Project rebrand: Nura
nura.eco
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
  • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    10 days ago

    So what is a good medium/cheap phone from the last 3 years where Nura can be installed without any risk of failure or damage?

    • mildseason@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      16·
      10 days ago

      List of working devices can be found here - https://wiki.nura.eco/wiki/Devices

      Unfortunately there are few with complete functionality. I believe the project has been on hold while they do an audit and figure out governance. Hopefully the name change means that process is nearing completion and the focus can return to device functionality. Forgive me if i’m mistaking this for another project though.

        • Solrac@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          13·
          10 days ago

          FP6, “unofficially” as in, the patches are in a newer kernel version iirc, so when Nura catches up to said version, all the patches will work out of the box. ✨ For more info, I’d suggest checking this Community for all the FP6 updates

            • Left as Center@jlai.luEnglish
              4·
              9 days ago

              On the other hand medium/cheap, less than 3 years and still OEM unlockable is a very limited choice.

          • Lemmchen@feddit.orgEnglish
            18·
            10 days ago

            So, a phone that’s still well in the support window of the original vendor plus probably years more via LineageOS. I don’t see a ton of value in postmarketOS on the FP6.

            • Solrac@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
              18·
              10 days ago

              Just in case, this is a Linux Phone forum. So the value is that, Naru is not android. Which matters when Google is incrementally releasing less and less of AOSP. But even then, you can still run Android inside Naru (and other Mobile Linux options) via Waydroid.

            • TheMightyCat@ani.socialEnglish
              12·
              10 days ago

              Why is there no value in mobile linux on a modern phone?

              Atleast for me the value for Nura (which im glad is why they dropped the old name) is that its mainline linux, not that the orginal vendor doesn’t support it anymore.

              • Lemmchen@feddit.orgEnglish
                12·
                9 days ago

                An OS that has objectively less functionality, less stability and less battery life (probably less security, too) than what’s available via libre(-ish) alternatives doesn’t strike me as something anyone would want to have, at least while these alternatives still receive relevant feature and security updates.
                If Nura is ever able to close this gap, that changes of course. For now I don’t see the appeal.

                On a 10 year old phone that can’t/shouldn’t be used for anything else that’s different, however. I’m glad to get a use out of that phone with Nura if the alternative is for it to be e-waste.

                • TheMightyCat@ani.socialEnglish
                  10·
                  9 days ago

                  The reason people want it is freedom from big tech, AOSP is still controlled by Google.

                  And the convience of every device in my house running the same software does also play a part.

        • mildseason@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          9 days ago

          Yeah slim pickings :/

          LineageOS is probably the better option rn but i expect the Nura device list to expand quite a bit over the next year or 2. Keep an eye on it!