Will there be an option for a DVORAK keyboard to fully appease my autism?
F(x)tec Pro1
Gabriel Long
Charles Johnson
But you don't have to spend huge sums on proprietary hardware, because there are better alternatives out there. Check out devices able to run Replicant:
replicant.us
Also there's a different phone in pre-order state, which is probably better:
puri.sm
Jayden Bell
If only this phone would ever release.
Ayden Barnes
I'm willing to put in the benefit of a doubt and say that maybe it's for all of the right reasons.
It all started off with a security flaw, but maybe right now they're trying to iron out everything else.
If you're going to compete with the likes of an Android or iPhone, you have to aim for higher standards than a simple alternative. You have to have convenience equal to, or better than the competition.
That's the secret to why GNU/Linux still hasn't reached its potential.
Hunter Kelly
I speak from experience, and I can say that Androids back then used to be shit in every possible way.
And Replicant is about as close to being "finished" as PostMarketOS, and it's even older...
Lincoln Jackson
What about the Unihertz Titan?
David Barnes
unihertz.com
It's made by a Chinese firm sponsored by the Chinese Government, so the trust ratio (from 0 to 100) is a -500 for me.
Brandon Gomez
Hardware has old as what's in the devices supported by Replicant fits squarely into what is a major compromise for me.
This doesn't have no proprietary hardware, just a lot less than most phones. I also don't really want to use functionally inferior software. Desktop Linux operating systems do absolutely everything better than Windows for me with privacy/security as a bonus, whereas the likes of Plasma Mobile, Gnome Mobile, etc. will not offer anything besides privacy/security and maaayyyybe customizability over Android for likely a long while.
This isn't too say a non-proprietary hardware and non-Android mobile Linux OS for cell phones isn't something I look forward too. There are just too many compromises currently that don't exist in the desktop realm. I like being able to use flagship hardware with Linux, and that ability just doesn't exist in the cell phone non-Android Linux OS sphere right now.
Exactly. Once non-Android Linux for cell phones becomes viable, there will be almost no point to using replicant beyond specific Android app necissities.
If you're using Samsung-affiliated anything, you're fucked.
David Moore
Maybe that's why they delayed it, it's like I said at .
I didn't even know they were affiliated with Samsung.
While being less chink-ish compared to 80% of all Androids (and being the only famous Non-Chinese one still using a Headphone Jack and SD Card Slot besides LG), you still need to watch out.
If I have to pick a Samsung phone, the only ones I'd go with are the ones with the Intel Exynos CPUs (Europe, Africa, Oceania) and not the ones with the Qualcomm Snapdragons (North America, South America and Asia).
But that's my demeanour to it, correct me if I'm wrong about anything...
Hunter Reed
GIT OUT