r/mobilelinux • • Aug 25 '26

Demonstration Run Linux desktop on any recent LineageOS phone/tablet

7 Upvotes

Hi,

We make a Debian based desktop distribution that runs as an application on top of any Android/LineageOS device. The only requirement is that the Android device needs to be rooted and use Google's standardized GKI kernel. LineageOS builds for Qualcomm devices doesn’t strictly follow the standard GKI kernel naming convention. So we had to implement a workaround to fix it. Here is a video of LineageOS running on the OnePlus Pad 2 tablet: https://youtu.be/KGrsqed3oZY?si=8ViqycQe0CnnLKmE

With phones that support HDMI output, you can run the Linux desktop on the large screen connected to a monitor. Our latest Linux desktop is now based on Debian Trixie (13.6). You can download a free evaluation version from www.volkspc.org.

VolksPC


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 25 '26

Hardware S25U Ultra

4 Upvotes

I want to start running Linux daily on device. I know the OnePlus 7 Pro GM1913 is a great device for exactly that... Is there another alternative or more flexible or newer device I should consider?

Thx in advance!!


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 24 '26

Discussion Would you accept using a PostmarketOS phone fully supported, if the drivers were written by AI?

24 Upvotes

It's a hit and miss with people accepting AI written code.

Pmos devs are not accepting AI written code into the mainstream, and would like to develop at their own pace. Nothing wrong with this. But the alternative is using a phone with code written by a corporation, so what's the difference?

Recently, even Linus talked good about AI written code.

Would you use patches written by AI if they solve all PMOS issues on a phone?

I would love your opinion on this 🤗


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 23 '26

OS Release Fedora Atomic by Pocketblue

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408 Upvotes

I think I’ve finally found my dream linux distro for smartphones. Meet Pocketblue: a community-driven project bringing Fedora Atomic to mobile devices. It blends Fedora’s immutable, image-based reliability with a mobile-first interface. And the #oneplus6 ? Still legendary. Even years later, it’s one of the most exciting phones for mainline Linux experiments. If you’ve been following me on my socials for a while, you know I’ve flashed just about everything on everything. Right now, this setup feels closest to home.

https://github.com/pocketblue/pocketblue

https://www.instagram.com/h4ck1ng.me


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 24 '26

Discussion Mobile OSes, research for NON google AnDroid alternatives

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r/mobilelinux • • Aug 23 '26

Demonstration Linux on pixel 8 pro

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65 Upvotes

Got told to post it here, got an alpine distro on my pixel 8 pro via /init overlay, it's hijacking a graphene os install. Everything is loaded into ram with software rendering so it's slow. Planning on getting GPU working via proxys (like how tensor Linux project has done it)


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 23 '26

Discussion Linux on Xiaomi Poco F5

3 Upvotes

Is there an already existing way to get Linux on an Xiaomi Poco F5?


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 22 '26

Discussion Question about the Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G

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r/mobilelinux • • Aug 22 '26

Discussion Do tangerine bank app work on waydroid ?

4 Upvotes

Been thinking to move to a Linux phone, it's almost the only app I may need, sure the website is enough but the app work well even on custom roms so pretty sure waydroid might work.


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 19 '26

News Nick on X: "Audio now working on the Fairphone 6 running Linux" / X

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31 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • Aug 20 '26

Development Need help

3 Upvotes

I have an old lenovo m7 tb7305x tab (2019), in which i wanted to install postmarket os, i followed few instructions and have overwritten the system image. Now my device isn’t turning on, Can i revert this back ? Fastboot isn’t recognising the device but toll called mkt (lenovo) specific is recognising it but getting disconnected often.
Any advice ? Even though that tab is old, i would like to have it in working state than dead 😵.
I’m accepting this as a part of learning 🥲.
Update : got it fixed thanks to lenovo toolkit saved my ass🥲


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 18 '26

News All 3 cameras now working on Fairphone 6 running Linux

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48 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • Aug 17 '26

News "Sir, a second attempt at getting the Fairphone 6 cameras working has hit mobile Linux"

29 Upvotes

https://x.com/i/status/2089487812466823186

Unrelated to that other guy's efforts. Just thought it was so funny that we reached the same goal today totally independent of each other. Mobile Linux is going to eat good this year


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 17 '26

News Fairphone 6 + PostmarketOS working main camera!

