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Fuck Android, I want Linux on my smartphone. With working alternatives for:
Only the EU can pull this off.
Edit: added banks.
An open alternative to Apple/Google/Samsung pay seems impossible…
Not if it’s done with the EU backing
I really hope they do but I’m keeping my expectations realistic.
It’s not happening, ever. But hey, dreaming is free.
Theres the upi protocol in india thats opensource (like androids opensource)
Don’t need any of those bullets, but Linux would be nice in my handy
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Wtf. its a paid Linux distro?
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Is there a guide for this?
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Linux + Waydroid?
Unfortunately, as of 29.05.2024, carrying laptops in your pocket is still slightly too uncomfortable.
Nah, just have it be like a palmtop!
Going to have to build one of them one of these days…
Waydroid is nice and even indispensable for me, but you can’t use any banking apps, for example.
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My comment wasn’t meant to negate yours. Waydroid was great to mention!! It is and can be very useful to accomplish alot. I just wanted to clarify that it, unfortunately, can’t be used as a full replacement for Android or one of its derivatives.
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Yes, EU can pull off ChatControl, OpenAI and all those things. Betcha EU is the saviour.
Android is Linux. There are also open source versions of android like LineageOS and GrapheneOS. I have Graphene and it completely changed my relationship to my phone. No bloat, just what I want.
Banking apps work fine as they don’t use google play services. Idk about the other features except maps, the open source version is OSMAnd, which is fine and works but takes some getting used to, and lacks many features/optimizations of Google Maps, which seems to get worse and worse every year.
Android is not Linux, it is derived from it. The two are not API compatible, and Android ripped out most of what made Linux Linux to be able to support binary blob drivers, direct Dalvik JVM support in the kernel and other funky stuff.
It’s as much Linux as macOS’ XNU kernel is FreeBSD.