I don’t have experience with linux os on phones. You should ask https://www.reddit.com/user/Mister_Magister/. He is community developer of sailfish os https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1mzla4h/ive_been_daily_driving_and_developing_mobile/
Waydroid support MicroG
You can install app from Android Debug Bridge (adb). It will bypass all new restriction.
List of all Linux phones https://linmob.net/resources/#smartphones
Next gen Jolla Phone https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/next-gen-jolla-phone/23882
There are phones supporting Linux https://linmob.net/resources/#smartphones
One UI 8 will block oem unlock and relock bootloader in all Samsung.
You should buy SoC only made by TCMS. It even more important whether It is a Snapdragon or a MediaTek.
Right now, the most important specification is battery capacity. Some Smartphones are already available with batteries up to 7000 mAh.
https://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-poco-f7
https://www.kimovil.com/en/where-to-buy-realme-gt7-12gb-512gb
https://nanoreview.net/en/soc-compare/qualcomm-snapdragon-888-plus-vs-qualcomm-snapdragon-6-gen-3
It is bad. It looks like less powerful that 888+ :L It even made by Samsung… which means it uses a worse manufacturing process than TSMC
There are some very minor browser that use webkit.
PeerTube Companion LINK
Try browser extension. It redirects youtube videos to peertube when it detects the same video on both sites.
There is still active development: https://espi.dev/posts/2025/07/plasma-bigscreen/
Wow I never heard about that :D
Thanks! I didn’t know about swipe-to-text. It is much faster than my very slow typing. I really don’t know why I wasn’t using swipe before. Look like it will need to go back to google keyborard from HeliBoard.
Wouldn’t it be better if phones could bypass the battery when plugged in
Adb command line interface is a major barrier for most users. Even with GUI tools built on top of ADB that still a barrier for many users.