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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I've been rolling with Cyanogen on my
Spring Galaxy S4 for about 6 months and it works well. I'm on the
12.1 nightly so it's a little unstable at times but usually a
nightly update fixes problems.<br>
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The stable was really really stable and longer battery life too.<br>
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<div aria-label="Compose body">I've given a little bit of
thought to flashing my phone with Cyanogen...<br>
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<div aria-label="Compose body">...just because I'd like to have
more control over it & to remove some of the pre-loaded
*CRAP* that the carrier doesn't let you uninstall.</div>
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<div aria-label="Compose body">Not sure if I'm feeling that
brave though - I've flashed several wireless routers with
open-source firmware, had one or two that ended up "bricked".
Replacing a wireless router is pretty cheap & easy -
replacing my phone (which is still under contract) would be a
bit more of a PITA.<br>
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<div aria-label="Compose body">I don't know if that exactly
qualifies as a "Linux phone" for the purpose of this
discussion (although it is a modified form of Android), but I
thought I'd mention it, since no one else has brought it up.<br>
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<div aria-label="Compose body">T.<br>
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Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Sean
LeBlanc" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:seanleblanc@comcast.net"><seanleblanc@comcast.net></a><br>
<b>To: </b><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:clue@cluedenver.org">clue@cluedenver.org</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Saturday, September 5, 2015 3:33:51 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [clue] Linux phones?<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">For some context, I've been
searching around for reviews/opinions from time to time
(ever since I heard about Canonical's plans to release their
"Ubuntu phone"). Recently, I ran across this:<br>
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href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953812/operating-systems/kde-unveils-plasma-mobile-a-free-and-open-linux-os-for-phones.html"
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data-mce-href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953812/operating-systems/kde-unveils-plasma-mobile-a-free-and-open-linux-os-for-phones.html">http://www.pcworld.com/article/2953812/operating-systems/kde-unveils-plasma-mobile-a-free-and-open-linux-os-for-phones.html</a><br>
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The idea of also being able to also support Android apps
seems to be an interesting one (I imagine at some point
Docker could go on these things, if it isn't being done
already, and support Android in a container?). But
navigating the byzantine world (in the U.S., anyway) of
plans, providers, unlocking, etc...can be a bit daunting, I
guess, and I don't really have the time these days for being
a full-blown hobbyist smart phone user, although I would
like to do more tinkering outside the realm of ios, so I'm
thinking about jumping to Linux and/or Android...<br>
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I don't have that much of a problem doing most things Linux,
but heck, even figuring out if a given iphone was supported
by the vendor I wanted to use (flat fee being big draw for
me - straight talk) was something that took a while, and I
eventually gave up on, and stayed with my current iphone
because reports on whether it would work with straight talk
at the time was unclear.<br>
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I guess the device and its software isn't the only part
about people's experiences I'm wondering about, although
that's important, too. I'd like to know what providers and
plans are and how they panned out.<br>
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Who knows, maybe someone out there has one and wants to turn
it into a talk for CLUE? ;)<br>
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Cheers,<br>
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On 9/5/15 11:39 AM, Bernardo Velloso Trindade wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I've been curious about this as well. I
haven't been able to find many resources that had the
information I want. I think the main reason I've had so
much trouble researching this is that Android uses the
Linux Kernel. So everything I search for to find Linux
phones gives me results about android. The best resource
I've found is the XDA forum (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/"
target="_blank"
data-mce-href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/">http://forum.xda-developers.com/</a>).
People have tried installing different distros on phones
with varying levels of success. <br>
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<p dir="ltr">Hopefully that'll give you something to work
with, and let me know if you find something interesting.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 5, 2015 11:23 AM, "Sean
LeBlanc" <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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here have any experiences with Linux phones?<br>
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