07-26-2020, 12:58 PM
(07-26-2020, 05:26 AM)Peter Gamma Wrote: Too many cooks spoil the meal. Is it not better to develop one special distro for the Pinephone?
This would take away from the free and private objectives of Pine64. This would make pine64 another apple, Huawei, or Samsung. Having options that are community developed it what safeguards our community. Even if there were one OS maintained by pine64 that remained independent and uncompromised in the long term, having a single OS would make hacking far easier for malign entities. Multiple OSes creates a decentralized moving target, even if one OS gets compromised, there are others. For many malign entities it would not even be worth their time when coupled with our hardware kill switches. Purism's Librem5 might be more what you're looking for and for now it seems good albeit pricey, but like politicians all may be well to start, but what happens when the power structure changes or a new leader takes charge? Im going to consider a librem 5 too, but for now im happy with my pinephone and the many options it will provide me. Options = Power over your own destiny. Once you chose convenience you surrender your freedoms.
Eventually most Pinephone OSes will be stable and give you everything you need from your phone, but it is a work in progress that requires support.