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Hi all. Just an update. It's been a busy couple of weeks so not that much done on the phone front. First on feature/dumb phones. They are a possibility but far from ideal. The basic ones are really only voice and text - and the physical build quality is very poor. The fancier ones have...

An update. Losing interest in the OEM Linux phones - quite expensive and hard to decide whether or not they might be reliable/how stable the companies might be. Also looking closely at dumb/feature phones. There's an enormous variety out there but it's quite difficult to separate them in terms...

Ta for the welcome guys

Thanks vs2-f-u. That fits with the feedback here and with what my reading on the topic suggests. My smartphone is an Honor 70 - I can find no information anywhere regarding its compatibility with any Linux OS. I bought it hoping that by being of Huawei origin it might be light on Google but...

This is just to more properly say hello - you've already been very welcoming on the threads I posted regarding use of Linux Mint on a laptop and separately regarding Linux on a smartphone. It's something of a pleasure to encounter a 'how to' forum with a friendly feel - one that's not...

That's short and to the point BW. Thank you. It seems that unless a version of an operating system is designed to work on the specific model of phone that (given the risk of basic hardware incompatibilities) the only truly practical option for the non-technically expert is to buy an OEM Linux...

Thanks for the link BW - will check it out. I somehow never thought to search for info on this forum...

Thanks TD. That's for sure the reality of the situation. I'm (critical banking etc information apart) not actually all that concerned about keeping my 'ordinary' data secret. Much like yourself I for example flat out refuse to use my phone for anything that could be problematical like banking...

Thanks d2u. It sounds then as though it's not as simple as choosing a distro etc for PC. What you said suggests that installing a Linux OS my Honor 70 may or may not be a good idea - that it'd be wise to ensure that it's at least listed as being fully compatible with whatever Linux operating...

Hi all. I posted a thread a few days ago and have appreciated the informed feedback received from some of the forum stalwarts regarding likely real world implications of switching to Linux Mint/Cinnamon - this on a laptop with the intention of stepping clear of the steadily more abusive...

I'm not a fan of shiny environments either CA and also prefer a more basic system that can be extended as needed. I for example found Windows and Office for all of their unreliability back in the 1990s a far more satisfactory proposition than the bloated, manipulative and over-featured hulks...

Hi CA. It'd be interesting to hear why you're not a fan of the Mint/Cinnamon distro. Speaking as a person just getting into Linux the difficulty seems to be that it's necessary to start somewhere - to select a distro before as above getting stuck into researching what the use of it might...

Ta for the invite to ask for help with setting up a live version of Mint on a usb stick CB. It's good to know that that it's hard to do harm via that route. There definitely BW will be no shifting the OH away from the stock OS on her IPad so it's also good to hear that that will not be a...

Thank you for offering a clear view CB - will proceed accordingly. I'm going to go away now for a while to get enough work done to get some feeling for the territory....

Thank you for the feedback and information sources guys - you went to a lot of trouble to respond properly. It's much appreciated - there's lots of important pointers in there. It sounds as though the Mint/Cinnamon route is both feasible and probably as good a Linux option as is available in...

Ta guys. All seems to be in order now - the thread is back up.

Hi all. I registered yesterday and as a first post started a new thread about three hours ago to request feedback regarding likely pitfalls and/or considerations with Mint/Cinnamon in a fairly typical home user situation. It was visible about 1/2 hour later but seems now to have disappeared. My...

Hi all. I’ve been researching the possibility of switching to Linux and registered on the forum yesterday. MS abuse of the power of the Windows platform has reached intolerable levels so it's time to act. Linux seems meanwhile to be the valid alternative that restores control of the desktop to...