[Swlug] Installing Linux onto Android smartphone

[Chris Jackson]

Out of curiosity, why would one need to do it before the 29th? I know
something big happens that night but I'm not seeing the connection to
installing an OS onto one's own phone.

On Thu, 7 Mar 2019, 16:16 phil--- via Swlug, <swlug at mailman.lug.org.uk>
wrote:

> 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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