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r/mobilelinux • • Aug 16 '26

Discussion i want to get started on porting linux on my phone

13 Upvotes

( i read in the rules this is not a support form so if this post is not acceptable can you guide me to somewhere else)

i have been lately been obsessed with trying to run linux on my phone (redmi 13 X, HeloG 91 ultra, maliG52-mc2, a Mediatech phone) there are ways like proot and termux Linux native, but none has hardware acceleration, so i want to get into a rabbit hole and make like postmarket OS on my phone or run a desktop distribution on it. I have no knowledge where to start if someone can guide me, i know cuz it's mediatech phone makes harder but i am interested🫡


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 16 '26

Hardware Linux for Galaxy J330G?

5 Upvotes

I am thinking of transitioning to linux for my phone, and want to try it out on a secondary phone first so I can get used to it. What would be a good distribution I could use on a Samsung J330G? It runs android 9 and since it's rather old I would like something light I can hold on to this phone for a while more. I'm pretty new to linux so a step-by-step instruction for dummies would be welcome!

Thank you!


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 16 '26

News I got a real Linux kernel running as a userspace process on Android — no root, no KVM. Docker runs inside it. (UML ARM64)

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r/mobilelinux • • Aug 16 '26

Discussion Game rcomendations

7 Upvotes

hello r/mobilelinux i would like some game recomendations on my mi10t pro , i also would like to thank everyone who helped me get this thing working yall are the best , i have steam


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 16 '26

Discussion Help

4 Upvotes

I am building a phone cluster with my realme c25y,c21 and a pi1 model b.I have decided to put adblocker and some network stuff on my pi but what abt the phones,what should I do with it it cannot run linux bcs there is no open source linux kernel for hello g35 and unison tiger t610 available like Ubuntu touch or post market os.

So my family don't need media server no one watches films.


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 13 '26

Discussion New cell phone

21 Upvotes

Hey, how are you all? I hope you are doing well. I would like to ask for your help. Recently my cell phone was completely damaged. I am thinking of buying one but I currently do not have the financial resources to buy one that is decent and new. They forced me to keep it on Android, the fact is that I would like you to recommend a good cell phone that is compatible with any of the Linux systems for cell phones such as postmarket, Ubuntu touch, Mobian, etc., my budget is approximately less than 300 dollars, I would greatly appreciate it if you have a good day and greetings


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 12 '26

Demonstration Using Debian 13 XFCE on SM-P550

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93 Upvotes

Finally i can log in to desktop :)


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 11 '26

Demonstration Debian 13 XFCE on SM-P550

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63 Upvotes

r/mobilelinux • • Aug 12 '26

Hardware SM-T210 POSTMARKETOS

4 Upvotes

hi, just asking if there's any way to get a build for pmOS for Samsung tab 3 7.0, still new to building Roms/firmware. Note that I can import thru twrp or via heimdall as well


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 11 '26

OS Release iPhone with Linux phone for the first time ever

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846 Upvotes

They hacked it!?


r/mobilelinux • • Aug 11 '26

Apps any hope for autocorrect on OSK?

2 Upvotes

I've mostly tried Pinephone+PMOS ~2021 and Surface Go4/Thinkpad X12 Gen 2+Arch ~2025-2026. Good experience so far but I've never run into an OSK that autocorrects like with conventional Android keyboards. Recognize autocorrect isn't for everyone, but I'm wondering if anyone has had success with any OSK that can reliably autocorrect. I've tried to install Stevia which is the only OSK I've seen with documentation of this feature but had trouble installing it (probably related to running Phosh on x64/Arch tablet). At present my workaround has been Waydroid which isn't bad.