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which Linux Phone Distro should I use? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by Bullerfar@lemmy.world to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ml
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I am looking forward to changing out my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra. But I am very confused of what to choose, of the many options. Here is some criteria you guys could maybe help me choose the perfect fit from:

1: has to be able to use some android apps still, because of government- & banking applications. 2: the car runs it's own android system, but android auto would be nice to still have. 3: It would be awesome to be able to use the linux phone as a pc as well. I loved the videos I have seen from ubuntu touch, where you just connect to a screen through usb c and you have a desktop environment. That is just awesome! 4: I am kind of pro EU. So if the OS is developed in europe and the phone that supports it from the factory is also EU based, it's a huge plus in my book. Not a deal breaker though. My trusy on USA has just dissapeared sadly.

Hope someone will be able to help me out here! Thank you.

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[โ€“] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're right. PinePhone/Pro is the only Pine device I haven't tried just bc there was so much holding it back from being a feasibly reliable phone.

I can only kinda speak towards using Sailfish (but not the phone device.) I booted a dev IMG of it for a while on an OG PineTab. Its probably much more mature now, but once I got used to it Sailfish was a great mobile device OS.

[โ€“] quixote@mastodon.nz 0 points 1 month ago

@tophneal Interesting. I only saw screenshots of Sailfish. I loved the way it looked.