I really want Linux phones to catch on, but even watching demos, while they are making progress, it seems like they are still very far behind.
A phone for me (and many others) is more a lifestyle utility than a tech gadget, so reliability and compatibility is paramount. Things need to just work the first time every time for me to trust relying on it for important things.
I still follow the development of some projects and contribute when I can, but it doesn’t look like it’ll be a realistic option (for my use case at least) any time soon.
Banking on smart phones is safer than banking on Windows, and far safer than banking on Linux. -That’s probably never going to change, and because of ‘privacy concerns’, it will be as bad on the phone or worse than desktop Linux.
Open apps like Open Street Map absolutely suck. I’ve tried helping them out, but they made it so complicated to contribute to naming locations.
There are some FOSS apps for phone I’m fond of, but I wouldn’t consider using a slap-stick repo like F-Droid especially for such volatile software that gets abandoned and forked regularly.
With all that said, there are some people claiming daily driving lately and it seems like they fixed issues of the past, but some issues aren’t likely to get fixed. -Ever. (due to fundamental issues with copy left GPL and the cult around it)
If only the clamoring happened around BSD instead.
Apps are more locked down than a browser that does everything. 2 factor authentication automatically. There’s more but you should learn to use a search engine especially if you use Linux.
you’ve misunderstood the research and shouldn’t be admonishing people for not using a search engine when clearly you didn’t. an app is more secure than a mobile browser, but neither are more secure than a workstation browser. you are spreading misinformation when you pronounce stuff like this that you clearly didn’t put the work in to understand
Loonix propaganda. -It’s like getting all your information from a conspiracy theorist site. -It’s why Linux evangelists are called conspiracy theorists.
I really want Linux phones to catch on, but even watching demos, while they are making progress, it seems like they are still very far behind.
A phone for me (and many others) is more a lifestyle utility than a tech gadget, so reliability and compatibility is paramount. Things need to just work the first time every time for me to trust relying on it for important things.
I still follow the development of some projects and contribute when I can, but it doesn’t look like it’ll be a realistic option (for my use case at least) any time soon.
Banking on smart phones is safer than banking on Windows, and far safer than banking on Linux. -That’s probably never going to change, and because of ‘privacy concerns’, it will be as bad on the phone or worse than desktop Linux.
Open apps like Open Street Map absolutely suck. I’ve tried helping them out, but they made it so complicated to contribute to naming locations.
There are some FOSS apps for phone I’m fond of, but I wouldn’t consider using a slap-stick repo like F-Droid especially for such volatile software that gets abandoned and forked regularly.
With all that said, there are some people claiming daily driving lately and it seems like they fixed issues of the past, but some issues aren’t likely to get fixed. -Ever. (due to fundamental issues with copy left GPL and the cult around it)
If only the clamoring happened around BSD instead.
Can you elaborate on how banking is “safer” on smart phones than Windows and Linux?
Apps are more locked down than a browser that does everything. 2 factor authentication automatically. There’s more but you should learn to use a search engine especially if you use Linux.
you’ve misunderstood the research and shouldn’t be admonishing people for not using a search engine when clearly you didn’t. an app is more secure than a mobile browser, but neither are more secure than a workstation browser. you are spreading misinformation when you pronounce stuff like this that you clearly didn’t put the work in to understand
Loonix propaganda. -It’s like getting all your information from a conspiracy theorist site. -It’s why Linux evangelists are called conspiracy theorists.