alt Hacker News> We need a third alternative, based on freedom with your device. No root access, remote control by apple and google, all wrong.
There is https://postmarketos.org/
Maybe 2026 will be the year of Linux on mobile phone.
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fsflover • yesterday at 11:41 AM
Why are all commenters on HN ignoring the only smartphone running an FSF-endorsed [0] operating system, Librem 5, and only list everything else? I just can't get it.
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goku12 • yesterday at 9:40 AM
> Maybe 2026 will be the year of Linux on mobile phone.
Considering the ongoing DRAM and SSD crunch, I won't hold my breath.
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The list of devices in the highest support category hints at how likely this is. https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
And yeah, you can even buy phones with a non-android linux pre-installed, e.g. from pine64. But they come with all kinds of "for early adopters" warning labels. Deservedly so, in my opinion.