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Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (08/2026): Touch Your Wrist
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-08-2026/
#LinuxMobile #LinuxOnMobile #AsteroidOS #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Mobian #postmarketOS #Mobian #FuriOS #Phosh
I'm not sure how I'll be responding to this because I'm not currently an Android app developer and not likely to be.
In principle I'd like to deGoogle, but it's not really an option for many, and it is the many that will be needed in order for developers to retain a user base.
I'd love to see this boost Android and iOS alternatives, and might switch as a way of supporting that. But which?
I looked at #GOS recently and it looked promising, but don't think it avoids this.
I've been using alt phone OSes for ten years. Here is my take.
#SailfishOS is hands down the best and most mature alternative. It is built from the ground up along totally different lines inherited from an old smartphone team at Nokia before MS bought the company and canned the project. I use it as my daily driver and it is full featured. Very small company, EU based, privacy centric, not prone to enshittifying, great community, Linux phone.
I dont use Android or any Google products (I have lived basically Google-free since 2012) but those who use Android also like /e/OS, LineageOS, and GrapheneOS.
the #postmarketOS crew in Europe are doing an amazing job with their Lonux phone alrhough it is still pretty experimental and IMO not primetime ready altho if you want to pitch in they are great people and I highly recommend!
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (08/2026): Touch Your Wrist
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-08-2026/
#LinuxMobile #LinuxOnMobile #AsteroidOS #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Mobian #postmarketOS #Mobian #FuriOS #Phosh
@sashin @graves501 @thejessiekirk All of the degoogled Android projects are riding on Google funded development and cannot survive without it. The only real alternative is #LinuxMobile. Now we have a decent-spec usable device for non-technical users, the #FLX1s from @furilabs at a pretty good price (currently $499).
For tech-savvy users, true Linux devices like the #LibertyPhone or #Librem5 with #PureOS, #Mobian or #postmarketOS (or flashed on a supported Android phone) can also work as a daily driver and replace Android for nearly all important stuff.
@neil will you use postmarketOS with Phosh? #phosh @phosh #postmarketos (or Plasma or other UI?)
People should be able to write software for Android, and distribute it outside Google's Play store, without having to:
* pay Google
* give government ID to Google
* agree to Google terms and conditions
People should be able to install the software they want on their phone, from sources other than Google's Play store, without having to jump through Google-imposed hoops.
e.g. via F-Droid.
We've got until September this year to stop Google squeezing the open Android ecosystem.
@neil
Hopefully this will give #FOSS devs an incentive to shift app development to #mobilelinux if Google pushes ahead with this.
There ARE alternatives. I'm fully aware that they are, for the most part, not prime time ready, but they DO exist, and they've come a long way.
Maybe Google doing this will be a blessing in disguise, as it may just be what's needed to give #linuxphones a push.
I, for one, will switch to one form of mobile Linux or another, if Obtainium/F-Droid/IzzyOnDroid are killed off by this.
#obtainium #izzyondroid #postmarketos #ubuntutouch #ubports #sailfishos #phosh #gnomemobile #plasmamobile
@graves501 @thejessiekirk I wonder how dependent custom ROMs are on updates from upstream security or otherwise.
@sashin @graves501 @thejessiekirk All of the degoogled Android projects are riding on Google funded development and cannot survive without it. The only real alternative is #LinuxMobile. Now we have a decent-spec usable device for non-technical users, the #FLX1s from @furilabs at a pretty good price (currently $499).
For tech-savvy users, true Linux devices like the #LibertyPhone or #Librem5 with #PureOS, #Mobian or #postmarketOS (or flashed on a supported Android phone) can also work as a daily driver and replace Android for nearly all important stuff.
#Megapixels 2.1.0 was just merged into #postmarketOS Edge, including a fix to make it work out-of-the-box again on the original #PinePhone! Performance is not as good as it used as it relies on software rendering but it can take photos at least, and it's markedly more usable than the main alternative Snapshot—which unfortunately runs at what seems to be less than 1 FPS on it.
With all this Google malarkey where they are trying to lockdown their ecosystem, It's making really want to purchase a Fairphone 5 and install @postmarketOS@treehouse.systems . I know it's not fully functional but it's so so close. Has anyone else tried daily driving a #Fairphone 5 with #PostmarketOS recently ?? #MobileLinux
With all this Google malarkey where they are trying to lockdown their ecosystem, It's making really want to purchase a Fairphone 5 and install @postmarketOS@treehouse.systems . I know it's not fully functional but it's so so close. Has anyone else tried daily driving a #Fairphone 5 with #PostmarketOS recently ?? #MobileLinux
#Megapixels 2.1.0 was just merged into #postmarketOS Edge, including a fix to make it work out-of-the-box again on the original #PinePhone! Performance is not as good as it used as it relies on software rendering but it can take photos at least, and it's markedly more usable than the main alternative Snapshot—which unfortunately runs at what seems to be less than 1 FPS on it.
