One Month using a Linux SmartPhone

I spent one month using a smartphone running Linux Os. Here is a detailed breakdown of my experience.

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Set APN on Ubuntu Touch

Installing Android Apps

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[RapidfireMusic]

As someone using Ubuntu Touch (and working on it, apps, etc.) I like to see others join the adventure.
I have to say though, I'd suggest one of the newer devices for a better and brighter future, keeping devices supported.
We have some of the cheapest devices currently around probably having their support dropped with the upgrade to 20.04,
also WayDroid (which is much faster than Anbox) requires Android 9 or 10 based devices. At least when nobody steps up to do the work.
Porting requires a lot of effort though, so newer devices take some time to be supported.

[lilmoris]

It's been years and Linux phones seem to be the exact same. It's a cool concept but it just never took off, it's always on "this is getting better", "this will blow up soon", "in a couple of years this might change the game" but in reality it never did and probably never will until some big brand invests on this and start making apps and an actual flagship level Linux phone.

[colbychapman]

Great video and very informational! Thank you! Keep it up!

[GaryCameron]

Thank you for doing this. A few months ago I purchased the Pine Phone and am still tinkering with it.

[silentpoets]

I think the drive to try and use a more consumer friendly mobile platform is a good one. Iphone and android both work out of the box, but we should want an easy to use, customizable, open source option

[WoodcraftJoineryPNG]

Great review. Very informative. I've been thinking of experimenting with such Linux OS customized for smartphones. Please keep posting more of what you discover. Cheers!

[micaiahflores]

voiced by most of the pine community UBT (is great they still exist yes) but it is not the most polished, some things missing, or out right broken in others etc. postmarketOS with phosh is the more ideal option for one plus models or other phones that are not the pinephone lol..all that said i have been dailying mine for 2 years now with arch linux and i am finally free of both apple and android.

[vijayjayaram]

genuine review and great help with the commands...

Loved the pauses 😄

[waynestewart]

Great video! I am now a subscriber! I also love that we both use POP!

[arnolddooley]

Metro by T-Mobile screwed up my APN so bad my upload was six times faster than my download LMFAO

[vigneshdwarakanathan]

Thank you. I am looking at Ubuntu touch to replace my laptop completely. I want to just connect it to a monitor and use as desktop to run Linux applications in my work place. I don't see a point of having to buy 2 expensive devices/ carry a big laptop everywhere when this option exists.

[grizzlyaddams]

Why can't anyone just make a fucking computer, PHONE SIZED, then put a phone in it?! Why the fuck are we still having to, "plug it into a computer"... Etc. Etc.... Fuck that!!! I hate Google, Apple, anything too big to fail... Yet until I see something thatbworks right out the box WITHOUT having to plug into a fucking computer.... I'm not putting a dime on it...

[Nick_Sorenson]

Most or all USA mobile networks are now soley on VoLTE with 3G off. This means no calls on UT. Text and data still work. Please correct me if im wrong.

[ThePery]

Gosh I never thought I was such a nerd but ever since I had my nexus one and rooted it I was drawn to the palm os gestures but the lack of communication apps really did me away

[marcosffoliveira]

Hi! Nice and interesting video. It makes me sad that we still cannot run android applications seamlessly on linux devices (I'm a linux pc user). Have the same issues on the computer using Anbox or Waydroid, which I believe would be the very same on Ubuntu phone. Linux itself do not count with many phone-specific applications, so we do rely on those already existing on Android, which is why I believe Ubuntu Touch (and other linux-based phone OS) will still be sitting away for a while.

However, in the linux community we do acknowledge that the Anbox project is still a "work in progress" (it's still officially under beta), thus I still hope to see great progress in the future. Thanks for the video, really liked it.

Saddly I can't get my hands on one of those. I live in latin america an those weird and nobody-is-going-to-buy-this products are hard to come by. It is true that I could import from Europe or Asia, but... no... not for now.

Greetings from Brazil! :)

[blackwin]

thanks i was thinking of daily driving it on my realme (china rom replacement) but linage seems better

[HadiJabbariDarestani]

Thank you so much.
Have you ever installed ubuntu touch on Xiaomi Poco X3? If yes how was that? Do you recommend?

[tigerscott]

Linux on mobile devices is getting better, but still has a ways to go...

Doing things manually is the only way to get things working in Linux...

I just need to know these things ahead of time before I waste time and money...

[AndyCotino]

Is the browser on the linux fully functional desktop capable? Did you try whatsapp on it? Also for incidentally internet banking I would prefer a browser instead of lookin
g at an barely used app all the time

[zapwatt]

I really enjoyed this video, so informative.
Could you advise me on something please?
I want to use an alternative OS on a Unihertz Titan Pocket.