• dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Steam Deck: Already runs Linux.

    GabeCube: Confirmed it will run Linux.

    Steam Frame: Confirmed it will run Linux.

    Obviously Valve has made no overtures whatsoever towards making a phone. But if they did, what on Earth would lead you to believe that it wouldn’t run Linux?

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      4 hours ago

      There being zero ecosystem for Linux phones, unlike the desktop.

      You’d need an Android runtime layer.

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        4 hours ago

        How many things to you really use your phone for anyway.

        Personally all I need is the basic things like a camera app, maps, authenticator, web browser, pdf reader, note taker, clock, etc.

        It’s really not that much

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          3 hours ago

          Banking/financial apps are the biggest sticking point that I keep hearing about. They won’t run on a non-Google Android, let alone an AOSP container in Linux.

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            2 hours ago

            Anything I can do through my banking app I could just as email do through the browser