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0 pointsfragmede1y ago0 comments

> A FOSS phone doesn't have to support Whatsapp.

What apps does it have to support, in your opinion? A computer in my pocket is useful for a lot of things, but central to its usefulness is communication. it can choose to not support all possible modes of communication, but it needs to at least support some of them, in order for there to be any adoption.

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palmfacehn1y ago

A browser that provides PWAs if you are looking for a smart phone. An opensource app store alternative. That's how I imagine the bare minimum, but I'm not the biggest smart phone user.

whytevuhuni1y ago

Matrix. Then you can have a Raspberry Pi homeserver that bridges to Whatsapp and other things.

binary1321y ago

I mean, you can already run the Linux kernel on a phone and shell in, which is why I think of a “Linux phone” as meaning a Linux based phone that’s actually usable, as opposed to a fringe hobby device…

WD-421y ago

I think you are missing the point.

It will support whatever forms of communication the author wants it to. I know it’s hard to believe, but mass adoption isn’t the end goal of many FOSS projects.

Dalewyn1y ago

You are commenting in a thread titled "We need a real GNU/Linux (not Android) smartphone ecosystem", mass adoption is the foremost goal.

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