If ever there was a time for Linux phones to gain renewed development interest, it's now.

There's a part of me that wishes Firefox OS remained viable and overcame its problems where it could've become a viable alternative. I'm hopeful for the future of Linux phones, but I've yet to see a product that looks like it's reliable and works well..

	▲	mycall 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		I hope Google continues to send money to Firefox or they will die.

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burnt-resistor 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The problem extends far deeper than just FOSS for mobile and IoT. There isn't competitive OSHW. The entire pipeline for silicon hardware development (PCB dev is relatively easy) is virtually locked away behind gates that require identity and/or address verification, node-locked trial licenses or sometimes big license fees paid to one or more big 3 EDA vendors. And that's even before getting anywhere need talking to a fab.

	▲	rs186 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		This. If memory serves me right, in early days of Android, Google engineers were writing drivers on behalf of manufacturers because OEM drivers were too buggy. Think about the amount of work and the kind of talent this requires. If you are starting from scratch today as a no-name company, I doubt any hardware manufacturers even want to talk to you.

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uyzstvqs 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'll add to this that libadwaita is really good, and manages to scale applications between desktop and mobile extremely well. Far better than any other mobile-desktop convergence I've seen before. Flatpak also offers a very good method for distributing apps in an easy and largely decentralized way.

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beanjuiceII 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

its a great idea but i think the work to make something practical is extremely high

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kasabali 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Year of the Linux phones?