I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't!

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Overcast

Overcast — Thu, 23 Jul 2026 00:34:31 GMT

nice. i'm planning on leaving the apple ecosystem and getting a pixel with graphene os, though this looks nice. maybe it'll become more popular in the future

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Sebulon

Sebulon — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 08:29:02 GMT

Really good to see more Linux on phones and awesome you're sticking with it, it is my dream as well, sometime in the future! I have a OnePlus 6T where I once or twice a year try to see whether it could be a daily driver with PostmarketOS but so far I can't even make phone calls reliably, so I think it's gonna be a while before I'll be able to complete this type of challenge, haha! Some day...

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Dariusmiles2123

Dariusmiles2123 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:32:28 GMT

It was a really nice video!

I guess I'll be on a Linux phone once I start having more disposable income for such side projects in 2029.

I'm lucky enough to be forced to have a professional iPhone (not paid by me) so the banking apps will probably stay on this one.

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Sco :progress: :flag_mm:

Sco :progress: :flag_mm: — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:29:23 GMT

@thelinuxexperiment Thanks for giving UT a real try.

It should be said in honesty, that North Amercian users can have another difficulty. Due to a difference in how NA mobile providers work, MMS may not work. And settings may need changing to get mobile internet working. EU users will have a better time due to standardization there.

But even with that, I still love Lomiri (the UI) to pieces. Esp the top panel. W/ practice, you can get to a setting so fast.

Tho, yes, change the back button.

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Fossman

Fossman — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 07:13:49 GMT

@firedragon Agreed. Ubuntu Touch is worse than Ubuntu where you can still use flatpaks and debs.

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Fire Dragon

Fire Dragon — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:56:49 GMT

Thanks for the review.

Looks like Ubuntu Touch is still more painful than Mobian Phosh. Mobian Phosh has access to all Linux desktop apps, many of which redraw for the phone screen, such as Nextcloud Sync app and Lollypop music app.

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - doransinus

doransinus — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:46:23 GMT

You could usw Syncthng to sync your photos to another device https://open-store.io/app/syncthing.syncthing

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Half

Half — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 03:54:19 GMT

Looks like Ubuntu Touch is pretty limiting. I am daily driving PureOS and use Mobian for testing, both with Phosh and it works pretty well. Not as well as a real desktop, but most apps from desktop just work. Sudo apt install, Flatpaks etc or using native Firefox/LibreWolf or the desktop file manager ... it just works. The best of all? They are no smartphones, but pocketcomputers (computers that can also do phone stuff). I also saw people using PostmarketOS, Fedora and KDE Plasma Mobile, sxmo and alike. Pocketcomputers are so cool, all the freedom of desktop Linux on your phone device.

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - cabbage

cabbage — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:31:48 GMT

The ubports installer generally makes installing Ubuntu Touch a breeze on supported devices. :)

The hardest part is downgrading Android in cases where that is necessary.

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️

Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️ — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:01:14 GMT

@thelinuxexperiment

I was so happy to see a video giving a Linux phone a real, solid test. There are a million where they just open the interface and all the comments are about that, but it completely misses the more important issues like what's reliable, what doesn't work etc. That said, I was surprised you went with Ubuntu Touch rather than something like Mobian+Phoshon an FLX1 or similar.

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - everything-eventually-will-be-free

everything-eventually-will-be-free — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:42:50 GMT

I am constantly amazed that designers still think putting menu items at the top of the screen on a phone is a good idea! Should always be able to choose to put everything at the bottom of the screen for one hand usage!

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Mau 99

Mau 99 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:03:05 GMT

@thelinuxexperiment Great video. Thx I also tried out Ubuntu Touch on a 2 phone once, though just on the side. At the time, I was taking the train a lot and couldn't find a powerful app for train schedules. And you can forget about Waydroid on the GS 290—it's just not powerful enough for that.

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Oleksii

Oleksii — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:10:20 GMT

@thelinuxexperiment What's the point to have linuxphone without flathub?

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - SmartPenguin89

SmartPenguin89 — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:04:14 GMT

Was it easy to install ubunut touch in the phone?

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - tondu

tondu — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:55:15 GMT

Instead of using the adblocker app you could in theory modify hosts file in the /etc directory

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - pulsar

pulsar — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:05:16 GMT

hi Nick, Linux on Smartphones have always been an unknown area for me, distros are way more different from one another that they are on desktop so it’s nice to see you covering it
hope the Mobile Linux Experiment continues 😃

I used Linux on a phone for 30 days, here's why I'm sticking with it, and why you likely won't! - Adam Havelka

Adam Havelka — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 14:04:31 GMT

@thelinuxexperiment yes that slow gallery app is there for some time, nobody was able to reproduce this bug, if you have some info you can comment my old issue https://gitlab.com/ubports/development/apps/lomiri-gallery-app/-/work_items/121