phones!!![0]

[0] https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-linux-on-android/

They're non native chroot jails that don't solve any of the problems addressed by the PinePhone or any similar native install.

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