Arch Linux on PinePhone
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Will the PinePhone accept any Linux operating system.

Is it possible to install Arch Linux on the PinePhone.
I discovered [/url]Project Anakin 
 [url=http://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/Project_Anakin]


and wondered why it isn't listed as a primary operating system for the PinePhone, since this phone is an opensource project.
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It is possible to install Arch Linux on the PinePhone, but it depends on the distribution maintainer to add support for it.
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(11-25-2019, 09:38 AM)Rocky-IV Wrote: Will the PinePhone accept any Linux operating system.

Is it possible to install Arch Linux on the PinePhone.

Yes, as long as you have a suitable kernel.

However, if you browse around the UBports and postmarketOS forums etc you soon realise there are many challenges to setting up and using linux with a touchscreen and without a keyboard. Let alone tuning applications to fit a smaller screen factor and to work with touch input.
  • PinePhone BraveHeart now v1.2b 3/32Gb daily driver, Tow-boot with pmOS/SXMO on eMMC
  • PinePhone pmOS Community Edition 2/16Gb driving my picture frame, Tow-boot with pmOS/SXMO on eMMC
  • PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition, Tow-boot on SPI, Arch/SXMO on eMMC
  • ROCKPro64 v2.1 2GB, 16Gb eMMC retired in favour of a fruity upgrade
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and you need to know hot to make that damn uboot stuff , kernel , root files , super unfriendly , I am trying to install a regular ubuntu distro with no luck
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(11-25-2019, 09:42 PM)Danct12 Wrote: It is possible to install Arch Linux on the PinePhone, but it depends on the distribution maintainer to add support for it.

I am using ArchLinux-posh on the PinePhone, as my main phone now. Texts and calls seem to work fine.
PinePhone Beta 2GB/16GB Arch Linux ARM danctnix from3 Oct 2025
(was Postmarket OS v24.12)
PineTab2 Arch Danctnix 6.4.2
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