Quote:[*]Do you use the Pinephone as your daily driver?
[*]If yes: What distribution do you use?
[*]Which desktop environment/interface do you use?
[*]Does the interface offer the basic functionality you need or is something missing?
[*]Have you been able to add the missing functionality through third party applications or customisations?
[*]Which customisations did you apply to make the pinephone meet your expectations towards a daily driver?
1. Yes since a month ago.
2. Mobian stable from around march. From an SD card.
I ran and used Mobian unstable for a few months before that, but due to some uncorrectabale behaviour I wiped it clean.
3. Phosh from Purism, which is based on Gtk and Gnome. Though I'm looking for alternatives which have their focus primary on the PinePhone.
4. Yes. Better than the feature(dumb) phone that I used recently.
When the software gets stable enough, I may try to install the OS on the eMMC for extra speed when loading programs.
Issues with low priority:
- I haven't tried if the Maps program offers offline support for maps and GPS navigation. Nor have I researched if it has "Car Mode" (the latter feature is really useful on some occasions).
- Haven't found a good, secure alternative to skype. I'm still researching, but there's too much controversy on the topic.
- Haven't tested any email programs. But I don't have hope we'll see an alternative to Outlook.
- Using the calculator program is sub-optimal, but compared to my last cheap android phone - at least it has a calculator pre-installed.
5. I deleted official programs. The start screen is cleaner.
6. I've toggled the WiFi kill switch. It may be coincidence, but I think it helps with battery life on my Braveheart Edition.
Btw, I recently tried to resurrect an old Windows Phone and I think it really has the best UI in terms of simplicity and accessibility (two-colors interface with large text and icons). Too bad that most of the preinstalled programs now seem defunct, but the UI is really good.
Edit: I want to add that I've purchased the Beta Edition of PinePhone which will be my real daily driver. It's already in the country, so I'll get it really soon.
