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HumanEarth · 56-60, F
Neither, but if if I was forced to have a cellular device. It wouldn't be a Android or an Apple. I would go with a Linux phone
True Linux phones exist, you just have to find Them or build your own Linux cellphone OS.
I personally like the Ubuntu Touch cellphone or Lineage cellphone. Both are Google free and 100% customizable. Like if you don't want a phone contact app. You don't have to have it. You don't want location and GPS apps. You don't have to have them either.
What exactly constitutes a Linux phone?
First, let's make a technical caveat. Both iPhones and Android phones are, in a way, Linux phones, or at least related to Linux. Google built its Android operating system on top of AOSP, which is an open-source project based on the Linux kernel---the foundation of all Linux distributions. AOSP's code is free and available for anyone to modify and use for their own purposes. The version of Android you use on your phone, however, is closed-source. That means the modifications Google has made are proprietary and not publically available.
Plus added bonus for you nerds:
iOS and macOS are descendants of Unix (via the BSD kernel), which the Linux kernel is also based on. However, iOS is largely closed-source. Technically, then, both iOS and Android are in the same family tree as Linux. The key distinction is that neither preserves the free and open-source software tradition. So to be clear about what we mean by "Linux phone" let's define it as a smartphone with an operating system whose source code remains open-source. And these phones do exist.
True Linux phones exist, you just have to find Them or build your own Linux cellphone OS.
I personally like the Ubuntu Touch cellphone or Lineage cellphone. Both are Google free and 100% customizable. Like if you don't want a phone contact app. You don't have to have it. You don't want location and GPS apps. You don't have to have them either.
What exactly constitutes a Linux phone?
First, let's make a technical caveat. Both iPhones and Android phones are, in a way, Linux phones, or at least related to Linux. Google built its Android operating system on top of AOSP, which is an open-source project based on the Linux kernel---the foundation of all Linux distributions. AOSP's code is free and available for anyone to modify and use for their own purposes. The version of Android you use on your phone, however, is closed-source. That means the modifications Google has made are proprietary and not publically available.
Plus added bonus for you nerds:
iOS and macOS are descendants of Unix (via the BSD kernel), which the Linux kernel is also based on. However, iOS is largely closed-source. Technically, then, both iOS and Android are in the same family tree as Linux. The key distinction is that neither preserves the free and open-source software tradition. So to be clear about what we mean by "Linux phone" let's define it as a smartphone with an operating system whose source code remains open-source. And these phones do exist.
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@HumanEarth I had a Microsoft phone for a couple of months then traded that in for a Blackberry. I loved having an actual keyboard, but that went away within a few years. Blackberry's Android operating system phone was a disaster, so I moved to other brands, currently a Motorola.
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
I personally don't have a cellphone
samueltyler2 · 80-89, M
@HumanEarth How do you survive. I find i am forced to use it , but more for its smartphone capability, than as a phone itself! So many things now require you to use a smartphone! 😥
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
Just like we did in the 1990s
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
House phone
Spoiledbrat · F
I don't have a phone bill. I use a free phone service with my SE iPhone. But I use my iPad at home. We have internet at home. @HumanEarth
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
@Spoiledbrat
Our home telephone bill is about 45-60 a month
Our home telephone bill is about 45-60 a month
Spoiledbrat · F
That's a lot @HumanEarth
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
@Spoiledbrat depends if there's long distance calls or not.
Spoiledbrat · F
For that price you can have internet which means free phone calls and internet access. @HumanEarth
HumanEarth · 56-60, F
@Spoiledbrat once daughter moves out, I'm going back to not having Internet.
The only reason we have internet because my daughter moved back home during covid
I'll go back and disappear to off-line nothing
The only reason we have internet because my daughter moved back home during covid
I'll go back and disappear to off-line nothing