Those of you who are using a #Linux phone to mess around with, what are you using and why? I know that the OnePlus 6T probably gets the best performance, alongside maybe the Pixel 3a, but the idea of buying a years-old phone is just bizarre to me. And I have no idea where Pinephone Pro development is at in 2025.

I understand that these devices aren't quite "daily driver" ready, but with the #AOSP inching towards a cliff, one can't help but keep an eye on the alternatives.

@zak I'm most likely not enlightened enough ... but which cliff are you talking about in regards to AOSP?
Rumour: Google intends to discontinue the Android Open Source Project – OSnews

@zak Thx ... and YIKES!

I do wonder how @e_mydata, @calyxos and @GrapheneOS will tackle this going forward. And to some degree @jolla, which has an Android support layer.

Many people feared what would happen as more needed functionality was moved in the closed source Google service layers. But so far @microg has done a good job covering that.

I've used /e/ OS several years now, and I'm really happy about that as an Android variant. That ships with microG pre-installed, so almost all apps I need works reasonably well.

@dazo I don't think anyone really knows yet. Every custom ROM is potentially impacted. I guess we'll see. But if Google is willing to make this move quietly on a random Wednesday, who knows what else they'll do in the near future.