Selecting a dist

[calinb]

Thank you,

not particularly interested in running multiple distros, just want one that is working and I like deb so I'll give it a try.

I've had my PinePhone for over a couple of months now and I find that the "one that is working" varies from day to day and week to week--depending on updates and what features I require to be functional.

Overall, Mobian works the best for me so I keep it installed on my eMMC and I keep it up to date. When something breaks on current Mobian that I need (for example, the Mobian phone application has become unstable, of late), I boot to one of the OSes on the multiboot SD card. Again, for example, the older version of Mobian on my multiboot SD has a phone application that continues to work well, even though my up-to-date Mobian on eMMC curently has an unreliable phone ap.

Anyway, that's my current PinePhone usage model.

Have you used your phone continuously for a day, or a couple of days that you are sure it works well?

In my experience, updates will sometimes break things so, if you find that your PinePhone works well (or well enough?), perhaps discontinue updating at that time. On the other hand, I guess I've never found any system that works well enough that I don't wish to roll the dice for improved functionality or stability with an update. At least basic voice and SMS functionality are only a multiboot selection and re-boot away--in my experience anyway!

The nice thing about Megi's multiboot is you can boot to eMMC or one of the multiboot OS options or Jumpdrive on SD without taking the back off the PinePhone to swap SD cards in or out.

Finally, be advised that all the multiboot OSes share the same kernel. Sometimes they break if you update them.