someoneFromInternet@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agoCan I install linux on this?lemmy.mlimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1257arrow-down16file-text
arrow-up1251arrow-down1imageCan I install linux on this?lemmy.mlsomeoneFromInternet@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · edit-25 months agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareT (they/she)@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·edit-25 months agoDoes this means can install any repo on my phone?
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·5 months agoIf you can root your phone, probably some of them, perhaps many of them, but that probably wouldn’t make for a very good phone.
minus-squareI'm Hiding 🇦🇺@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoSadly no, because while Android is based on Linux, it is so far removed that the kernel is wildly different. Some teams such as mobian, SFOS, postmarketOS, etc. have got fair dinkum Linux running on android devices though.
Does this means can install any repo on my phone?
If you can root your phone, probably some of them, perhaps many of them, but that probably wouldn’t make for a very good phone.
Sadly no, because while Android is based on Linux, it is so far removed that the kernel is wildly different. Some teams such as mobian, SFOS, postmarketOS, etc. have got fair dinkum Linux running on android devices though.