Manjaro ARM Alpha3 for PinePhone (and PineTab)

[bcnaz]

Just wanted to make sure the community was up to date on where Manjaro is right now with ARM devices, but more specifically the PinePhone.

https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-arm-...tab/120761

Thank you to the developers and I can't wait until we get out of alpha state!


Changes
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- Wifi is now able to connect and be used
- Mobile broadband connections are now working (might need a reboot to work right)
- Phone application now works
- Replaced Konsole with QMLKonsole for a more mobile friendly terminal
- Filesystem now gets resized on first boot (which is why the first boot takes a while)
- Sound now works

This is an ok system, but the KDE can be a pain, it wants you to go through security set-up,

      ...while I was only looking to take a test drive...
On the keyboard, the delete key is next to the 'p' key and overly sensitive...  troublesome when using the keyboard with large fingers.
AND really frustrating when trying to enter a password-- when you cannot see  instead of entering the letter 'p' you have deleted a character !

The KDE security kept "De-activating" my wifi...

Sound is working, at least at youtube, not perfect but ok.

I do not have a sim card to fit the Pine phone, so......

The battery indicator seems to operate ok...


Since the web browser works satisfactory, it would be nice to have some screen controls, like size and/or rotation

But as this is "Alpha 3"  this could eventually be a decent system,  (Maybe better with xfce or gnome desktop)

My opinion on my first test drive  "Manjaro/KDE"

*** NOTE : This was posted from my Brave Heart phone while test driving Manjaro/KDE running from an SD card.