Considering the Pinephone
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(07-15-2021, 09:04 PM)Xa3phod Wrote: Just wondering. On the Pinephone, would you just use web based sites instead of apps? So things like facebook, youtube, etc, you would just use their web sites?
Can you get Whatsapp, messenger, and Duo? Would you just use the web based versions? 

Lastly, is this thing powerful enough to run a VM in it? I'm a big fan of Microsoft's Your phone program. Also is there SMS texting on the Pinephone?

Thanks for the annoying questions.


Yes I use the web for discord and Youtube.

There's a libpurple plugin for SMS and most OSes include some kind of libpurple UI (like chatty or finch or pidgen) but I've found it's pretty unreliable. I prefer to use an XMPP client and relay via jmp.chat for SMS/MMS.

Qemu runs, I haven't tried using KVM.
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Considering the Pinephone - by Xa3phod - 07-15-2021, 09:04 PM
RE: Considering the Pinephone - by RTP - 07-16-2021, 12:04 AM
RE: Considering the Pinephone - by swiley - 07-16-2021, 07:40 AM

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