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Today 10 years ago I got a Firefox OS phone (jemmy.jeena.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Today 10 years ago I went to Poland to buy a Phone with pre installed #Firefox OS on. The Phone was a Alcatel One, so very shitty. Two years later I installed Firefox OS on my Nexus 5 instead.

It was a very good concept, but sadly rolled out on too shitty hardware so it never caught on.

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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are there any foss options for non-tech people?

[–] Shatur@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you mean GNU/Linux - no. But you can buy a phone that supports Lineage OS. It's Android distribution, so you will have everything you used to have on your phone and the OS will be fully FOSS.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you. This seems to be the best option at the moment. Right now I’m stuck on iPhone which I bought without realizing how restrictive their OS was. However I don’t have the budget or interest in buying a new device currently, so I’m just keeping an eye on my options.