Thread: What's the best Handheld gnu/linux machine for 2016?
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2016-07-09 , 15:15
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Originally Posted by Android_808 View Post
Was thinking gpd win/pyra/another 1 i have open in tab at home i can't remember name of. then get mid range android or ios device to use purely as phone and tethering. just means carrying 2 devices so not ideal.

recently wondered about jolla 1 again. unfortunately pokemon go (not interested in it but makes point) won't run due to android version. how many others will not work in the future?

fairphone 2/turing with sailfish still looking like better options. missed jolla c (damn that work thing invading gadget buying time) and specs wise not sure if intex/jolla c is as good as these 2..

same story at the moment replacing my 8 year old eee 1000. specs wise they haven't changed a great deal (storage/ram particularly). Might be a transformer 3 or transformer mini eventually, no rush as it still works fine and make a mockery of most other devices regarding boot/shutdown speed.

miss the days I could just go "i want that", like with the eee, n95, n900.
I feel just like that. N900's screen has become too small for me after configuring some 5.5" Android for my parents. I feel so cluttered right now on our 3.5" screen.

Won't carry two devices, no no.

Browsing on N900 is becoming such a big pain. I'm becoming more on more frustrated that most mobile web pages fail to display at all on our dated browser.

With the dated base system, we can't even easily reuse desktop components. No way to catch up on either desktop or Android. (see my recent remarks on Telegram)

I'll be co-working on DebiaN900, since I don't throw away working devices. Unless I'll fully switch to Debian, my only next choice will be some 5"-5.5" device. Nothing less in size, it's now just as important as the hardware keyboard. Probably some Android, since Sailfish is not mature yet. But preferably with drivers decent enough to be able to libhybris Sailfish, Ubuntu or Plasma.

I'm even more frustrated there aren't any recent and decent hwkb phones. I see two options right now.
- Fairphone2. It's pricey, but is fully modular, easy to repair, so it may be a good investment. (what do you think?)
Is there any chance for the Fairphone2 to get cheaper in a year or two?
- Galaxy S5 with some bt keyboard (I don't know how available they are nowadays, but some were produced)
But the drivers seem to be crappy: https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris

Anything else?
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