Are you using the Pinephone as your daily driver?

[bcnaz]

First off,  I have been using Linux for roughly 22+ years,  but I never had any actual training with any systems.

So I am just a GUI user,  though I have spent countless hours reading and re-reading everything on this Forum.

When I first got my Brave Heart phone,  UT actually did work for talk, text, and wifi.

I was excited,  I even PayPal ed them  Several 'Donations'  

But then UT quit working, for me at least, 
  I heard that other people with the skill to do terminal and commandline could make it work, But not me.

Then I started distro hopping and I would find one that worked,  for a while....  I usually found at least one with talk & text.

So,  finally along came "Debian"  and that was working ok most of the time...  a-wai started playing with it, and Debian evolved into 'Mobian'...

Since then  the basics have been fairly dependable,  had a few minor glitches occasionally.

>   I now have multiple Pine phones, one is my main Daily Driver but I can now still try other distro's without missing service.

Everytime I have went back and tried UT,   it has not worked "For Me"
      SO,  I was very surprised when I heard they released a batch of phones with UT pre-installed...? ?

There were more complaints about the UT phone,   than there were about the Brave Heart release, which came with NO operating system.!

The PMOS phone did do much better,  but the crowd was/is growing,    so naturally more people does equal more complaints.

The Manjaro then Mobian, now again Manjaro releases of the Pine phone have been into a slightly more mature software eco-system.

How much effort does the "average" Pine phone buyer exert ?   I see many of the same questions asked over & over & over...

sometimes getting different answers each time it is asked ????

> What has helped me the Most I think has been the Hours of time spent reading here in the forum...
    (  Also when you get 3 different answers to one question,   it is up to you,    to pick the answer that works for you. )

> I remember back when I first looked at the original Brave Heart phone for sale in the Pine Store :
        
  IT DID clearly state,   it is ""aimed at Developers and Linux Enthusiasts""   BUT  I was near the front of the line anyway when sales opened ...

QUESTION :   WHY have I had a working phone,
                             when so many,   that are definitely more Linux savvy than me,   do not have a working phone. ?

NOTE :  Last year,   here on this Forum I was called a Liar more than once,   when I claimed to be using my phone daily.
       I have purchased 1 Brave Heart 3 PMOS Convergent. 1 Manjaro Convergent phones, 
 *  *     if they do not work WHY would I have continued buying them.?