UnbloatedMay 8, 2025

I'm intrigued to know this.
Does people lurking here actually use Linux itself on their phones, or simply Android as usual?

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I use the stock ROM my phone came with.
44.3%
I flashed a custom ROM. (Lineage, Graphene...)
51.5%
I actually use Linux on my phone, indeed.
4.2%
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Show threadNathan A. StineMay 8, 2025
@unbloated I'm going to be that guy and state that Android is Linux. By "actually use Linux", what specifically do you mean?
Show threadUnbloated

@stinerman I knew anyway someone would say that. No worries.

People actually uses OSes that are very close to Linux, and sometimes based off like Debian or similar on their phone. Sounds weird, but most of the already made distros for phones are kind of neat.

May 8, 2025 at 2:01pmWeb
Show threadNathan A. StineMay 8, 2025
@unbloated ok, so "uses an operating system on their phone that is based on a desktop distribution" is what you mean.
Show threadUnbloatedMay 8, 2025
@stinerman Kind of, maybe. I didn't do a deep search about it so I don't know much. I've just heard of it.