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Trying to de-google my life, if anyone has tips:

What are the current options for secure longer lived Linux phones currently?

I've seen a couple floating around (Fairphone etc) but I'd like to try one out that's been around for a couple years so I know it will probably STAY around for a while. I want to pick the one with longevity + security.

With all the BS of Apple doing their AI spying (amongst other issues), it's that time of year where I once again look for a "third party" phone to migrate to as a daily driver.

I've followed lots of Linux phones (running Ubuntu Touch, KDE Plasma Mobile, postmarketOS and others), feature phones running KaiOS, and others.

Heck I was even building my own phone on an RPi years ago (web.archive.org/web/2021072515 ) and have been following the PinePhone project for a very long time.

My current research is pointing towards a Fairphone 4 running e/OS (degooglefied android). I live in the US, so this is as close to the Fairphone as I can get currently: murena.com/america/shop/smartp (edit: Annnnd, it's no longer available.)

Really I just need a phone that runs Signal and can run some sort of GPS app. Everything else I can do via a web browser.

I hate Apple/iOS phones. The only thing I hate more than Apple phones are Google/Android phones.

Tinker · TinkPhone: KDE Plasma Mobile on a Raspberry PiAs part of my TinkPhone project (see: TinkPhone: Project Synopsis - Raspberry Pi Smart Phone), I want to test out various mobile operating systems. My current favorites are KDE Plasma Mobile and Ubuntu Touch. For this blog post, I'll focus on KDE Plasma Mobile. KDE Plasma MobileKDE Plasma Mobile is
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