Post #1880227

2026-01-05 07:57 UTC

I&#39;ve been out of the loop for a couple of years on Linux phones. I&#39;m poking around on blogs and Mastodon posts, but I figured I&#39;d just ask: Whats currently (as of January 2026) the most functional, stable, boring phone + OS combination? Edit: I have been so thrilled with the conversations! Thank you all for sharing projects, experiences, knowledge, and links! I&#39;m also following a lot of new folks :) This post is at 400+ boosts, so no need to continue boosting :) #linuxmobile #linuxphone

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@diazona@techhub.social 2026-01-05 08:17

@jbowen@mast.hpc.social I'm not sure what the answer is, but I suspect it strongly depends on your position on privacy, so it might be worth clarifying where you stand on that. (like, in one interpretation of this question the answer could be a stock Pixel, if one considers Android as Linux, but I'm assuming that's not what you were going for)

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@dubstar_04@fosstodon.org 2026-01-05 08:27

@jbowen@mast.hpc.social as far as I am aware there are no mainline linux phones that reliably make calls. There are a number of devices that are very close to having most features working, Oneplus 6, Fairphone 4/5 and Pixel 3a for example. 2026 will be a really interesting year for #Linuxmobile as camera tuning improves and device support becomes more complete. I'm interested to learn more about how mainline linux devices can implement push notifications to wake the device.

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