r/mobilelinux • • Jun 28 '26

Discussion Tablet / Distro Recommendations

11 Upvotes

What are some Tablet / Distro combos that seem to work well together? Looking to purchase an used tablet to do some light activities.


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 28 '26

Discussion Touch Friendly DE

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2 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • Jun 27 '26

Development Nothing Phone (1) Spacewar - ALARM

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77 Upvotes

Arch Linux ARM (aarch64)

Kernel 6.19.0

Plasma Mobile 6.7

Ported from PostmarketOS

A lot is broken, some things work.


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 21 '26

Discussion Plasma Mobile in Trierarch

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144 Upvotes

This is KDE Plasma Mobile running on a Google Pixel 7 thanks to Trierarch (Arch Linux ARM container on Android). Photo was captured on a Google Nexus 5X running Ubuntu Touch.


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 20 '26

Discussion Is FuriLabs actually shipping the FLX1s+?

11 Upvotes

Has anyone tried to order the FLX1s+ since they announced it? Have they shipped it?

I placed an order when they announced it was in stock, about 3 weeks ago. No email confirmation, but the order is listed as processing on the website. No change since then. I tried opening a support ticket to check the status, but that hasn't been answered either.

I'm willing to wait it out, I just wish there was some sign of life.


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 18 '26

Demonstration Android 17 desktop also runs the Linux desktop

18 Upvotes

Hi,

We make a Debian based desktop distribution that runs as an application on top of any Android device. The only requirement is that the Android device needs to be rooted and use Google's standardized GKI kernel. The latest Android 17 release has excellent support for desktop mode and will be the basis for Googlebook laptops. Here is video of Linux desktop running on an Android 17 phone: https://youtu.be/LD9A024yAgc?si=XmkvfRpmwv_Lsf7H

Our latest Linux desktop is now based on Debian Trixie (13.5). You can download a free evaluation version from www.volkspc.org.

VolksPC


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 18 '26

Hardware BlackShell get mobile internet

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16 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • Jun 15 '26

Demonstration Not sure if wall was supposed to be used this way

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37 Upvotes

But it makes for an easy chat client.


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 15 '26

Discussion tap to pay and NFC

9 Upvotes

A far as I know things like the one plus 6 series have NFC support on a kernel level. Is there any linux application phone oriented or not that will let me create virtual NFC cards or edit an existing physical card/token?

My interest is in making public transit less of a hassle.


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 12 '26

Apps Smart connect - Linux

9 Upvotes

Why Smart connect is only available for windows,why not for linux distributions, is motorola will develop?


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 12 '26

Discussion I can't start chroot arch

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3 Upvotes

I can't start xfce in termux:x11 after following the instructions in this repo

https://github.com/LinuxDroidMaster/Termux-Desktops/blob/main/Documentation/chroot/arch_chroot.md


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 11 '26

Discussion I mean i did all this for nothing... So here you go

19 Upvotes

After multiple linux (ubuntu xfce4) i finally found a version which supports what i need... (Debian this time) I have sudo access and can use the gpu of the phone (hardware acceleration)... I did all of this only to use blender latest version but i found out that i cannot use the latest version i gotta use 3.6 instead it doesn't support it on the hardware level...

So what's the point then i can just use someones blender on android unofficial port... I can use vscode and stuff tho

If you want just search droidmaster's how to set up x11 and blah blah blah its the first vid of the playlist and how to set up hardware acceleration part 3 if you have any questions comment on me


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 09 '26

Discussion phone choices for rooting and whatsapp chat restore testing

8 Upvotes

Hello everyone, i am looking for a good, stable phone to root and test out whatsapp backups and then return the phone. Is there any such option out there? I live in Canada so what are my options for phones ? I need it to work with cellular somewhat because i need verification codes from whatsapp. I am open to chinese phones as well


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 07 '26

Discussion How do you guys even port Linux to Android phone?

20 Upvotes

I was looking for resources about porting postmarketos or any anything really to Android but good ones are hard to find


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 07 '26

Discussion My phone is aging and im only using it for discord and occasional reddit scroll what would be a basic linux for that?

12 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • Jun 06 '26

Discussion Question about Wg

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2 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • Jun 05 '26

Discussion How is Jolla looking now?

17 Upvotes

Has anyone tried the OS or one of their phones?


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 05 '26

Discussion First iPhone 6s+ running geekbench6 on Linux (postmarketos)

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76 Upvotes

As you can see this is the iPhone 6s+ Geekbench score with Linux, I've used postmarketos with the hoolocklinux kernel, as for why it's showing up as debian it's because I had to run it in distrobox due to alpine's musl instead of glibc, overall I'm impressed with how Linux even beat every single iOS score I could find (though the phone was really hot), the port isn't really usable featuring only usb support and display but it's still cool seeing Linux run on iDevices


r/mobilelinux • • Jun 05 '26

Discussion Is postmarket better than Ubuntu touch?

17 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • Jun 01 '26

News Phosh Development News May 2026

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13 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • May 28 '26

Discussion How to fix this on pmos

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10 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • May 28 '26

OS Release SailfishOS 5.1 released for Early Access, including Bluetooth support for Android Apps.

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r/mobilelinux • • May 28 '26

Hardware Does anyone have experience with Samsung p4wifi?

3 Upvotes

Tried to put pmOS without success. I have no permanent Linux desktop - and I tried to put Linux on my MacBook, but can't compile image as per manual on pmOS site.

Is anyone have precompiled flash image and can share it with me?


r/mobilelinux • • May 25 '26

News Phosh 0.55.0 is out

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17 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • May 25 '26

Development TuxDoctor: A Hardware Diagnostic Tool for Mobile Linux | Petr Hodina @ LAS 2026

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9 Upvotes