31 Jul
2020
31 Jul
'20
9:05 a.m.
On 7/29/20 11:12, this fell into my inbox by way of the cypherpunks list:
The average Android and iOS Apple phone, is a strict walled garden into which only authorised software may be installed.
iOS, sans jailbreaking, yes. Every Android phone I have seen, however, will allow you to install from other sources (e.g. F-Droid) after enabling the appropriate option.
So Debian on mobile phones? It's possible.
That's basically what Purism's Librem 5 is, as PureOS is a Debian fork.
This is the phone I hope to be able to order by the end of the year
(meaning I'd likely receive it sometime in spring/summer 2021).
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Shawn K. Quinn