The road to daily-drivable mainline phones

Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones

poVoq 60 points 12 days ago

I am very happy that the FP5 is a proposed "main" device 🥳

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shortwavesurfer 15 points 12 days ago

I am and I'm not at the same time because the FP5 isn't super easy to get in the US. The FP6 plus is the first one that's actually sold here.

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cabbage 19 points 12 days ago

Support for the FP6 is progressing very well independently of this, so I wouldn't worry. :)

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shortwavesurfer 9 points 12 days ago

Yeah, true. I fully intend for my next phone to be running Nura, no matter how much shit I have to put up with. I do need the basic functions of a phone to work, though. Speakers, microphones, call, text, mobile data, and Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. I figure the touchscreen is a given.

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cabbage 4 points 12 days ago

For me the big problem is the camera. Ideally I should probably carry a proper camera with me at all times, but that's just not realistic. I really value the pictures I take throughout my life so I need a phone that captures things well.

It seems for now Ubuntu Touch does a decent job with Android camera drivers, but Nura has a long way to go on all devices. I trust it'll get there though.

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cabbage 6 points 12 days ago

Me too! I bought mine hoping I'd daily drive mainline Linux on it by the time I was done, with this development that seems somewhat plausible.

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scallisto 6 points 12 days ago

It's kind of neat that they are going for it as well as an SBC (easier for developers to work with) and a more affordable and accessible device (the Motorola Edge 30)

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cabbage 16 points 12 days ago

Would be interested to hear @themightycat@ani.social chime in with any reflections and/or plans to work with Nura to get a device maintainer team going! I can see reasons not to—contributing upstream directly without having to work in a team is probably more efficient—but there might be reasons to consider it as well.

Whether it works for all contributors or not this seems like a really neat development and I'm happy to see what becomes of it. Especially for the Fairphone 5. :)

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TheMightyCat 18 points 12 days ago

This seems like a very good development, but as for joining a team i am open to the idea but not sure if i will apply. Especially considering most of the work is already done and maintaining it will now be done on the list.

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Dalaryous 2 points 9 days ago

I've been following your FP6 and I love it. Thanks fir all the hard work!! I drive an FLX1s for daily-driver but hardware is notable (low RAM crashes sometimes) and performance is okay'ish. I may switch to FP6, looking at your hardware enablement and ofc, donation to you :)

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Sunshine 5 points 12 days ago

The Fairphone 5 needs the extra work enabling the components.

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Sunshine 10 points 12 days ago

Nura needs to become secure.

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JamonBear 6 points 11 days ago

It is called Duranium!

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nothingcorporate 5 points 12 days ago

So do I...

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Sunshine 4 points 11 days ago

You can do it!

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pirate2377 8 points 11 days ago

I'm still on the fence on which OS I should fully commit to. On one hand, Ubuntu Touch feels much better for navigating an OS with a touchscreen and is a bit more secure (I think). On the other hand, Nura has way better application support.

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paper_moon 9 points 11 days ago

If they can get a few phones that everything "just works" I think Nura will be better for linux enthusiasts coming from android. I have a Fairphone 5 with Gnome Mobile installed and it feels at home, and a very similar UX with how in would use a phone under android, with how apps are switched and how the phone interacts (pull down quick settings for wifi/GPS/notifications, etc) obviously android is more polished with features. But I like it better than Ubports UX, and I'm not a fan that Ubports has to have custom made apps while also not supporting flatpaks.

Though both are a success for getting linux ecosystem on a phone, so I'm not hating, I just prefer the UX and apps support of a project like Nura better.

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lokalhorst 7 points 12 days ago

Nice I have a motorola Edge 30 that lost the signal frequently so I had to abandon it (LineageOS). As it was my daily driver I didn't have the patience to try to fix it. But I definitely know what I will do with it in the future!

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