cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/39351554
Samtime tries out a Fairphone 6 running Ubuntu Touch and it seemed pretty fine. Noted issues were the second camera not working, GPS/Map app being a bit weird, and imo, the screen showing all the apps you have open is terrible. But with the reg app store and waydroid, I think it could be almost managable to use.
My mom is a battery life fiend though, so that part she won’t let go of. What’s your thoughts?
That was my take away last time I tried Sailfish OS. It mostly worked but there were some issues that were just too hard to ignore. For me the problem with a phone is that it’s for short but very frequent interactions. When there’s friction it becomes very annoying very fast. I don’t want it to almost do everything, I need to do very specific things well.
I haven’t tried any of them but from what reviews I’ve seen, both Sailfish OS and postmarketOS are alllmost there but not quite, and Ubuntu Touch is still primarily for tinkerers and isn’t ready for prime time. Part of me wants to say “jfc it’s been in development since Unity was The New Thing” but then again, who’s even working on it? I really want any one of these to be finished and to succeed, but I think more and more that I’m just going to go back to using a dumbphone for the first time in more than 15 years, even as I post this on GrapheneOS.