>
> The more I consider the liabilities of a "smartphone", the more I think
> that my need for mobile Internet access best would be served by a very
> small PC and a G4 cellular modem; and that my need for mobile telephone
> can best be served by my old flip-open cellular phone.
>
> I just now remembered the Asus eeePC. Those can run Debian, can they not?
> If so, that may be the solution. And the combination of an eeePc and G4
> modem may be less expensive than is a smartphone.
>
> Russ
Try Jolla
https://jolla.com/jolla/
This will be my next phone definitely - I'm now still at Nokia N9.
Jolla is debian and sailfish
regards