Hello there,

I have some Debian packaging questions for the people here, who are more experienced with this topic than I am:

Could you have a look at the packaging files in my repo for building a Debian-conform package of Axolotl? That would be very very nice.

https://github.com/nuehm-arno/axolotl-debian-packaging

The deb file can be built using the provided Makefile (with debmake and debuild) and the installation on Mobian with apt is successful.

But regarding the formalities, this is quite unknown ground for me. So feel free to give me feedback.

Cheers!

Since bluetooth audio seems to still not be working at least in Mobian I'd like to get a wired headset with microphone for now. (I just get static when pairing my bluetooth headset.) I see wired headsets come with 3.5 mm jacks that have either 3 or 4 conductors. Which works best with the Pinephone, or is either OK?

I would love to see a mini usb scope that I could use on my pinephone !

Preferably a small probe (pen like), something like picoscope 2105 (discontinued) or bitscope 05

Problem with the latter two is that software is not opensource, they offer binaries for arm based distributions, but only in 32bits and so they won't work on pinephone

About the capabilities ? 
 - It should be able to analyze CAN/I2C/SPI so 2MHz bw at least (might be on the edge for 500k CAN) ... 
 - 1 analog and 2/4 logic ways per probe and the ability to plug a second probe to the first one to sync channels
 - usb-c 

There was a video of someone using a softscope on the pinephone, I've not found it again. Do someone have a link ?

Hit some stupid option while trying to set up Authenticater, and now when I try ti use any application that needs a shell, it pops up a window that shows a file folder and "part 1" next to it, with "OK' below it.

It's stuck in a pop-up cycle, and the only way to make it go away is to power off the phone.

a duckduckgo search didn't return a solution

Thanks,
Denis

Is there a way to stop the apps that are installed in anbox from showing up in the app launcher screen? I've deleted the .desktop files from /home/mobian/.local/share/applications/anbox directory, but they are eventually recreated.

It's confusing to have 2 Settings apps.

Thanks.

Mark

Have any Pinephone users been able to get 2FA setup on it ? If so what distro; desktop environment and app did you use ? I have had zero success on Mobian; Ubuntu Touch; Manjaro Arm and PostmarketOS.

After a bit of searching I still have some unanswered
questions about a seemingly overactive running process:

What is jitterentropy-rngd? 
Why does it keep a cpu core maxed out?
How would I keep it from doing that?

Any insight is helpful.

Thanks!

Cannot enter passcode to get into phone.  Probably less than 3 total hours using phone.  It had trouble loading and said try again.  Digitizer quit on next boot.  Thoughts?

Hello,

is there any plan to get the Pinephone replacement mainboards (especially the one with 3GB RAM and 32GB eMMC) back on stock in the near future?

I would really like to pimp up my UBports Pinephone with the new mainboard containing more RAM and eMMC.

I don't really want to buy a complete new phone for this.

Thanks in advance.

[Updated November 13, 2021]



Alpine / Postmarket has over 21K packages for routers, servers, appliances and desktop.  And multiple phone interfaces.  So what are the current best practice apps?  It can take some effort to figure that out.  So a list!  Obviously it is incomplete but a place to start.  Will try to keep this top post edited as suggestions come in and the state of play changes rapidly.  Would also be willing to maintain a similar list for Plasma if enough contributions come in.



Assuming you are running Edge since things are still moving pretty quick.




Browser

• Firefox-esr is the best supported option, be sure mobile-config-firefox is also installed to make it usable on a phone. The mainstream firefox is also available and some people report it works with the mobile config as well.
  

• Chromium now works out of the box.  Always good to have a second browser for balky sites.
  

• The base Chatty does XMPP inline with SMS so that is covered.  MMS and SIP support are now experimental.
  
• Dino gives you XMPP support including conferences.
  

• Telegram is in the repos.
  

• Fractal gives you riot.im / Element / Matrix access.
  

• Hexchat is in the repos, just don't expect much on a phone screen.  (Any other IRC?)
  

• No Discord or Signal yet.
  

• Don't know.  Evolution is in the repo but not terribly useful on a phone.
  

• Megapixels is the only game in town for PinePhone and is currently fairly good for still pictures.  It even recognizes QR codes.  No effort at video support yet.
  
• Cheese is good if your camera is supported by the usual GNOME Gstreamer plumbing.  Pinephone isn't.
  

• Numberstation is now in the repos and seems to work like it should.  
  

• Gnome-maps works if you have constantly available data.
  

• Pure-maps is supposed to be able to work if you jump through enough hoops for API keys and are willing to drag in some Qt dependencies.
  

• If you need offline navigation and do not want to struggle too much, see the anbox/waydroid notes below about OsmAnd~.
  

• Evince seems the consensus choice.
  

• eog (Eye of Gnome) is the default even if it isn't well optimized for mobile.  Ideas?
  

• Portfolio is working well now and is optimized for a phone display.
  

• Nemo seems to be installed by default, but it is clumsy on a phone display.
  

• Mousepad looks pretty good to edit, file dialogs are a bit whack on a phone.
  

• Gedit is often installed by default but the UI tends to overflow the screen.  No perfect choice yet.
  

• Lollypop is the current best choice.  It supports pausing suspend.  Still a bit buggy.
  

• Gnome-podcasts is also a recommended choice, serving a different need.
  

• Vlc-qt is probably the best option, same as everywhere else. Not really mobile optimized and frame rate stinks, but it is the only real choice.
  
• Mpv is out, no UI.
  
• Mplayer also has no UI.
  

• Sound-recorder
  

• gnome-calculator (only one that actually works on a phone)
  

• gnome-clocks (alarms might not go off from suspend, but it is supposed to work now.  Don't overly rely on it yet!)
  

• gnome-calendar isn't well optimized (adjust scaling!) but it works.
  

• gnome-disk-utility
  
• gnome-usage
  
• powersupply
  
• dconf-editor
  

• FreeOTP runs and produces the same results as a real Android phone.  FreeOTP+ and the other probably work as well.  No camera of course so no QR codes, either import existing ones from another device or try to put in the long string correctly.  With a dodgy keyboard.
  

• OsmAnd~ runs and even gets a location lock and downloaded my home State's maps for offline use.  The keyboard problems would be an issue eventually, but it is usable now.