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Nokia n900. Portable linux box, real keyboard. http://neo900.org/ doesn't seem to have gained much traction. https://www.planetcom.co.uk/ seems to be the closest thing we have now.

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An N810 was the first thing I bought when I got my on-call bonus money (first job I had that had On-Call responsibilities, paid extra money for our on-call week.) My cell phone had bluetooth, and I could tether from it. Meant I could do all my on-call stuff without having to lug a laptop around or be stuck in the house.

That thing was awesome. Maemo, the linux OS on it, wasn't.

Yes, phone with real keyboard. Last one I had was Nokia E7, five to six years ago, and I still miss the keyboard.

There is SailfishOS, which is a Linux running on phones: https://jolla.com

Your can purchase it and install it on Sony Xperia X and lots of 3rd party supported devices:

https://jolla.com/sailfishx/ http://verdanditeam.com/device/list/

Here's a picture of various devices (some with a keyboard): https://twitter.com/Mister1Magister/status/10510971372101509...

It doesn't have a physical keyboard, but if the Librem 5 pans out, it should scratch that 'real linux on a phone' itch.

Have you tried Termux on Android? You essentially get a Linux container, complete with package manager. I have actually used it for development on the road.

That's a far cry from a full Linux install with X, though. Not to mention the hardware keyboard. I've not seen a phone in 6 years that had one.

The N900 was such a cool idea and also a pretty decent phone. I owned two of them but then had to eventually let it go..

I had one of these, was a lot of fun!

GPD Win 2; DragonBox Pyra (upcoming).

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