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[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The new Pixel is 7 years, which really should be the norm.

I'd really rather use a Linux phone, but a mix of closed modems and other non-technical issues are causing headaches. But theoretically, support on those devices could be indefinite because I could patch it myself if needed.

[-] toastal@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

I just want a simple headphone jack that has worked for like the last century instead of relying on flaky Bluetooth that becomes a physical fingerprint, but apparently that’s too much to ask for in phones now

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

It would also be nice to have a microsd slot like my crappy flip phone had almost 20 years ago, instead of paying out the nose for non-upgradeable storage.

[-] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

My phone has both, but there is literally only one flagship left on the market with the specs

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I worry that it'll just become a million distros with incompatible apps and dumb shit like that. Bad enough we have to have 5 or 6 guides for each piece of software on Linux.

Im.glad apt, yum and systemd exist.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 months ago

I think we'll largely just piggy back off Android, kind of like WINE/Proton does for Windows stuff. There will probably be a few flavors of that, but it'll all essentially be the same thing.

But who knows, I'd like that to be the problem we have instead of current problem where basic functionality doesn't work reliabiably (like waking to receive a call/text).

[-] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I have a bunch of old phones that I rescued and I'd love to set them up as an arm kubernetes cluster to play with.

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