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Anyone use one of those Linux phones like pine phone or librem.

I was looking at a few months ago but settled on a deggooled phone. Are there user friendly distros for them?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think so. They providing GNU/Linux phone and invest money into mobile development for Linux. I would not recommend buying their Librem (better buy PinePhone Pro instead if you want GNU/Linux), but they definitely not a scam company.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I paid $2,000 for a laptop. It broke the same week it arrived. I returned it. They said they'd give me my money back.

That was about a year ago. I'm still waiting for my refund. They keep say it's coming soon and won't give me an ETA.

That's not a scam?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, that's sad to hear. You should have started with this :)