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Today 10 years ago I went to Poland to buy a Phone with pre installed #Firefox OS on. The Phone was a Alcatel One, so very shitty. Two years later I installed Firefox OS on my Nexus 5 instead.

It was a very good concept, but sadly rolled out on too shitty hardware so it never caught on.

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[–] Xttweaponttx@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Rad! I just threw ubuntu touch on my nexus 6p... Far from perfect, but a great premise of a new era!

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I also got one (not sure which model) to play around with.

It was... okay. It very much felt like an alpha release. Lots of features were broken or simply missing.

I should have it in a drawer somewhere

[–] Shikadi@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

So sad it didn't take off, I would love to have an alternative to Android or iOS right now

[–] steelrat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I recently flexed on some nerds when I whipped out my Zaurus

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[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I usually buy last year's pixel model when they go on sale around end of year. prefer to use my desktop as eyes aren't great at skimming tiny text. on a 6a which should last until next year. could get by with much less

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[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I wish so much that there was a solid Linux phone that was just as viable as any android-based device.

There are some options, but nothing that just works.

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How was Firefox OS on the Nexus 5?

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 4 points 1 year ago

As far as I remember much more fluid to use but still riddled with all the bugs.

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