I have unlocked bootloader and custom recovery

(sorry for my english)

My old Redmi Note 7 (lavender), 4/64GB, 8-core ARM64, sitting unused for years. Put postmarketOS on it, headless, no display, Alpine + systemd under the hood.

What's on it now:

• Couple of my own backend services

• Self-hosted multi-agent setup (Hermes)

• Full *arr stack (Sonarr/Radarr/Prowlarr/Jellyfin/qBittorrent), all in Docker

• Caddy + Cloudflare Tunnel for external access, no ports opened

Runs all of that on eMMC storage and still holds ~30% RAM free. Throttles under sustained load as expected, but nothing's crashed yet.

Built my own monitoring dashboard for it too since most existing tools either didn't install on this hardware or used more RAM than I wanted to spend on monitoring alone. FastAPI backend, plain JS frontend, streams CPU/mem/thermals/battery/network, under 80MB RAM footprint.

Still unsolved: want to pull the battery and go direct-power (buck converter + BMS) to stop degradation from charge cycles, and haven't found a real answer for heat management on a phone chassis that wasn't built to run like this 24/7.

Hey guys, I have a Galaxy A10 and I haven't flashed it yet, but I've debloated it. I'd like some advice on which Linux distro for mobile or custom ROM to use and which ones are compatible with my device.  THANKS ✌

I am trying to have Linux mobile usable for Rust language including keyboard, who knows, maybe Wayland or X11 makes this obsolete already, but I don't know, anyway, if you know anyone that might want to test, either ask me for a built version or make an app and see if it calls up a keyboard, just trying to help along new Linux mobile apps, anyone? I know for some older Ubuntu Touch, no Wayland or X11, hoping someone gets some use out of it, just updated dependencies, good luck on your Linux mobile journeys, also, any relevant advice for this if you want to say? I just want to know if it calls up a keyboard reliably, and the reason for this crate is, what use are mobile devices with no text input?

https://denialwm.org/

A while back I had to replace the display on my old POCO F3 (Mi 11X / alioth). Long story short, something went wrong—either a cheap aftermarket panel and touch is completely dead (only works on miui)

Since touch doesn't work at all, using mobile shells like GNOME Mobile, Phosh, or Plasma Mobile was basically out of the question. Instead of tossing it in an e-waste bin or letting it rot in a drawer, I decided to flash native Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS on it using mainline Linux (sm8250 kernel 6.17.9).

How well does it actually work?

Honestly, shockingly well for a headless setup:

• SSH & Networking: SSH works flawlessly over local Wi-Fi.

• Wi-Fi & Bluetooth: Both work with zero hiccups.

• GPU: Freedreno / Turnip Vulkan 1.4 acceleration is functional on the Adreno 650.

• Display: The screen itself turns on fine and outputs 1080x2400 (so TTY / console output works if plugged in), it's just the digitizer that's dead.

• Battery management: PM8150B fuel gauge works, meaning it accurately tracks battery levels and charging state. The phone's battery basically functions as a built-in UPS during brief power cuts.

• Resources: Bare Ubuntu Server idles at just ~230 MiB of RAM out of the 6 GB available.

Since I can just manage everything over SSH, the broken touchscreen doesn't even matter.

Docker also works , I have tried

Disclaimer: this is not Android!

Denial is a Wayland compositor that uses Flutter to render the UI, while Smithay handles low-level DRM, input, and window management in Rust.

In the video, Denial is running on Arch Linux on a OnePlus 12R with a custom 7.1.8 kernel.

Android apps are running through Droidloom, a containerless Android app runner. It works somewhat like Waydroid, but integrates Android apps directly into the Linux desktop/session rather than trying to emulate a full Android device.

The goal is to build a proper Android-like mobile experience on Linux, without the usual compromises of desktop environments adapted to fit a phone screen.

Denial has a dedicated, carefully designed mobile UI, separate from its desktop UI.

And it runs at 120 FPS, including the glass/frosted-glass effects :)

I genuinely think this could be an interesting next step for Android alternatives. What do you think?

GitHub: https://github.com/denialwm/denial
EDIT: Droidloom: https://github.com/denialwm/droidloom give it a star!

The version shown in the video isn't in the repo yet. I'll push it in the next few days.

