maruos VS ubuntu-touch

It seems it is possible to connect a docking bar to the PinePhone but I cannot find what happens next? Is it possible to show on a screen what is displayed on my phone or is it dual screen or can I choose? I love the concepts behind maruOs but I think the project is dead.

>> So what exactly are “consumers” clamoring for that are not currently being delivered?

Until other choices are available, people tend to accept the default or keep on doing what was done in the past.

There is a segment of consumers that would like choices beyond Apple and Google mobile operating systems:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2019/jul/04/c...

https://vivaldi.com/blog/technology/smartphones-5-alternativ...

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/break-away-from-android-ios-7-fr...

Personally, I would like to see more "convergence" devices that let the little computer I carry around with me be anything I want it to be: a programmable general purpose computer, a streaming media server, or whatever else I want.

There are some projects that offer such functionality, but most require expert knowledge to setup or are not very widely-adopted or not very mature:

https://maruos.com/

https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/

Walled gardens are not where innovation happens because the gardeners uproot whatever does not meet their vision.

Depending on what the model is, you could try Maru https://maruos.com/

I just found MaruOS. It appears to be exactly what I was looking for. They are a little small apparently. They support only Nexus and Pixel phones and one Samsung's device. Hopefully they'll have a bright future.

So someone in this subreddit told me about Maru OS and that really got me dreaming about using my phone as a desktop computer when connected to a monitor. The Astro Slide with its dual boot capabilities and its two USB-C ports would be ideal for that I think.

My next phone will definitely be supported by https://maruos.com/ :)

MaruOS was a project that tried this for a bunch of phones.

https://maruos.com

Ubuntu Touch, for example, does not support Full Disk Encryption, when Android has moved on from Full Disk Encryption to File-Based Encryption. Android utilises SELinux in enforcing mode for Mandatory Access Control even for root/superuser processes. Sandboxing with Flatpak cannot compare to the OS-level app sandboxing done on Android and iOS. Permission management on Flatpak is good, but still not as advanced as Android or iOS. On phones, (real) Linux is quite easily outclassed in security when compared to Android.

For those seeking a change https://ubports.com/

It still uses many of the Android components via Halium on traditional Android devices which end up unpatched and for devices not with a mainline kernel use outdated vendor kernels. https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/1566

I'd suggest taking a look at contributing to existing efforts like UBPorts

Ubuntu Touch doesn't even have encryption and ships kernels with many known security issues: https://github.com/ubports/ubuntu-touch/issues/178

Fyi, the project isn't dead, it is just not developed by Canonical anymore: https://ubports.com/

There is already Ubport https://ubports.com/ project that is supporting Ubuntu for smartphones and guides you to compile debian with all the phone functionalities. Some parts of modem abstraction layer on the Linux (below radio Interface layer) will still be not openesource and i would say it won't be easy to get this source.