they list the compatible phones but the one i intend to get has at least 3 or 4 different configurations, ranging from 4-8GB RAM. and now i wonder if that’s going to influence the performance? i mean sure it does at some point but i am talking about the baseline performance not the one with a dozen apps running.
https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/
https://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_note_9_pro-10217.php
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- 2 days
are you looking to get a phone at this stage? then skip that one and go for a Poco F1 or Oneplus 6/6T. those run the way more powerful SDM845, have faster storage, available in 6 or 8 GB RAM, and most important, have the widest suport for other linuxes, postmarketOS and mobian, as well as UT. prices should be in the same ballpark, as all of those are close to 10 years old; if you can choose, F1 can be opened way easier for battery replacement.
those two run native mainline linux whereas UT runs on Halium (that’s like android + linux in a VM). also [email protected]
edit: haven’t answered the question - 6 GB is obv more than enough for normal use; 4 GB ain’t.
- bad1080@piefed.socialEnglish1 day
thanks! curiously the poco f1 isn’t even listed on the ubuntu page… only the m2 and the x3. where can i get this information from?
my mistake, oneplus 6 is. was sure f1 was also there but now I see it isn’t.
the thing with halium is you have better hardware compatibility as android can use the OEM blobs, whereas you have more modern kernels, software, etc. with postmarketOS/mobian but worse hardware issues, e.g. cameras mainly.
so based on that, choose your fighter. good luck
16.04 xenial ran really well with even 2gb (arm64), i believe 4gb should be plenty even for latest ver
4 is more than enough for the base OS. If you plan on running media or games, obviously you want a bit more.
- bad1080@piefed.socialEnglish2 days
thanks! are you using it yourself? if so in what configuration (RAM-wise)?
I have no need for it, personally, but I’m more than familiar with the underlying stack for embedded that it’s built on.
