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which linux phone is the most promising?
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Lineage os seems to be the most promising. We already have F-droid so the apps are there and the good news is that for every component that Google makes proprietary Lineage os is creating and maintaining a free software version.
It uses the Linux kernel yes but not what OP is asking at all
I would not call Android a Linux. It may have the kernel but it isn't much GNU in it
It can be free like Linux so it counts in my book. I wouldn't consider Google Android free but Lineage os counts
It is released under apache 2 license, not GPL. It is certainly free software, but I wouldn't say it is as free as linux.
https://source.android.com/license
True, but the Linux kernel is GPLv2 and Google nor any other company or organization can't change that
Wait, does this mean Alpine Linux is not Linux?
That makes it sound more like it is Linux, but not GNU. Which is accurate