I've only had the Jolla C2 for a few days but I'm trying to make it my daily driver for a bit to see what it's like, but I'm most curious to see what capabilities I might be able to get by having a proper Linux phone available. With a terminal built right in, I should be able to add repositories and install other apps, so it'll be interesting to see what can be done. My next order of business will be figuring out how to install common desktop packages like ffmpeg or Distrobox on this device. Jolla C2 Community Phone Brand Jolla SoC
I tried a phone that runs actual Linux, and Android app support made it almost usable… With new hardware, though, there aren't going to be a lot of people eager to spend over $1,000 on a device just to install Linux on it and then test and develop things to help make it work. It takes time for those devices to make it into the hands of people who can make Linux better. …
… A desktop UI would be great There's no external display support Since we're talking about a Linux phone, it would be especially great if the team actually tried to make it a sort of all-in-one device that can also be used as a desktop. …
… The OGC raises the floor for all of them Imagine picking a Linux distro without worrying about its level of support for a device or game title. …
… But in 2018, Valve introduced Proton, a compatibility layer based on Wine with a major focus on enabling Windows games to run on Linux without emulation. It had humble beginnings, but it quickly grew to support a majority of PC games that could now run on Linux. …
… It never really took off, with only a few commercial devices and a small list of community-supported phones that could have their preinstalled Android version swapped for Ubuntu Touch OS. Well, even if you can't fully replace your OS with Linux , that doesn't mean it's the only way you can run it. …
… Mainline-first Linux, not a vendor-BSP-first device A rarity for this class of hardware Plenty of Arm Linux devices claim to be open. Almost none of them ship with full mainline kernel support out of the box. …
… This makes it very quick for popular games to be supported, as companies have an incentive to support the Steam Deck and, therefore, support Linux as a whole. Valve's push to support Linux in the gaming industry is a big reason Linux is doing so well right now. …
… Sign in to your XDA account Summary Proton 11.0-Beta1 adds ARM64 support, enabling Windows-on-ARM games on Linux. …
… Valve's iconic PC gaming handheld was the first real proof of concept for Linux gaming on a wildly popular device, not just on a handful of desktops and laptops. SteamOS was the reason the Linux backbone disappeared, allowing gamers to accept it as a long-term option. …
… Combine the two, and we have a self-hosted gaming platform with a client frontend that runs on supported devices. …