Is PinePhone good for me?
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(12-28-2020, 04:50 PM)Gon Wrote: I write to you from Spain, and I have a few questions about PinePhone. I am a fervent user of linux system, using it daily on my computer. But I'm not an advanced user, and don't have high knowledge about it.

So the question is: I would love to buy PinePhone for me, is it possible with my linux level?

The other question is: are they going  to sell another Manjaro's version again? If not, is the KDE version easy to use? which is the easier OS to use? 

And the ultimate: could I use Whatsapp on it?

Thanks a lot for your attention,

Waiting for your answer.
If you have to ask then it probably isn't probably isn't what you want yet, but keep watching to see when the software gets good enough. If you don't need to use it as a reliable phone, accept that some things won't work properly yet, and would like to use it to learn more about linux, then it might be for you.

Don't worry about the 'version' - just get the latest when you want it as it will have the most recent hardware fixes. You can install any of the OS flavours on any hardware version, and the factory firmware will be out of date by the time the phone arrives. The 'versions' haven't repeated yet, but might do when they've gone through all the available phone distros. If you want to support one in particular then you can make a donation.

Someone might eventually get Whatsapp working in Anbox or similar, but so far as I know it hasn't happened yet. People have managed to install it, but it won't run properly.
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Is PinePhone good for me? - by Gon - 12-28-2020, 04:50 PM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by Alho - 12-28-2020, 11:50 PM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by ryo - 12-29-2020, 01:33 AM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by Gon - 12-29-2020, 11:41 AM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by wibble - 12-29-2020, 01:33 PM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by Gon - 12-30-2020, 01:50 AM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by hiimtye - 12-29-2020, 03:39 PM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by Gon - 12-30-2020, 01:51 AM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by ryo - 12-30-2020, 08:06 AM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by hiimtye - 12-30-2020, 02:37 PM
RE: Is PinePhone good for me? - by thatrandomguy - 01-07-2021, 06:36 PM

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