05-10-2021, 08:10 AM
Pinephone manjaro convergence edition 3/32GB model...
not very functional by default when I purchased it a few months back...
After much of distro-hopping (Mobian/Plasma neon/manjaroplasma/ubuntutouch) finally settled with ArchPhosh...
using it as a daily driver for last about a month Arch Phosh installed
(caveat... my official mobile number and for OTP still is on a old flip phone...
I also am not on facebook/whatsapp/twitter... elementz(old riot.im) works well on Arch Phosh...
In fact my old flip phone has only a few numbers in the addressbook(my main addressbook is on pine)
I have not been able to cut the cord from my official flip phone due to regular deep sleep issues(not waking up for OTP for net-banking and sometimes important calls...)
I have been able to completely disengage from AndroidOS... for last about a month...
- Camera as an image annotation device is OK... but no phone camera could match my Nikon D800 images(serious photography was never in the phone domain)
- Audaciuos plays my commute music requirements...
- "Disks" app still required to mount the SD card on the go...
- mpv media player serves the purpose of viewing short video clips(has played all the formats till now)
- did not like the default file manager(portfolio... limited functionality) now using "Dolphin" is a massive desktop style experience.
- Firefox which shipped with the OS is almost perfect(installed uBlocks & Noscript)... all of my commute browsing is on pinephone...
- Evolution has worked reasonably well for emails & contacts...
- 3G cellular(APN autodetected) & Wifi work flawlessly...
- Bluetooth connects to headphones well (sound quality OK) has problems in file transfer to laptops(have to look into it)... my laptop with MX linux doesnot even list the device though pinephone detects my laptop...
- Imageviewer works flawlessly (thumbnails are not displayed... I use dolphin which displays thumbnails... then open in Image viewer by default).
- Document viewer opens pdfs well(some pdf with forms were opend in non-form filling mode)...
- using libreoffice for .doc, .docx, xls files... as a viewer not much of problems... editing & saving as in other linux laptops gets weird results(fonts & formating)
- Able to dial & send SMS from dedicated app and from the addressbook...(when the cellular modem is awake... need a reboot when it sleeps)
- I have even changed my ringtone(requires only .oga file - used soundconverter to convert my old phone ringtone)
Staying away from social media(FB/WApp) might not be everyones cup of tea...
but I have been with Linux since 2006 & never used Windows 8 or windows10(win7 was my last microsoft product)...
If the deep sleep of cellular modem is sorted it will be my daily driver...
not very functional by default when I purchased it a few months back...
After much of distro-hopping (Mobian/Plasma neon/manjaroplasma/ubuntutouch) finally settled with ArchPhosh...
using it as a daily driver for last about a month Arch Phosh installed
(caveat... my official mobile number and for OTP still is on a old flip phone...
I also am not on facebook/whatsapp/twitter... elementz(old riot.im) works well on Arch Phosh...
In fact my old flip phone has only a few numbers in the addressbook(my main addressbook is on pine)
I have not been able to cut the cord from my official flip phone due to regular deep sleep issues(not waking up for OTP for net-banking and sometimes important calls...)
I have been able to completely disengage from AndroidOS... for last about a month...
- Camera as an image annotation device is OK... but no phone camera could match my Nikon D800 images(serious photography was never in the phone domain)
- Audaciuos plays my commute music requirements...
- "Disks" app still required to mount the SD card on the go...
- mpv media player serves the purpose of viewing short video clips(has played all the formats till now)
- did not like the default file manager(portfolio... limited functionality) now using "Dolphin" is a massive desktop style experience.
- Firefox which shipped with the OS is almost perfect(installed uBlocks & Noscript)... all of my commute browsing is on pinephone...
- Evolution has worked reasonably well for emails & contacts...
- 3G cellular(APN autodetected) & Wifi work flawlessly...
- Bluetooth connects to headphones well (sound quality OK) has problems in file transfer to laptops(have to look into it)... my laptop with MX linux doesnot even list the device though pinephone detects my laptop...
- Imageviewer works flawlessly (thumbnails are not displayed... I use dolphin which displays thumbnails... then open in Image viewer by default).
- Document viewer opens pdfs well(some pdf with forms were opend in non-form filling mode)...
- using libreoffice for .doc, .docx, xls files... as a viewer not much of problems... editing & saving as in other linux laptops gets weird results(fonts & formating)
- Able to dial & send SMS from dedicated app and from the addressbook...(when the cellular modem is awake... need a reboot when it sleeps)
- I have even changed my ringtone(requires only .oga file - used soundconverter to convert my old phone ringtone)
Staying away from social media(FB/WApp) might not be everyones cup of tea...
but I have been with Linux since 2006 & never used Windows 8 or windows10(win7 was my last microsoft product)...
If the deep sleep of cellular modem is sorted it will be my daily driver...