Roughly how long will it take the fairphone 6 to reach the level of support the fairphone 4 is at now?

I’m debating getting one to tinker with

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    1 year ago

    Impossible to say unless you want to do it yourself 😅

    The basic Linux kernel patches will be in the next release, and then it depends on when the mobile Linux distros upgrade the kernel.

    But I think entusiasm for the FP6 is relatively low in the mobile Linux space, as they removed usb3 and display out from the hardware. I suspect the FP5 will remain the best supported one.

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        The FP5 SoC is a industrial IoT chip, so there is actually longer term support from Qualcomm which is IMHO better for Linux use.