Linux mobile devices are about the use of Linux kernel-based operating systems on all sorts of mobile devices, whose primary or only Human interface device (HID) is a touchscreen.

They actually still sell a good number of replacement parts for the original Fairphone: https://shop.fairphone.com/en/spare-...e-1?ref=header


Though, according to the page for the midframe, I found out that they only make replacement parts for up to 3.5 years after the release of the phone.

like i said, it's a good thing in itself, but if you can't upgrade the mainboard (and have to buy a new (fair)phone instead) it's just peanuts.

i didn't even know that. ties in well with my criticism.

nevertheless, fairphone seem to have an exceptionally holistic view of device & operating system, at least it sounded like that.

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but i'm getting more and more hyped about the librem5. like most projects of this kind, the hardware will be pretty lo-spec by the time it comes out, but you won't need too much computing power anyhow because: Real GNU/Linux! and those Kill switches!

This is a list of many Linux kernel-based operating systems used on mobile devices. They differ from one another in parts of the middleware or the entire middleware, and in that they employ individual UIs.

Android (operating system)
Replicant (operating system)
AsteroidOS
Plasma Mobile
postmarketOS
Sailfish OS
SHR (operating system)

Thanks!

I wouldn't really count Replicant because it only works on about 20 phones, all of which are at least 5 years old. I appreciate the idea behind it, but there are too few mobile devices that can function with only "free" drivers for Replicant to be worth maintaining, let alone mention as a viable mobile operating system.

A linux phone might have the full Linux terminal, desktop, and repository to work from on the phone just like a laptop!

^ this is what i am hoping for.
esp. various linux tools - the implications are vast - just think about the possibilities for a while...

here's a somewhat related thread concerning the Librem 5 and its operating system.

interesting

you know you can subscribe to a thread without posting to it?

Has anything happened with Librem 5? I searched the internet and found that they had reached their funding goal of $1.5 million, but I can't find anything else on them.

You should take a look at their pages.
they have far over-reached the funding goal. a good sign.
so the money is there, they're just working on it now (both soft- and hardware), afaiu the shipments start early next year.
https://puri.sm/posts/
https://forums.puri.sm/

Where I can get These Phone..??

thank you

Well. When most people say Linux, they really mean GNU/Linux with GNU being the most important part from a user perspective since it actually contains the tools you use on a regular basis and most functions that you need to actually use the Linux Kernel.

I've had a Busybox/Linux phone once. Although it was alot better than all the alternatives, it wasn't really "Linux" as most people think of it, since it was not GNU. It did not have the freedoms, it did not have the proper openness and several pieces of the software were "integrated" in a way that meant you could not separate them and use the pieces individually.

As far as I know, there was never really a GNU/Linux phone on the market. Perhaps Sailfish was GNU/Linux, I don't have the details about it. But I am not sure "Mer" has the full Linux Standard Base or the possibilities to install all which is required for a LSB system.

Ubuntu tried to launch a Ubuntu phone, and I am pretty sure that would have been a GNU/Linux phone if it was launched. But it never materialized. Nor do I have the details about it.