• gzrrt@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    It’s frustrating that we’re still not there (with even one daily-drivable phone), but it’s getting closer and closer.

    I also think it’s possible to get a lot of value from these devices in the meantime- when used as pocketable tablets. I have to carry a light backpack around pretty often anyway, so it’s easy enough to just throw an old Android in there for calls / SMS and tether a OnePlus 6 (with pmOS) to it for everything else.

  • proycon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I can definitely see where you’re coming from and I have similar experiences. I got fairly fed up with the fact that the modem often doesn’t come up again after suspend on the pinephone. And if you disable sleep like I often do, you often find a dead battery. Despite all the great work of so many people, I’d have hoped for some more stability in the ecosystem by now.

    I also took up a spare Android phone unfortunately, but I’m really fighting with its interface, I want my sxmo !

    (cross-post from Mastodon)

  • Pumpkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I am still hopeful Linux is the future of mobile devices. I really dislike that on android 5 years of feature updates is really good and only the best phones can strive for this, where as a 10 year old laptop or desktop computer can usually run Linux without any problems and expect both security and feature updates as long as you want. Not even mentioning the limited choice in software that works in an android environment.

    I currently use Sailfish which isn’t what most people mean by mobile linux and does have a lot of problems, but hopefully my sailfish device I have now will see me through until mobile linux is at the point I feel like I can move across.

  • TheBeege@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Never considered anything other than Android, but it’s an excellent idea. It’s a shame none of the options are good. Anyone have any insight as to why things suck?

    • _HR_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      31·
      1 year ago

      Lack of funding. Throw enough money at this problem and it will be solved.

    • gfle@szmer.infoEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I have a PinePhone and the article is on point.

      My understanding is: Android is here for many years now. When it was just released I got the HTC G1 and it was only barely better than what Mobian + Phosh present right now. Add to that many years of polishing by some of the most powerful corporations out there and you end up with Android as it is today.

      Mobile Linux made unbelieveable progress. It is, in my opinion, almost as usable as a dumb phone as first Androids were. The problem is as others have pointed it out, we need people working tirelessly on thankless polishing of everything around it. It’s hard without throwing money at that issue.

    • Quazatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’d say wildly variable hardware configurations with poor driver support.

      The situation would improve if hardware vendors would upstream the code, but I just don’t see it.

      • nik282000@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        As much as Alphabet sucks ass, I have had very good results with Nexus/Pixel devices and LineageOS. All the hardware seems to be supported right down to high-framerate mode on the camera on the Pixel2.

        • Quazatron@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Google seems to be the exception, as they are working to upstream the Android kernel work as much as possible. This is a smart move, because it saves them money by reducing the work needed to keep Android in sync with Linux.

    • Persen@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Even tho not fully free, there is SailfishOS, that looks usable. Haven’t tried it tho.