[Swlug] Installing Linux onto Android smartphone

[phil at trigpoint.me.uk]

I am not sure about a fairphone, or even what one is but....

I have recently installed Sailfish OS, which is linux, onto a Sony XA2.

It is nice to get away from Android. It does run Android apps, as well as having its own Store. 

Certainly worth a look, but you need to do it before 29th.

Phil 

On Thursday, 7 March 2019, Bill Thomson via Swlug wrote:
> Hi team,I have a smartphone (Fairphone FP1U) which runs on Android. The current version of Android on the phone is 4.2.2, kernel version 3.4.5
> Fairphone have stopped updating the Android system on the phone, and I wonder if there is a way of installing Linux as the OS instead of Android whilst still being able to download apps from sources outside  of the Linux environment. A bit of a tall question to ask, I know. 
> 
> I'm particularly interested in YouVersions Bible App, and the HTB Bible in One Year app. Obviously I would like something to take notes, a calculator, WhatsApp, and the other usual bits and pieces that are now routinely packaged with smartphones - and of course the abiity to use the phone as a phone!
> Hope to hear from you soon,
> Cheers,Bill Thomson
> 
>

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