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1. akagus+l4[view] [source] 2025-09-16 01:20:18
>>wicket+(OP)
Linux phones are useless for common people until they can run government and bank apps.
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2. debo_+N5[view] [source] 2025-09-16 01:34:08
>>akagus+l4
In giant font at the top of the linked post:

> apparently it needs to be said that I am not suggesting you switch to Linux on your phone today; just that development needs to accelerate. Please don’t be one of the 34 people that replied to tell me Linux is not ready.

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3. haspok+wB[view] [source] 2025-09-16 07:04:03
>>debo_+N5
> Linux is not ready

OK, but what steps are being made to make it ready? How do you solve the issue of many apps not accepting rooted Androids (and very rightly so)?

I mean, Linux distros even struggle with Secure Boot on a normal PC - which is a far easier problem to solve...

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4. Hackbr+LC[view] [source] 2025-09-16 07:15:53
>>haspok+wB
Reverse engineering those government apps and writing native FOSS replacements would be a start.
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