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These are quite different use cases.

> If you bought an iPhone 16e and a Raspberry Pi

Now you have to manage two devices, each not individually capable of what you want. You have to care about synchronization and backups, always being online. You can't use ordinary tools like ssh -X, you can't customize your working environment. By the way, Apple's artificial limitations on what you can and can't do with your devices are outrageous.

> Or you could just get a tablet with a cellular modem like a Surface Pro, or a laptop like a Framework.

Now, you're comparing a laptop with a phone. Seriously? Similar for the tablet, which is much larger and can't provide a good development environment, especially for Linux apps.

> Fairphone

What they're doing is great, but relying on Android is a dead end in my opinion, since Google decides its development direction and they have no reason to support user freedom. They're restricting the OS more with each update. (It's similar to switching from Chrome to Chromium trying to avoid the Manifest v3.) Can you even run LibreOffice on it? Supporting alternative operating systems is strongly needed.



LibreOffice has an Android version, which is published on F-Droid.


Is it the same as the full desktop version? Does it have all the instruments? Even if yes, many other tools don't.




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