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It doesn't run Debian, it runs (a fork of) Droidian which relies on Android layer underneath. There are other Linux phones that do actually run Debian and don't rely on Android.

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You are referring to postmaketOS for which the project leaders themselves claim there is no flagship device where everything works as expected?

No.

I don't know what they are referring to, I can't speak for them, but...

• postmarketOS is unrelated to Debian.

• postmarketOS is based on Alpine.

• FuriLabs does not use Alpine or postmarketOS.

• FuriOS is Droidian is a Debian derivative.

• FuriOS is Debian running on an Android kernel, with Android in a container you can stop and start on demand.

Nothing you claimed applies here.

I think seba_dos1 refers to PureOS [0] (for the Librem 5; PureOS is essentially a FSF-endorsed Debian) and Mobian [1]. Both use a close-to-mainline kernel, Mobian's goal is to "bring Debian to mobile devices. Over time, the idea is to minimize the Mobian specific pieces by “upstreaming” customization to the original projects."

[0]: https://pureos.net/

[1]: https://wiki.debian.org/Mobian/

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