12-21-2021, 05:53 PM
I don't have a PinePhone (yet). But I can't imagine using one in a situation where you can't afford it to not work at times. And then, I wouldn't dare do updates when it's working. (I don't even do updates on Android or iOS except as a last resort).
As long as I've had "smartphones", which is only since 2012 (not including the real first smartphone, the Treo), I've used them as "real computers". At least on Android, I have an external keyboard, command line with and without root (though it's much more useful rooted), and a VNC viewer. To be able to have a camera and file transfer device that can operate a computer remotely has been amazing. My only real gripe has been that the C64 and Amiga emulators for Android (don't even know about iOS) are totally useless.
As long as I've had "smartphones", which is only since 2012 (not including the real first smartphone, the Treo), I've used them as "real computers". At least on Android, I have an external keyboard, command line with and without root (though it's much more useful rooted), and a VNC viewer. To be able to have a camera and file transfer device that can operate a computer remotely has been amazing. My only real gripe has been that the C64 and Amiga emulators for Android (don't even know about iOS) are totally useless.
:wq