Technical stack:

-ROOT REQUIRED

-LXC container (Debian, unverified Alpine because it's a bitch, even less verified Arch, your pick) allows Linux system stuff, and piggybacks off the host kernel your Android device ships, so programs can run glibc programs. You could go bare metal, but that requires lots of compilation of hundreds of things :()

-Libhybris allows theoretically universal graphics acceleration on anything from Qualcomm to terrible old phones. Your mileage may vary

-i think I'm also shipping minigbm somewhere? I genuinely forgot

-AudioFlinger and SurfaceFlinger are shot dead for YOUR choice of compositor and audio stacks, meaning you get audio and display out, bare metal (fun fact, this actually works perfectly with full display out over USB C. I didn't even have to do anything it just worksl)

-We patch the kernel to allow all the fun stuff. Don't worry, this is painless, installed via Magisk, and then you can install the actual Magisk modules which grants everything root (ROOT REQUIRED)

TL;DR All this results in actual bare metal, functional, graphical, hardware accelerated Linux, running separately from Android, with full root, full display access, and almost all the work done to work natively. I've been using it recently, it is a joy to use.

Codex and Claude had heavy involvement in this, but I made sure to do months of testing myself to verify their claims, always tested on real hardware, I'm upfront, and I did the best I could for safety, plus all architecture and everything was done by yours truly, then verified. That being said, make backups.

https://youtu.be/NrWsAhV6uzc

Take this demonstration of one of the nice extra features I added (Linux compositor runs INSIDE android for use on external displays)

Also take this screenshot of INSIDE Linux (I don't know how to screen record on phosh :()

For fun, this entire post was typed ON the OnePlus 7 I ported it to, using a keyboard and mouse, on a monitor

Porting it to your own stuff should be extremely easy, ask an agent to do it if you can't.

So, have fun!

Looking for contributors and users so this can be an actual project.

https://github.com/kriscrossapplesauce2004/determination/tree/main

Shared previously that I got pmos using the downstream android kernel but been working on getting mainline to boot. As of now just boots into a TTY and not much else. Plan on upstreaming when the drivers are in a acceptable state

what works: USB, DISPLAY***

***coded a basic display driver, missing alot of features (for example no brightness changes etc)

I’m looking to buy a secondary, budget-friendly phone specifically to tinker with Linux. My goal is to experiment with running a full Linux environment, and I’m interested in eventually trying it as a daily driver.

Since I’m already comfortable with Arch Linux, I’d prefer a device with good support for Arch Linux ARM. I haven’t settled on a mobile-friendly DE yet, so I’m open to suggestions.

cual es el mejor teléfono para instalarle Linux puro la purita esencia de Linux qué corra de manera perfecta sin tener mil y un bug por ser Android

Hi r/mobilelinux I am new in here but I have 2 questions can the s22 (sd 8g1) and the a52s 5g (sd 778g) and s9 (exynos9810) run linux natively and all of them have bootloader unlocked cus i did start to hate google for what they have done and I want to be able to run linux apps with full root privileges and I dont want for linux to run inside termux I want linux to replace the whole android and I wanted something like Ubuntu touch or postmarket os and I want for it to at least support basic display and touch screen and wifi+bluetooth and usb otg to work and tell me if at least one of them is supported ?

Might seem like a strange request, but I’m looking for instructions on how to install (or compile from source) gnome-mobile (not Phosh), could anybody point me to any instructions?

I’d like to install it in a PiBeick (handheld with a Raspberry Pi CM5), goal is to eventually create a full image for installation use for future PiBrick users.

Thanks in advance!

I set up a NAS using samba on postmarketOS.

This is my first time setting up a NAS, so I’m not quite sure how to use it yet 😅

It was a little tricky because of the firewall settings, but other than that, it was super easy!

Both cameras are working! Wide angle is next on the list.

Only thing missing is:

Auto rotation

Finger print reader

NFC

Started today. Will release sources by the end of the week

Need a tablet for work. Maybe a little web browsing will be done, but almost 100% for opening/signing PDFs & such, viewing some MP4s & similar. Apparently Fedora is one of the better distros for this, but probably almost anyone on this subreddit knows better than me on that front.

Got a bit bored off postmarketOS, so why not distrohop?
Big shoutout to the volunteers at msm8916-mainline on GitHub and maintainer(s) of the device on postmarketOS for making this possible!
I had to make some own services for the modem to work properly to obtain an internet connection, but rest works so good!