8 Weird and Wacky Linux Hardware Devices
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Linux phones aren't common, but they aren't new, either. It's been over half a decade since the Purism Librem 5 and PinePhone got Linux nerds excited—and even longer since the Ubuntu Edge teased us with the concept. Yet there's still something amusing about the FuriPhone FLX1.
Don't get me wrong. In terms of usability, the FuriPhone FLX1 may just be the most serious Linux phone yet. It's packing hardware powerful enough to actually be used as a phone, and the software seems reliable enough. It's the way Furi Labs achieved this that warrants a smile.
See, while this phone runs a full-blown Debian-based Linux OS, it does so on top of Halium, a means of running a Linux interface on top of Android. And what's one of the key benefits of getting a FuriPhone over another Linux phone? It can run Android apps! Yup, you can run Android, inside of Linux, inside of Android (which, technically, is also running on top of Linux). Sounds like a good reason to FLX.