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Community about running GNU/Linux on phones. Projects like Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile, PostmarketOS, Mobian etc. Either on former Android phones or hardware like the PinePhone.

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How is the experience nowadays on the os?

Is it stable?

How are the apps?

How is LTE performance?

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[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

It's pretty stable but the lack of regular Linux apps via flatpak is kind of a bummer because you will mostly have to rely on waydroid apps for most stuff. Lots of responsive apps such as gnome web are not available in Ubuntu touch

[–] PuddingFeeling907@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm glad to hear the stability has improved!

I guess that is expected as the user base is smaller.

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I tried it for 2-3 weeks and I didn't get crashes or things like it not waking up when I pressed the power button on my oneplus6. I don't think I could get Waydroid working though

[–] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I see there's a snap store option for it now, but does libertine work? I remember testing ubports on my early adopter pinetab and I could never get libertine to finish its setup to install a normal app

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Same thing about libertine, didn't work when I tried it, it just kept loading infinitely

[–] tophneal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

That's a bummer

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That sounds horrible. Waydroid is still on Android 11, which is now over 1½ years outdated and insecure.

[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

This means absolutley nothing. You can still use 99% of available Apps on Android 8.

But if your whole setup is centered around emulating Android apps, why not use something like LineageOS or Graphene.

[–] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

Waydroid is lineage based