Question about Ubuntu and other Linux distributions as cellphone OS

[Volker Wysk]

Am Mittwoch, dem 30.10.2024 um 04:53 +0800 schrieb Bret Busby:

> Hello.

Hi.

> 
> After having just found and read the news report at
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-30/google-could-be-split-up-as-search-monopoly-challenged/104473276
>  
> 
> which includes reference to monopolies involving google and android and 
> apple and its cellphone stuff and corrupt things with apple and google 
> and safari, I am wondering as to what degree, Linux, as Ubuntu or 
> otherwise, is available as an OS for cellphones, and, whether it can be 
> installed on cellphones that have another OS as the default OS.

It's not Linux, but there's the /e/OS operating system. It aims to protect
your privacy as much as possible and doesn't use any Google stuff. It's
Android compatible. 

https://e.foundation/

Alas, they dropped support for my phone, so I don't get any new upgrades.

Cheers,
Volker