@ikoz said in Fairphone "gen" 6 is there !:

It will also support mainline Linux (like the pinephone) as the patches have already been submitted: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fairphone-6-Linux.
I suppose the Ubuntu Touch port will be Halium based but it is certainly nice anyway.

Heya, new here, long term Linux user looking to get my first smartphone.

Does you mean that the FF5 did not support mainline Linux? Why the change with FF6?

I wonder about the advantages/disadvantages to using mainline Linux vs the Hallum approach, I presume that this amounts to a desktop equivilence to doing a clean install of Ubuntu, vs installing it in Windows? I imagine doing a clean install gives you more security as you do not rely on the security of another OS. whether Android or Windows? I wonder though if one can still use the FF6 as a phone if one runs mainline linux on it.

From what I have read above, it looks like there haven't been too many changes from FF5 to FF6, so perhaps that makes it easier for Ubuntu Touch to get released on the FF6?

Sorry, lots of questions. I feel so excited about this!