Subj : Re: Old computer
To   : TALIADON
From : claw
Date : Sat Jul 23 2022 12:49:10

On 23 Jul 2022, TALIADON said the following...
 TA> From the other comments posted here, this certainly appears to be the
 TA> case. What's more, it's far more viable than I'd previously thought.
 TA> 
 TA> I quite like the idea of having Linux in my pocket, so I may even splash
 TA> out on an Android phone and have a play :)
 TA> 

I love android, however if your main goal is to have Linux in the phone just put a bootloader in it and install ARM based Linux on it.  If you actually still need it as a phone there are plenty to choose from if you don't need it to be a phone there are tons of distros.  

If you don't already have a phone for this and are shopping buy one that is made for and comes with Linux on it.

https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
or
https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
or maybe
https://www.fxtec.com/pro1x
then there is
https://volla.online/en/
not to forget
https://www.fairphone.com/en/

The cool thing is its a phone that works like a computer.  You can install which ever OS you want on these.

Here are some phone based distros.

postmarketOS (Based on Alpine Linux)
UBports (Ubuntu Touch)
Mobian (Debian for mobiles)
Tizen (supported by The Linux Foundation)
KaiOS (based on Firefox OS)
Maemo (Debian)
ExpidusOS (Void Linux)
PureOSPlasma
MobileNemo 
MobileNixOS

I'm sure there are tons more.  It's been a while since I looked on to replacing boot loaders and the like on these.  If you want an Android phone and the easy freedom to do what you want get a OnePlus phone.  They let you root your phone.  Its a check box in the settings.  they see it as well you own your phone and as long as you know you won't get support once you mess it up.  :D

Hope this helps someone.

Enjoy

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