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Dne So 20. prosince 2014 15:09:45, Hans Witvliet napsal(a):
Any good suggestions when looking for a smartphone?
My daughter use to have a Sony Experia, and communicating to her laptop only works with some awkward Windows-tool.
And I heard that Samsungs are not Linux-friendly either.
Most important features is being able to the a phone as a storage device, for music, photo's and so on.
All other features can be found in zillions test sites, but none can tell me how 'linux-compatible' a phone is.
Well, this is very subjective, I'd say. All Android devices should be accessible using MTP (Media Transfer Protocol). This more or less work (in KDE, I don't know about other DE). Other syncing (contacts, calendars, ...) can be done on-line. I use ownCloud (calDAV, cardDAV, webDAV) and it works fine. KDE also has KDE connect (available also as an Android application) to sync some data and manage the phone from within a KDE (sending an reading SMS etc). I don't use it, so I can't tell more, but it looks good. I don't need any other Linux support for phone. If Android, I'd buy only device for which some alternative ROMs like CyanogenMod http://www.cyanogenmod.org/ are available. Well, yes, You have to hack it (in case of ASUS Transformer very convenient - just install their unlock app, flash recovery and install new OS) and You likely loose Your warranty, but You get rid of all the crap preinstalled by most of the manufacturers, You get extra functionality (those requiring root access, for example advertisement blocking or better firewall) and You have full control over the device. I wouldn't use device without root. If I'd buy new phone/tablet now, I'd prefer (my personal opinion) Jolla https://jolla.com/ (true Linux phone) or Firefox OS (it is more for cheaper low-end, I think, so it depends which category You are looking for) https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/os/ HTH Vojtěch -- Vojtěch Zeisek Komunita openSUSE GNU/Linuxu Community of the openSUSE GNU/Linux http://www.opensuse.org/ http://trapa.cz/