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Why would anyone think that FSF is capable of releasing a unique and good device? It's gonna be a bog-standard Android device with some software modified/removed.
Might be ok for some people still though. Also I'll be happy to be wrong about my cynicism.
gimme gimme
I'm celebrating!
As a linux phone guy this is good news. Any more pushing towards a more solid linux phone environment is a big plus.
I’m not holding my breath either hence “Hurd” project be amazing if this will be faster than 20 years. I’m hopeful at least.
I can't find any links to the project itself, only to announcements about the project. Anybody have anything more concrete? How far along is this project?
Honestly as long as they can fucking get something moderately priced that supports VOLTE and a decent camera I’ll buy it
I'd rather see a stable OS and ecosystem for good, Free apps that we can flash onto existing devices. I'm quite happy with my Fairphone (repairable! modular! ethical!) and we know that building and marketing a device is painfully expensive.
Let's make Debian or Arch just work on most phones instead of trying to compete in a saturated market.
How old is your oldest working fairphone? I’ve heard too many bad things about software atrophy to declare it a success yet.
Let's make Debian or Arch just work
Wonder why that's extremely rare on ARM devices, especially those with modems, and rarely works beyond proof of concepts on some very specific devices? Its not like you're the first to have this idea.
Let's make Debian or Arch just work on most phones
You have no idea how any of it works, do you?
Fighting closed source drivers, blobs, configurations, entitled users who want everything to work perfectly is not a child's play. Having control over the whole device like this project is huge.
Please god, help me find my keys! Tell St. Anthony I need my keys!
Also could you make this Foss phone be real and reasonably priced below the cost of a gaming PC?
You may choose 1
Found them! Where's my Linux phone?
Interesting interview with FSF's new Executive Director Zoë Kooyman if you are curious about her/where the organization is at.
https://fossforce.com/2025/03/zoe-kooyman-on-post-stallman-changes-at-the-free-software-foundation/
I'll use my de-Googled and update-blocked S23 until it's physically unable to boot up, and hopefully by then I'll find something that can run this OS, assuming it's ready
Let's hope this lights a fire under Google's ass too, so everyone can have free and open phones.
F-droid maybe we'll find a new good home then?
F-droid for Waydroid enabled Linux phones?
F-droid for AOSP Android
Honestly, I prefer flatpaks with all the drawbacks, give me 100% freedom while providing Android like comfort... Like the new xdg permissions portal.
If the price is no good maps or banking apps, I'll gladly pay it. I just wish the graphene team worked on linux instead.
Very cool
My fear with a Linux phone is debugging and troubleshooting. Reading logs and editing text files with a phone keyboard does NOT seem fun.
Hmmm. How about an app for editing configs specifically?
Like, an entire protocol/standard thing for specifying the exact values accepted, too.
No more text-only configs, right?! And apps made specifically to give you a GUI to configure a specific service can still exist on top of this!
That would be a good idea to start this off... right?