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Possible to use the Pinephone as a PC?
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10-08-2020, 06:09 PM
So I'm looking for a new laptop and might consider buying a Pinebook at some stage. However, I'm wondering with the right setup whether I can simply use my Pinephone as a PC? So when I'm out and about it's a phone, but when I get home, I "plug it in" and it becomes my home PC.
Cheers, P.  (10-08-2020, 06:09 PM)Pinoideae Wrote: So I'm looking for a new laptop and might consider buying a Pinebook at some stage. However, I'm wondering with the right setup whether I can simply use my Pinephone as a PC? So when I'm out and about it's a phone, but when I get home, I "plug it in" and it becomes my home PC. That's what the convergence option is for: https://pine64.com/product/pinephone-com...martphone/
10-09-2020, 07:05 AM
Remember to check what state the support for the convergence option is in before you buy. From what I can tell not all distros have support for it so far, and those that do are a bit hit-and-miss about which displays it will work with for reasons that I don't think have been discovered yet. The same goes for power delivery using the convergence option - I think Megous has most of it sorted but it's not made its way into many distros yet. I don't think any showstoppers have been identified though, so it may all be working fine by the time you're ready to buy.
https://xnux.eu/devices/feature/anx7688.html 
10-09-2020, 08:33 AM
(10-08-2020, 09:12 PM)evilbunny Wrote:@evilbunny: Don't be evil!(10-08-2020, 06:09 PM)Pinoideae Wrote: So I'm looking for a new laptop and might consider buying a Pinebook at some stage. However, I'm wondering with the right setup whether I can simply use my Pinephone as a PC? So when I'm out and about it's a phone, but when I get home, I "plug it in" and it becomes my home PC. That's what the convergence option is in theroy thought for. At what date it really will work is currently unknown. 
10-09-2020, 05:41 PM
It's possible. Although it is not yet fluid enough. Look at this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DD_UNwRGFsU&t=120s
10-10-2020, 01:51 AM
(10-09-2020, 05:41 PM)Avisando Wrote: It's possible. Although it is not yet fluid enough. Look at this video:I was not able to reproduce that. My Monitor made by Acer which works perfectly with HDMI input together with _all_ other hardware I have, was not recognized by the USB-dock.
10-10-2020, 06:03 AM
(10-10-2020, 01:51 AM)LinAdmin2 Wrote:As indicated in the video, to activate the "Desktop mode" the image provided on this page was used: https://xnux.eu/p-boot-demo/. Among the multiple distributions that this contains, I have used "pmOS / Plasma Mobile" that appears in the video. However, the "KDE Neon" distribution contained in the same image works even better.(10-09-2020, 05:41 PM)Avisando Wrote: It's possible. Although it is not yet fluid enough. Look at this video:I was not able to reproduce that.
10-11-2020, 12:24 AM
(10-10-2020, 06:03 AM)Avisando Wrote:(10-10-2020, 01:51 AM)LinAdmin2 Wrote:As indicated in the video, to activate the "Desktop mode" the image provided on this page was used: https://xnux.eu/p-boot-demo/. Among the multiple distributions that this contains, I have used "pmOS / Plasma Mobile" that appears in the video. However, the "KDE Neon" distribution contained in the same image works even better.(10-09-2020, 05:41 PM)Avisando Wrote: It's possible. Although it is not yet fluid enough. Look at this video:I was not able to reproduce that. 
10-11-2020, 11:03 AM
If you've used a PINE A64(+), PINE A64-LTS or SOPINE, these phones are pretty similar in specs (with the exception of the extra GB of RAM in the convergence edition), so imagine that with less code maturity. I hope to have a decent lightweight desktop option, and it should be plausible, but it may take a while to get some smooth running options.
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10-11-2020, 04:19 PM
(10-11-2020, 12:24 AM)Pinoideae Wrote:In my experience, only Firefox works satisfactorily on the "KDE Neon" version that I have discussed [for now].(10-10-2020, 06:03 AM)Avisando Wrote:(10-10-2020, 01:51 AM)LinAdmin2 Wrote:As indicated in the video, to activate the "Desktop mode" the image provided on this page was used: https://xnux.eu/p-boot-demo/. Among the multiple distributions that this contains, I have used "pmOS / Plasma Mobile" that appears in the video. However, the "KDE Neon" distribution contained in the same image works even better.(10-09-2020, 05:41 PM)Avisando Wrote: It's possible. Although it is not yet fluid enough. Look at this video:I was not able to reproduce that. |
