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This may be a stupid question, but is there any way to overwrite Android with a full-blown desktop Linux distro on an Android smartphone?
I looked at a few tutorials, though they only seem to emulate Linux within Android.
So is there any way to fully install Linux as my only smartphone operating system, and if so, how?
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This may be a stupid question, but is there any way to overwrite Android with a full-blown desktop Linux distro on an Android smartphone?
I looked at a few tutorials, though they only seem to emulate Linux within Android.
So is there any way to fully install Linux as my only smartphone operating system, and if so, how?
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In theory yes, in practice no. All the cheap android phones I and most people can afford use binary proprietary drivers for their graphics, for which there are no xorg equivalents. There probably are ways to run a proper linux distro on top of Android, though.
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I looked at a few tutorials, though they only seem to emulate Linux within Android.
So is there any way to fully install Linux as my only smartphone operating system, and if so, how?
linux system-installation android smartphone
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This may be a stupid question, but is there any way to overwrite Android with a full-blown desktop Linux distro on an Android smartphone?
I looked at a few tutorials, though they only seem to emulate Linux within Android.
So is there any way to fully install Linux as my only smartphone operating system, and if so, how?
linux system-installation android smartphone
linux system-installation android smartphone
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In theory yes, in practice no. All the cheap android phones I and most people can afford use binary proprietary drivers for their graphics, for which there are no xorg equivalents. There probably are ways to run a proper linux distro on top of Android, though.
– mosvy
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In theory yes, in practice no. All the cheap android phones I and most people can afford use binary proprietary drivers for their graphics, for which there are no xorg equivalents. There probably are ways to run a proper linux distro on top of Android, though.
– mosvy
11 mins ago
In theory yes, in practice no. All the cheap android phones I and most people can afford use binary proprietary drivers for their graphics, for which there are no xorg equivalents. There probably are ways to run a proper linux distro on top of Android, though.
– mosvy
11 mins ago
In theory yes, in practice no. All the cheap android phones I and most people can afford use binary proprietary drivers for their graphics, for which there are no xorg equivalents. There probably are ways to run a proper linux distro on top of Android, though.
– mosvy
11 mins ago
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Yes, one example is the ability to run Ubuntu Phone (aka Ubuntu Touch) on smartphones.
There are also reports of installing Arch Linux on a smartphone.
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postmarketOS, is a distribution based on Alpine Linux for phones,
A real Linux distribution for phones and other mobile devices.
https://postmarketos.org
The project is currently in alpha, but it can already boot and run on many devices.
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In theory yes, in practice no. All the cheap android phones I and most people can afford use binary proprietary drivers for their graphics, for which there are no xorg equivalents. There probably are ways to run a proper linux distro on top of Android, though.
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