11-26-2019, 10:33 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-27-2019, 09:04 AM by pinetester.)
My hopes are similar to others.
Hopes (should be quite easy):
-to get debian/devuan (or any full size distro that is light on resources and with arm chip support, I prefer stable distros) running on pinephone
-pairing it with my bluetooth folding keyboard and make the usb-c to hdmi output work (to screen or projector)
-to disable GNSS and only allow WIFI or Quectel EG-25G by script/setting for better battery performance (I don't need GNSS, and no separate hardware kill switches for them)
-use Xfce (customize everything in UI)
Fears:
-the performance of pinephone would be slow even without multi-tasking (if there will be a pinephone pro with better spec -later I think I will buy it)
-durability of the phone
-battery can not last for a working day
-battery will degrade faster as it has only 3000mAh
I know a lot of people want to have a fully working Linux phone that can replace android phone, but that would require a lot of work and we have to be patient. I would set my objective as "make pinephone running with mainstream distro" first. If I can get it to work with any mainstream distro that would be a good start. Both "distros designed for mobile phone" or "full distros with mobile applications" should work on pinephone.
Hopes (should be quite easy):
-to get debian/devuan (or any full size distro that is light on resources and with arm chip support, I prefer stable distros) running on pinephone
-pairing it with my bluetooth folding keyboard and make the usb-c to hdmi output work (to screen or projector)
-to disable GNSS and only allow WIFI or Quectel EG-25G by script/setting for better battery performance (I don't need GNSS, and no separate hardware kill switches for them)
-use Xfce (customize everything in UI)
Fears:
-the performance of pinephone would be slow even without multi-tasking (if there will be a pinephone pro with better spec -later I think I will buy it)
-durability of the phone
-battery can not last for a working day
-battery will degrade faster as it has only 3000mAh
I know a lot of people want to have a fully working Linux phone that can replace android phone, but that would require a lot of work and we have to be patient. I would set my objective as "make pinephone running with mainstream distro" first. If I can get it to work with any mainstream distro that would be a good start. Both "distros designed for mobile phone" or "full distros with mobile applications" should work on pinephone.