I've been out of the loop for a couple of years on Linux phones. I'm poking around on blogs and Mastodon posts, but I figured I'd just ask:
Whats currently (as of January 2026) the most functional, stable, boring phone + OS combination?
I have a PinePhone from a few years ago and a couple Pixels to play around with.
(If you're comfortable with it and feeling generous, I would appreciate a boost for visibility)
@jbowen The #pixel3a (if you have that already) with #postmarketos 25.12 Phosh should be a quite solid option, IMO.
@rmader The 3a isn't a device I have, but I'm willing to try to get one :)
Do you mind if I ask if you're using PostmarketOS on a Pixel 3a as a daily driver? If can you both send and receive texts and calls reliably?
@jbowen unfortunately I don't use it as a daily driver yet and thus can't say much about the reliability, sorry :(
What I can say, though, is that it'll (most likely) be one of the first devices with somewhat calibrated cameras in the coming months (already playing around with that here).
@rmader @jbowen We've had a "somewhat calibrated" camera on Librem 5 for years now - it needs to be redone more rigorously as the calibration shots used weren't perfect, but at this point this will be fine-tuning rather than drastic improvement.
I've personally never cared much about the selfie cam though, and I'm not aware of anyone else calibrating that one so far, so it's still something left to do.
