In the recent past there have been some Linux phones produced, but not sufficiently developed.
Can anyone recommend one now, from personal use?
I need phone, text, text apps, gps, an accurate compass, a map, maybe camera, that's probably all I use. The main reason is to gain control of what is on the phone, to stop auto-updates of stuff I don't use, and to stop any tracking and monitoring of my data.
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Re: A Linux phone
Android has a Linux kernel of course, but I suspect your best bet is one of the open source android versions like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LineageOS. I used it on an old phone, and it worked with the Android app store. I didn't try wrestling with data privacy though.
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Re: A Linux phone
I've read/watched quite a few reviews over the years and progress seems really slow, with lots of caveats. If a serious techie who can sort problems or as a second phone maybe but I wouldn't get one currently as a main phone.
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