These are the phones compatible with Replicant:  "https://replicant.us/supported-devices.php"  The Pinephone should be available in about March 2020 & it's designed to run various GNU/Linux OSes  "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PinePhone".  The Pinephone is going to cost around $150 USD, which is much cheaper than other similar phones.

On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 9:18 PM William Morder via trinity-users <trinity-users@lists.pearsoncomputing.net> wrote:


On Friday 29 November 2019 14:43:12 elcaseti . wrote:
> Good to hear that Sailfish OS is still around  For many years, it was
> difficult to find a Sailfish OS phone that would support North American
> cellular frequencies.  Hopefully, that has changed.  Maybe there's a Sony
> phone, or some other phones that can be flashed with Sailfish OS & will
> support North American LTE frequencies.  Great to hear that there's an
> Android emulator that works fairly well for Sailfish OS!
>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 2:26 PM deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Robert Peters wrote:
> > > HI,
> > > Does anyone recommend a Linux-based system that can be installed on a
> > > smartphone, to replace the Google Android system?
> > > Robert
> >
> > I was using Nokia N9 before - the only linux based phone created ever and
> > working perfectly for many years. From the project emerged Mer, Jolla and
> > Sailfish OS.
> >
> > Now I have been using Sailfish OS for the past couple of years and it
> > works very well. I recommend having a look at it.
> >
> > They use the AOSP program from Sony, so at the moment Xperia X and XA2
> > are officially supported, however there are many community ports for
> > other devices. Disadvantage is the eco system and the android emulator is
> > not available to the community ports. The emulator costs 50€ and you can
> > use perhaps 90% of the android apps. For XA2 the kernel is 4.9 AFAIR with
> > Android 8.x emulator.
> > I personally have looked at many other options to replace N9 may be 5y
> > ago but this was the only one that makes sense to me. It is very
> > transparent and open and has a large community.
> >
> > Some skills are required to flash and maintain, but well freedom is not
> > something you get in the help desk.
> >
> > regards
> >
> >

Please don't take this as an endorsement, since I have not actually installed
it yet myself. I am still researching how to root my phone properly.

https://replicant.us/

I don't know what models of smartphone are supported. I was hoping to find a
cheap used phone for purposes of experimentation, before I mess up a working
system. I hear that some newer phones are supposed to have a GNU/Linux OS
already installed, but have waited a couple years for the big announcement,
and still nothing.

Bill


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