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Written by jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee on 2024-08-13 at 12:50

Ubuntu touch on the fairphone 4

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Written by haui on 2024-08-13 at 13:04

Hi there,

ubuntu touch is just ubuntu. It has been taken over by the community after ubuntu abandoned it iirc.

Anyway, its just linux so you can install apps and stuff that run on linux. Beware, not all apps are mobile friendly (yet).

I personally am involved in the postmarketOS microcosm (pretty much the same idea but based on alpine). Works pretty great but I cant tell you how it compares to ubuntu touch since I have no personal experience with ubuntu touch but from what I hear, its kinda cool.

If you are somewhat adept with linux you could download an emulator and check the features for yourself before you buy a phone. That way you could get an idea of the look and feel. But beware, setting up an emulator will be a lot more work than flashing a phone is.

Let me know if you need more info.

Good luck.

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Written by jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee on 2024-08-13 at 13:41

Do you know what’s stopping pmOS from supporting fairphone 4? Wouldn’t it be one of the easiest devices to support?

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Written by Antonio J. Delgado on 2024-08-13 at 14:11

@jeffreyosborne @haui_lemmy It's not officially supported, but it works with pmOS, except camera (big issue), fingerprint, GPS, and a few more things. Camera I think it's a problem with the library or the driver, not sure

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Written by jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee on 2024-08-13 at 14:47

I’ve heard ubuntu touch uses a library from android to be able to use most cameras, but because pmOS is alpine they don’t have that library.

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Written by haui on 2024-08-13 at 14:24

I think you are looking at this from a different angle than me. PostmarketOS is a small project which is very dependent on community contributions. The fairphone 4 is community supported and this means it works pretty well. See wiki for more info: wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

Most people who come from the proprietary „give money, get product“ world think only official support counts and they will get anything more than community support which is not the case. In the open source world, if you dont have the skills to repair your device, you ask someone to help and often they do for free. If you need it done NOW, you pay someone for it. Its not different than in proprietary land. Fast, good, cheap. Pick two! ;)

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Written by jeffreyosborne@lemm.ee on 2024-08-13 at 14:46

Sorry, totally missed it and didn’t see it on the list. Thanks!

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Written by haui on 2024-08-13 at 17:06

No problem. Feel free to update on your journey to mobile linux.

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