Sailfish OS is another option. It can run Android apps, as well as some GNU/Linux apps. It sounds like privacy is also a priority for the Sailfish OS developers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS
Cheers, Elcaset On Apr 4, 2014 2:41 PM, "Russell Senior" <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> "Keith" == Keith Lofstrom <[email protected]> writes: > > Keith> The unlocked ZTE is $80 from newegg (no reviews yet) [...] > > If you've ever had a smart phone before, you will find the ZTE a > little disappointingly under powered. The FirefoxOS is a work in > progress, and does some things well and other things less well. I > bought 4 of them to play with. Two of my family members are using > them. > > You can also run Ubuntu whatever its called on a modern phone. I saw > Jono Bacon's at the 2013 OSCON party, and I finally saw a place where > Unity made sense. It was running on this Galaxy Nexus (I think). So, > that's an option. In other words, buy an unlocked Nexus phone (after > checking that OS-of-choice is supported) and install OS-of-choice. > > I think you can put FirefoxOS on Nexus phones as well, but that's all > just vaguely absorbed from the atmosphere and not thoroughly > researched and confirmed. > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
