curious how linux on phones never gets any reply on 4chan

>>108518055
'cause phone are fucked and OS other than android and iOS don't work for basic phone use

>>108518102
Indian?

>>108518199
indians are also a problem, but not just for phone, wdym ?

depends on how autistic you are
it's not ready for normies

>>108518232
dude, it wasn't ready when it launched 10 years ago, but it's been a fucking decade. how much left?

>>108518279
like everything in tech, 2 more weeks

>>108518285
what's the holdup? what's taking them so long? I have 10000€ to spare, I can donate

>>108518297
>what's the holdup?
banks and gouv, phones today are the best way to get data on your population, giving privacy away is a loss for them

>>108518279
imagine linux on x86 but with orders of magnitude smaller community due to ARM and the whole hardware ecosystem being more closed (so similar situation as nvidia drivers).
Another problem is that many killer apps on phones inherently have strong network effects and thus are impossible to replicate as FOSS programs (most instant messengers, banking) so users won't switch and these companies won't support linux without the users being there.
touchscreen program on linux are grim in general, but this might actually improve in the next few years with affordable tablet laptops
power managemant is also a much bigger issue on phones, and you will never can kill programs as aggressively on linux as on android as the assumptions are much different

If you are willing to buy a supported phone, check youtube for reviews. It will work, especially for things like simple telephony, but the experience will be noticeably worse than android

>>108517730
lol. try it. i don't think it even does calling or sms well.

>>108517730
depends on what device and what shell you're using
both phosh and plasma mobile are okay on oneplus 6, it is quite fast, you can use calls, sms, mobile internet, etc
the downside is that battery will not last a long time, and things like camera support are present but can require some workarounds as they're still WIP

>>108518894
>>108518600
so then another 10 years?

>>108519346
not really, these factors are constant and imo depend on a black swan to disrupt. I.e. either a big player backing it (like steam is currently championing gaming on linux), LLMs creating infinite code in 5 years

>>108519448
so you're saying I'll still be using Android the day I die at 93? I hope you're kidding friend. Desktop Linux sucked in the 2000s

>>108519516
android is also starting to get more enshittified.