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LINux on MOBile
Personal blog · linmob.net · on HN as linmobprogramminghardware
LINux on MOBile is a personal blog at linmob.net about programming and hardware. Since 2020, 18 different Hacker News readers have linked it 60 times, most often “Weekly GNU-Like Mobile Linux Update (07/2025): Reviews and Improvements”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-11-01, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (11) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link LINux on MOBile for news and weekly roundups on Linux phones and tablets, plus setup and app guides. Commenters point newcomers to it as a starting point for the Linux mobile space.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 11 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
LINMOB.net is a blog about LINux on MOBile devices, reporting on what happens with GNU+Linux on mobile devices - about Phosh, Plasma Mobile, Ubuntu Touch, Sailfish OS, Nura (formerly postmarketOS) and many other projects.
Most-linked posts?
- /6 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2021-10-02
- /2 people · 17 mentions · first linked 2020-11-18
- Weekly GNU-Like Mobile Linux Update (07/2025): Reviews and Improvements2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-02-17
- /2020/08/15/anbox-on-the-pinephone.html2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2020-10-05
- Liberux Nexx: An interview with Liberux about their made-in-EU OSHW Linux Phone2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-06-18
What Hacker News says?
1. Buy a device, https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices#Main . I suggest the PinePhone if you want something with decent power management in the next few months, or PinePhone Pro if you're willing to wait a few months for decent power management. 2. Find good programs on https://linmobapps.frama.io/ 3. Figure out what functionality you're missing. Contribute improvements. Keep in touch with the community at http…
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on “A new wave of Linux applications”Submitted Will Linux phones stay around this time? as a story · 351 points
HN discussionI wrote something on that a while ago: https://linmob.net/2020/08/15/anbox-on-the-pinephone.html (I’ve since switched to ArchLinuxARM (and published several videos on how Anbox runs on t he PinePhone on YouTube) and won’t go back unless that breaks, so I don’t know what the current state is on Mobian.)
Comment linking /2020/08/15/anbox-on-the-pinephone.html
on “Android In a Box – Run Android applications on any GNU/Linux operating system”Submitted Two Years of Life with PinePhone as a story · 163 points
HN discussionBeen for a while now. https://linmob.net/my-setup-with-danctnix-archlinuxarm/ (2021)
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on “Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown”Submitted Liberux Nexx: An interview with Liberux about their made-in-EU OSHW Linux Phone as a story · 41 points
HN discussionHere is a post comparing the specs of Librem 5 and PinePhone: https://forums.puri.sm/t/comparing-specs-of-upcoming-linux-p... (with a link to a comparison of 12 phones). Most notably, Librem 5 does not have a GPU designed in 2008, DDR4 Ram and likely has a faster eMMC, which is not too fast on the PinePhone either. However, the main issue with the PinePhone imho is that it does not have a larger battery that would h…
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on “Librem 5 Mass Production Phone Has Begun Shipping”Submitted An interview with Liberux about their made-in-EU OSHW Linux Phone as a story · 26 points
HN discussionActually, the Fairphone 6 is getting quite some love lately, see [1] or [2]. [1] https://catcrafts.net/ [2] https://linmob.net/tags/fairphone-6/
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on “Minimal Phone 2”Submitted Linux Mobile at FOSDEM 2025 as a story · 24 points
HN discussionLike I wrote in my recent update [0], LTT did not even bother to get the specs right. There was another review [1] this week that did a much better job imho. [0] https://linmob.net/2021/03/21/linbits37-weekly-linux-phone-n... [1] https://media.kaitaia.life/videos/watch/f072045c-b713-48c6-9...
Comment linking /2021/03/21/linbits37-weekly-linux-phone-news-week11.html
on “PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder”Submitted GTK 4.18, the PinePhone and Megapixels as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI made a couple videos on convergence already ( https://linmob.net , my video channels are linked). In a recent live stream (I’ll definitely publish that segment) I used Gnome 3 on the docked PinePhone and it was surprisingly good.
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on “PinePhone KDE Community Edition is now available”Submitted Weekly GNU-Like Mobile Linux Update (52/2024): The Last One of the Year as a story · 4 points
HN discussionFVWM sounds interesting. Would you like to share details of your setup? If so, I would like to interview you for my blog https://linmob.net !
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on “Making Librem 5 Apps [video]”Submitted Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (09, 10/2025) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionAdvice for anyone considering it: * There are rough edges, but the basics are there: calling/SMS/4G/WiFi/audio/browsing/suspend. * If you want to try it, put https://xnux.eu/p-boot-demo/ on an SD card and plug that into your PinePhone. That has a bunch of different distros and UIs on it. * To keep up to date, follow https://www.pine64.org/blog/ and https://linmob.net/ I'm excited to use a community driven phone!
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on “My Pinephone Setup”Submitted Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (25/2024): A Podcast about Phosh as a story · 3 points
HN discussionBy the way, I found this link via https://linmob.net/ , they're doing nice weekly summaries of Linux on mobile news/links.
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on “My Pinephone Setup”Submitted Weekly GNU-Like Mobile Linux Update (18/2024): Sailfish OS and Plasma Mobile as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttps://puri.sm/posts/anbox-on-the-librem-5/ https://linmob.net/2020/08/15/anbox-on-the-pinephone.html (both could already be outdated with the fast development rate).
Comment linking /2020/08/15/anbox-on-the-pinephone.html
on “Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environment app with no rooting”Submitted Weekly GNU-Like Mobile Linux Update (07/2025): Reviews and Improvements as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI don’t think Anbox is not so much about man power. It’s for proprietary services or services that don’t have a decent Linux app. I recall the early days of Android very well [0], it had a similar lack of apps (then compared to Symbian and Windows Mobile). I don’t think it’s wise to say “this is not going to happen” one year after the first Community Edition PinePhones were delivered. For an overview of the current…
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on “The PinePhone could bring the Linux mobile ecosystem to life”Submitted Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (06/2025): Videos about Phones as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI had a FreeRunner back in the day and have had a PinePhone for over a year now, and it has gotten me back to blogging [0] and creating videos after years of not doing that. The hardware choices are in so far better, as this looks like a normal phone, is not limited to GPRS in a world where connected services based on 3G are taking off, and there‘s also no graphics decelerator built in. Imho, the biggest design flaw…
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on “PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects”Submitted Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (3/2025) as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI am not aware of any Replicant build for the PinePhone, otherwise I would have had to try it out and make a video about it [0]. GloDroid [1] has incomplete support for the PinePhone (no support for anything the EG25-G does), that‘s all in terms of Android aside from Anbox or WayDroid that run on top of Linux. [0] https://linmob.net/videos [1] https://github.com/GloDroid/glodroid_manifest/releases
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on “PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Linux Phone Projects”Submitted Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (20/2024): Phosh 0.39.0, PostmarketOS report as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNo, there’s a lot more. Also, some Android apps work via Anbox. I have been blogging ( https://linmob.net ) about this since June and created a bunch of videos. If you have more specific questions, feel free to email me.
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on “Pine64 November Update: KDE PinePhone CE and a Peek into the Future”Submitted Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (14/2024): Phosh 0.38.0 and other news as a story · 2 points
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