• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    edit-2
    1 day ago

    I’m kind of at a loss on how to make the jump to Linux Phones right now because there are some Android Apps that are absolutely vital at the moment and I don’t think they can run reliably on any Linux distros?

    I might end up setting up an emulation environment on one and seeing how it goes…

    • ISOmorph@feddit.org
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      1 day ago

      The apps are just the second layer. The first layer is hardware compatibility. Even the best supported phones have spotty gps, mic and cam usability

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        edit-2
        1 day ago

        FR FR, I think most Linux distros such as Ubuntu Touch are just running a stripped down Android software called “Halium” as a layer between the phone drivers and the OS.

        Which of course leads to questions about maintainability now that the AOSP doesn’t provide device trees.

    • uuj8za@piefed.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 day ago

      Which apps? SailfishOS can run Android apps decently well. I’m guessing some will have issues though.