Comments on: postmarketOS – A Linux Distribution for Mobile Devices

By: Bill Leach

Bill Leach — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 08:46:13 +0000

Yes, Linux on a phone is a great idea. I have been very disappointed that so little progress has been made in that direction. In my opinion the term security and android can not be used in the same paragraph! Even browser security on Linux is iffy. If you can create a file system (or a part of a file system) that android apps do not have access to then you could at least improve security.

By: nick

nick — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 05:26:33 +0000

Maybe it’s still too far away from having Linux phones, but at least we can assume Linux tablet experiences will be better. I really don’t want Windows, and I’ve formatted the SSD on my Win10 tablet and replace it with Ubuntu. Most of the things works but the experience is not very good.

By: michael biller

michael biller — Sat, 02 Mar 2019 20:10:44 +0000

Slowly but surely the dream of Linux Mobile is becoming a reality. Projects such as this set the stage for it to work on virtually any mobile device. PostmarketOS looks to be making huge strides in the endeavor. Plasma Mobile is also looking good. Canonical’s Ubuntu Touch lives on, too. I am loving it.

This is just the sort of thing that really interests me. Linux is such a cool platform and the possibilities seem endless. Desktop Linux is better than ever. These last few years have brought so many fantastic new technologies and improvements it’s amazing. Great article. It looks as though there will be plenty of subject matter to report on moving forward and you do it so well!

By: Sandor Lengyel

Sandor Lengyel — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 05:59:26 +0000

I do not have much hupe for it. The problem with mobile devices, that the hardware layer, (Camera, nfc, gps sim) are proprietary. for this reason, it is hard to update. I have a phone at thr nougat state, and there is no custom rom for it with which I can upgrade it bug free. So it is almost certain, that there will be no postmarketos for it.

By: Dragonbite

Dragonbite — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 13:19:21 +0000

Heck, I’d be interested in one that can be put on the old Windows Phone that is no longer going to be supported very soon. Give it new life and they will pretty much be all spares because people will have moved on to the obligatory duo-poly (Android or iPhone).

Considering some of the Windows Phones were set up to do Continuum, that could prove an interesting avenue…

By: Rúnur

Rúnur — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 08:59:46 +0000

Bring new features to Linux? This will help make other Linux distrobutions more touch friendly out of the box (or at least one could hope).