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I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

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Re: I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

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Post by seba_dos1 »

megous wrote: post #133
seba_dos1 wrote: post #113

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They're very much not. I have both of them on my desk right now. All the things that make the PinePhone so painfully slow (GPU performance, RAM bandwidth, eMMC speed, small caches) are significantly higher spec'd on the Librem 5. It also takes much longer to thermal throttle. Performance isn't defined by CPU cores and RAM size alone.

Original Pinephone is good enough for smartphone apps. It can run a typical smartphone UI smoothly on a single core fully throttled to 648 MHz with a lot of room to spare, probably much better and more responsively than your typical similar class bloated Android phone. Also have it sitting on my table, doing just that. :D https://xff.cz/dl/tmp/photo-20260806-013112002.mkv (I guess I try hard enough, perfectly servica…

Well, even the Neo Freerunner worked smoothly if you tried hard enough :)

Re: I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

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Post by NamTaf »

DaSHacka wrote: post #83
bpavuk wrote: post #64

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well, me being in Ukraine also means readiness to move out of my house whenever the need (or opportunity to escape abroad! I hate this war and kidnap-conscription) may arise. it's as much convenience as it is preparedness

Do you not also keep your ID on you at all times? That's why I don't mind carrying around plastic cards, they just go in my wallet with my ID and a small amount of cash anyway. Even if I was willing to use GPay, I don't like the possibility of my phone dying locking me out of my apartment and preventing me from paying for things.

I do not keep ID on me at all times. I dont even own a wallet any more.

Moving to GrapheneOS and not having virtual cards for contactless payment has been struggle, not going go lie.

Re: I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

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Post by curt15 »

juiceland wrote: post #144

Note that “I’m switching” here means “I’m now carrying two phones because I have to use Android.” FTA: > The no waydroid means that I can't access some apps that I need be it for online verification for logging onto bank and government services in Norway

So EU "digital sovereignty" still means hitching most critical functionality to Google?

Re: I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

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Post by bhelkey »

Animats wrote: post #120

What's a good phone for use without Google's Play Store? F-Droid only. No Google account.

Ironically, Google Pixel phones are the best phones for leaving Google behind.

The have an unlocked bootloader and are the only phones supported by GrapheneOS [1].

If you don't want to go to GrapheneOS, any Android phone should be able to use F-Droid.

[1] https://grapheneos.org/faq#supported-devices

Re: I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

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Post by genghisjahn »

dv_dt wrote: post #116
jarbus wrote: post #80

I really want to love mobile Linux, and have given it multiple shots before. But I just don't see how it will catch up with iOS/Android in the same way it caught up with Windows/Mac: - OEMs have poured an enormous amount of resources into the camera software, Linux cameras are years behind from what I understand. - Android/iOS have thoroughly optimized the UX in all sorts of subtle ways, the big one being their keybo…

Ive been really annoyed at my iphone keyboard recently because it seems like a slow drift of whatever optimized state it was in was getting slower and slower. It seems to freeze partway thru typing something frequently now.

It could be that the HN crowd is getting older? You age, your finger tips dry out, virtual keyboards get wonky.

Re: I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

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Post by BirAdam »

OJFord wrote: post #63
amelius wrote: post #39

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Why doesn't the EU force these banks to support all platforms including web? I mean, if they can force Microsoft to support other browsers than IE6, then why can't they force banks?

I expect everyone who can conceive of something other than Android or iOS* on a phone is on HN, and not a bureaucrat in Brussels. *(or BB, webOS, Windows Phone 7 Phone OS Phone Microsoft, Symbian, etc. if old enough)

PalmOS and webOS were the best.
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