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Re: Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone

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Post by tmzt » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 5:05 AM UTC

xyru wrote: post #10

I’ve wanted something similar for me, and just ordered one of these devices. I’ll be tracking your project closely!

Awesome. I'd love to see this evolve into something, maybe a Matrix server of our own.

For now, I've been hanging out here as tmztmobile: https://matrix.to/#/#pocket-bootloaders:samcday.com

Re: Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone

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Post by abeyer » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 6:24 AM UTC

ktallett wrote: post #5

The fact this phone is 15 years old and has seen minimal obvious replacements is such a shame. I love this work!

The unihertz titan series is decent for a more modern option. It's a blackberry style keyboard instead of the slide out type, which is a bit of a shift, but still pretty usable.

Re: Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone

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Post by roundabout-host » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 8:00 AM UTC

I would love to see a UEFI phone (for standardised hardware support, without Device Tree) with a keyboard.

Re: Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone

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Post by marysol5 » Fri, Jul 17, 2026, 10:31 AM UTC

>but with a Wimax radio

That's a blast from the past, I remember WiMax being touted as the data saviour

Re: Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone

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Post by BorisMelnik » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 3:38 PM UTC

roundabout-host wrote: post #13

I would love to see a UEFI phone (for standardised hardware support, without Device Tree) with a keyboard.

agree, none of us ever wanted to type on a piece of glass

Re: Show HN: A modern port of Linux to a ten-year-old QWERTY phone

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Post by roundabout-host » Sat, Jul 18, 2026, 4:45 PM UTC

BorisMelnik wrote: post #15

roundabout-host wrote: post #13

I would love to see a UEFI phone (for standardised hardware support, without Device Tree) with a keyboard.

agree, none of us ever wanted to type on a piece of glass

Maybe the keyboard could be removable to satisfy those users as well.