This smartphone runs Android, Linux, and even Windows 11 (www.androidauthority.com)

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[-] bruhbeans@lemmy.ml 18 points 7 months ago

Rather than a cutting-edge Snapdragon 8 chip, the NexPhone is going with a rather odd choice of Qualcomm SoC: the QCM6490. This chip is primarily designed for IoT purposes, and it’s not exactly new, either — we saw the Fairphone 5 running it back in 2023, and it was noticeably sluggish, even then.

Doesn't say how the various OS'es get installed, they talk about some kind of multi-boot in the OS, that sounds bad for long-term maintenance. Give me an x86_64 CPU and UEFI, maybe I'm interested. This ain't it.

[-] Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca 13 points 7 months ago

it for sure does say how the other OS's get installed... as apps on Android.

it’ll probably run Android most of the time while on the go, but can launch Debian as an app for quickly pivoting to a new OS.

it's just an android fork and not a true Linux install. nothing but corporate lies in my book

[-] opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

@Bluegrass_Addict @bruhbeans Agreed. Doesn't Android 16 already have the ability to "run Linux as an app?" Even on Android 15 and earlier people do this using @termux, proot, etc.

The dodgy surveillance OSes, Google Android and #Microslop Windows, get installed on the device, while the trustworthy OS, Debian #GNULinux, gets installed as a constrained and restricted app?

Whatever happened to people's brains?

#NexPhone #NexDock

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