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Google's shocking developer decree struggles to justify the urgent threat to F-Droid (www.neowin.net)
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[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 21 points 10 hours ago (5 children)

Right now the only decently speced phone with mainline Linux support is the Oneplus 6, and the only one I can find is being sold for $2000

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 11 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

There's the FairPhone 6, running e/OS, Which is a deGoogled port of android, running microG

https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-6/

[–] Bogasse@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

If f-droid doesn't expect to survive I think the whole stack /e/OS relies on might eventually collapse (microg, lineage, ...).

[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 5 points 2 hours ago

I dunno how viable it is, but linux phones with waydroid is a thing

Also, I'd imagine that a small pocket of custom ROM amd root folks will still exist

Come hell or high water, i will retain control of my phone

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Can't you install graphene on Pixel 6 and later?

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Damn, I was hoping my Oneplus 6T was worth a couple grand. Nope. Someone has one on Swappa unlocked and in mint condition for $180. A Oneplus 6 is listed on Ebay for $130.

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Is it in stock though?

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 hours ago

It is, but why does that matter?

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I think that's the one I have, but please explain what mainline Linux kernel means? Would it be about installing bare Linux instead of Android?

[–] sudoer777@lemmy.ml 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

It means you can use the regular Linux kernel instead of fucking around with a custom kernel (like Asahi) or with some sort of Android layer (like Halium). So running whatever distro you want shouldn't be too difficult.