I've been playing with all sorts of Linux distributions on a nexus 5 I bought for the purpose.
So far, Ubuntu touch works really well and the interface is really well designed, but I feel like you're replacing one cage for a other. You're meant to be in their ecosystem. I couldn't get a web browser to run in either libertine or anbox, and their store is pretty sparse.
Plasma mobile was broken and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't unbreak it. The install scripts didn't work out of the box.
Postmarketos has high points and low points. It is the only phone is that will let me natively install desktop apps, but on the nexus 5 any environment using the Wayland environment crashes shortly after startup. XFCE and mate work reasonably well and didn't crash, but they're not mobile centered to the point that I don't see how you'd use them without plugging in a keyboard and mouse.
At this point, I think the phone I'm using is the limiting factor. I think postmarketos is where the interesting stuff lives right now, and without a phone that's a bit more compatible, I won't be able to play with the most interesting stuff.
In the few glimpses I was able to see of a mobile Linux distribution, I like the potential. Phone CPUs and GPUs are fully capable of running full power desktop Linux programs, and I think they could be largely usable with minimal tweaks. Companies keep on assuming that convergence will be into the mobile space, I think the more interesting convergence will be mobile platforms becoming more like desktops. #foss #mobile #ububtutouch #postmarketos #linux
So far, Ubuntu touch works really well and the interface is really well designed, but I feel like you're replacing one cage for a other. You're meant to be in their ecosystem. I couldn't get a web browser to run in either libertine or anbox, and their store is pretty sparse.
Plasma mobile was broken and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't unbreak it. The install scripts didn't work out of the box.
Postmarketos has high points and low points. It is the only phone is that will let me natively install desktop apps, but on the nexus 5 any environment using the Wayland environment crashes shortly after startup. XFCE and mate work reasonably well and didn't crash, but they're not mobile centered to the point that I don't see how you'd use them without plugging in a keyboard and mouse.
At this point, I think the phone I'm using is the limiting factor. I think postmarketos is where the interesting stuff lives right now, and without a phone that's a bit more compatible, I won't be able to play with the most interesting stuff.
In the few glimpses I was able to see of a mobile Linux distribution, I like the potential. Phone CPUs and GPUs are fully capable of running full power desktop Linux programs, and I think they could be largely usable with minimal tweaks. Companies keep on assuming that convergence will be into the mobile space, I think the more interesting convergence will be mobile platforms becoming more like desktops. #foss #mobile #ububtutouch #postmarketos #linux
I played with sailfishos a little too. it was also very nicely set up, but I don't think I had much luck installing desktop apps, and to run sailfishos required running a really strange and unstable dual boot setup that pretty quickly destroyed itself.
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