What is your favorite distro+interface for the PinePhone?
PureOS (Phosh)
30.00%
6
Sailfish OS (Silica)
10.00%
2
Sxmo (Suckless buttons interface)
35.00%
7
Ubuntu Touch (Lomiri)
20.00%
4
Other (explain in comments)
5.00%
1
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Poll 4: What is your favorite distro/interface for the PinePhone?
#5
For me it has to be SailfishOS's UI/UX. It's not drastically different and it's familiar enough to the point that it's usable (when it works).

It's also kind of clean and really simple. The Unix philosophy is "do one thing and do it well". A GUI can do many things, but it's supposed to let me use my phone. Only problem with it is it's closed-source.

Phosh is (in my view) finally an acceptable use-case and justification for Gnome's implementation. They catered so hard for touch-display design that this one finally sticks.

That being said, Phosh has a lot of leg room and can advance just as well as the others. Plasma Mobile actually functions as well as other high quality OS UIs like LuneOS and SailfishOS. Only problem is that it isn't always stable across the board. Phosh also isn't perfect in this regard but again, that's Gnome for you.

I'm honestly looking forward to both Plasma Mobile and Phosh to keep getting improved upon to the point that they are being invested upon akin to their desktop counterparts. It's a very hopeful wish but I think these projects are definitely worth it for the cause.
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