How many of you run a Linux phone (Pine64, Librem etc) as your daily driver?

Linux@lemmy.ml – 166 points – 7 months ago

I was going through Pine64's page again after I found the latest KDE announcement. With that said, I seem to see a lot of issues with firmware on the Pine, whilst the Librem is just plain out of budget for me. Was interested in how many people here run a Linux mobile as a daily driver, and how has your experience been?

I'm considering purchasing the Pine but I'd like a better screen, more RAM and a better CPU. Don't know if I should wait for a new model to be released (are they even planning to do that? Is the company active?). I will only really use it to browse the Web, and might even look to desolder a couple of parts that I know I won't use.

Thanks.

Edit: I am willing to watch content and use banking apps from the browser. Do you think it'll be fit for me?

Edit 2: overall, I am much saddened about the state of affairs regarding private computing on the go. I desperately hope that Linux on mobile takes off, even though its incubation looks disheartening at the moment. Thank you everyone for your comments.

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I own a Samsung phone running Android 'UI One'. I'd argue it's more agressively proprietary than something like Windows is.

Wouldn't unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom ROM be easier, more stable and cheaper than buying a niche product that's unlikely to work properly?

It is, but android Roms with good privacy features are relatively few and far between.