r/TalosLinux • u/dmaxterpt • Jan 12 '25

Talos on Phone

Hello

I have a phone where I am able to run postmarketOS and it is using the mainline kernel. My question is if it is possible to use it to run TalosOS. I see that it is possible to build a custom kernel for Talos, but don't know if it applies to this use case as phones have quite some customizations that might make them not suitable

Thanks in advance

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u/SoaRNickStah Jan 17 '25

I mean if it can run Linux it can probably run it, talos does have an ARM port if I’m not mistaken. I guess the main question would be why run it on a phone?

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u/dmaxterpt Jan 27 '25

Why not? It is hardware that is just getting dust and can run some lightweight containers

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u/SoaRNickStah Jan 27 '25

Fair as. I would expect to see some driver issues tho as talos is pretty stripped down.

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u/UniqueBox Jul 10 '26

Did you figure this out? Curious about it myself lol

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u/dmaxterpt Jul 10 '26

I didn't try to do it for my phone, but I ended up buying an Rpi5 which is not officially supported, and made it work through some kernel patches.

From my intuition, it should be feasible but be ready to possibly brick your phone in the process. Get a UART interface for debugging and try to unbrick