05-14-2023, 02:32 PM
I can recommend postmarketOS stable with Phosh, it does the job for me, and contrarily to most distributions currently available for the PinePhone, it's not a rolling release, which means you can usually upgrade the system without risking major breakage (Mobian users, for instance, seem to face a lot more problems regularly introduced by updates). As a second choice I would also recommend Arch, it seems to be the least risky of the rolling releases.
Telephony and SMS work fine for me, except the problem I described in https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18203, which is not specific to a particular distribution. I'm waiting for replies to know if I'm the only one affected or if it's a more general issue with the PinePhone.
Mobile data works fine, and Firefox is usable for browsing.
WiFi works too but is somewhat buggy when you turn it on and off regularly: sometimes it fails to connect when I turn it on, then I turn it off and on again and it connects successfully; sometimes after turning it on and off a few times it goes down completely and I have to restart the phone to get it working again (there's probably an other way to bring it back but I didn't take time to investigate).
The camera is functional but images are really poor quality.
The flashlight is fine.
Battery life is poor compared to most phones but enough for me for two days of moderate use.
I don't use group messaging, MMS or Bluetooth so I can't tell about these.
Telephony and SMS work fine for me, except the problem I described in https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18203, which is not specific to a particular distribution. I'm waiting for replies to know if I'm the only one affected or if it's a more general issue with the PinePhone.
Mobile data works fine, and Firefox is usable for browsing.
WiFi works too but is somewhat buggy when you turn it on and off regularly: sometimes it fails to connect when I turn it on, then I turn it off and on again and it connects successfully; sometimes after turning it on and off a few times it goes down completely and I have to restart the phone to get it working again (there's probably an other way to bring it back but I didn't take time to investigate).
The camera is functional but images are really poor quality.
The flashlight is fine.
Battery life is poor compared to most phones but enough for me for two days of moderate use.
I don't use group messaging, MMS or Bluetooth so I can't tell about these.
PinePhone Beta Edition 3GB RAM - custom firmware v.0.7.4 - ADSP v.30.007 - postmarketOS edge - sxmo