For real, people should put disclaimers when recommending software like this. "I really like their vision, but installer beware! It is not ready for noobs! Also calling and texting just doesn't work! Lol good luck!"
Yeah, people should not judge things without testing them first. Pmos works well on supported devices. Its not for the end user at this point imo though.
Not really. Pmos works increasingly well and keeps you away from being dependent on vendor specific android updates because it is actual linux.
You can check the devices page for compatibility. Most community supported phones can do phone things. Cameras are an issue though since they are highly complex and obviously proprietary crap.
Lineage and Graphene are based on android and bear the danger of support loss when google drops support.
PostmarketOS is actual Linux (alpine is the base to be exact).
Graphene definitely is a lot more advanced since it uses all the proprietary blobs of android. There is no use in comparing the two. Its like comparing lemmy and reddit in terms of technical finesse.
It works very well for some apps already but it is highly dependent on people supporting either financially or through contributions (code, issues, translations, documentation, tutorials).
Technically, every smartphone is a computer. Sorry if you thought you bought a phone. :)
The difference is that this is a full fledged linux operating system instead of the proprietary crap that comes with ios and android.
The downside at this point is that it’s not in end user stadium but a lot of folks are working on making that a reality. If you consider yourself a tinkerer, chances are you might be able to test it, maybe on a non daily driver phone if you have an old one, especially if its out of support.
With a de like kde mobile, it can be closer to a phone experience. Proprietary, obscure and unmaintained drivers for several phone components make such a project harder to develop.
But disclaimer: its a foss project so it wont ever be perfect and if you like the project, consider contributing and help solving issues instead of judging because that doesnt help anyone.