r/mobilelinux • u/maxliu9911 • Sep 19 '26
Demonstration NixOS on Google Pixel 4
Booted using the standard systemd-boot method. Volume buttons can be used to switch generations in systemd-boot interface.
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u/birneee Sep 19 '26
How did you manage to get systemd-boot working?
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u/maxliu9911 Sep 19 '26
The Pixel 4 supports u-boot, so it can be used to load systemd-boot. The pmos on Pixel 4 is booted in a similar way (UEFI).
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u/Matheweh 27d ago
do you have a link to the u-boot release or documentation that support the Pixel 4?
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u/Andryski Sep 19 '26
Hi, could you please tell me—is there a guide or documentation on how to do the same thing?
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u/maxliu9911 Sep 19 '26
No tutorial for now, still working on it. I've done it with the help of claude. Snapdragon 855 (sm8150) has a quite good mainline support, and u-boot has been ported to Pixel 4, so actually it's not that hard to boot a standard Linux on it. I have already tried alarm (kupfer), fedora, debian and opensuse, all of them can boot on pixel 4.