The #FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and #Android will be locked-down in under 200 days.
If you care about the freedom to control your devices and care about the privacy of you data, please contact your representative and make your voice heard.
https://keepandroidopen.org/ (thanks @marcprux) has the resources to guide you.
We know users will rarely visit the site so the Client(s) will get a banner soon too.
Thank you for your support!
@fdroidorg @marcprux
I did use the means on https://keepandroidopen.org to reach out. However, I am not convinced it will change the course Alphabet/Google set for Android.
Therefore I preordered the new #jollaphone with Sailfish OS and AndroidAppSupport.
Maybe it is time for Linux to shine on mobile as well. May it be #sailfishos, #postmarketos, #ubuntutouch or another Linux mobile OS. And Android emulators like #WayDroid .
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (07/2026): Foundations and Forward Motion
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-07-2026/
#Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #GNOMEonMobile #Librem5 #FLX1s #Jolla #PinePhone #postmarketOS #Mobian #Droidian #FuriOS #LinuxMobile #LinuxOnMobile
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (07/2026): Foundations and Forward Motion
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-07-2026/
#Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #GNOMEonMobile #Librem5 #FLX1s #Jolla #PinePhone #postmarketOS #Mobian #Droidian #FuriOS #LinuxMobile #LinuxOnMobile
We just tried out our collaborative text-editor Reflection on a smartphone using @postmarketOS and are a bit blown away by how cool that was. All it took was to install it via the Flathub store.
I <3 FOSS software. These are my daily drivers:
My PCs: #Arch, #kdelinux, #kde #plasma, #kmail, #librewolf, #darktable, #gwenview, #dolphin, #konsole, #okular, #kate, #kdeconnect ...
My phone: #e_os, lots and lots of #fossify lots of #Nextcloud #fdroid. And a phone running #postmarketos and #plasmamobile.
Maps and navigation: #openstreetmap, #comaps
Selfhosted: #yunohost with a few apps,, #nextcloud
SoMe: #fediverse, #mastodon, #pixelfed, #friendica
Thank you all you insanely nice and competent people making all that available for us all!
I <3 FOSS software. These are my daily drivers:
My PCs: #Arch, #kdelinux, #kde #plasma, #kmail, #librewolf, #darktable, #gwenview, #dolphin, #konsole, #okular, #kate, #kdeconnect ...
My phone: #e_os, lots and lots of #fossify lots of #Nextcloud #fdroid. And a phone running #postmarketos and #plasmamobile.
Maps and navigation: #openstreetmap, #comaps
Selfhosted: #yunohost with a few apps,, #nextcloud
SoMe: #fediverse, #mastodon, #pixelfed, #friendica
Thank you all you insanely nice and competent people making all that available for us all!
For litt over en uke siden sendte jeg klage til #Vipps om at appen deres ikke funker på Android uten Google play services.
Nå fikk jeg svar, hele kan leses her: https://git.fyksen.me/fredrik/public-notes/raw/branch/main/svar-fra-vipps.md
Ikke mye nytt under solen: tl;dr ,«Vi ser på mulige alternativer som kan gi tilsvarende sikkerhetsnivå uten å være avhengig av Google, ..... Derfor kan vi ikke love noen konkret løsning eller tidslinje nå.»
Klager vi på nytt om fire mnd, eller?
#postmarketos #linageos #sailfishos
#KDE #Plasma on #postmarketOS turned my Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro tablet into a laptop replacement. I've been using this for #OpenRGB development when out and about due to its smaller size and way better battery life and I've been very happy with it. The only real downside is performance, but with #OpenVPN and a decent connection I can use #waypipe to remotely use one of my Arch desktops for the more demanding things like compiling.
#KDE #Plasma on #postmarketOS turned my Xiaomi Pad 5 Pro tablet into a laptop replacement. I've been using this for #OpenRGB development when out and about due to its smaller size and way better battery life and I've been very happy with it. The only real downside is performance, but with #OpenVPN and a decent connection I can use #waypipe to remotely use one of my Arch desktops for the more demanding things like compiling.
