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I just received a Pinephone Manjaro Comunity edition. 10€ is given to the project edition. Had I known KDE was next, I would have waited a bit! I already use Pl
by jraph 6y ago
I just received a Pinephone Manjaro Comunity edition. 10€ is given to the project edition. Had I known KDE was next, I would have waited a bit! I already use Plasma on my laptop, it is a great desktop environment.
I replaced Manjaro by Mobian, it works way better for me. KDE Neon did not work too well, unfortunately (it could not turn off the phone screen, and it didn't work correctly with an external screen), but I have hope.
I'd especially like to install Plasma Mobile on Mobian, I really trust Debian's stability and trust KDE better than Gnome on getting UX just right and be more lightweight too.
Phosh is good, but they apparently have decided to remove auto rotation (which I need!), having to tap on the status bar instead of swiping is a bit strange, having to click on a X to close apps instead of swiping vertically is a bit strange too and by the way closing apps is unreliable. They prevent windows from being moved with fingers, which is fine if apps are entirely designed for mobile but this gets really annoying as soon as the world is not perfect, which it is far from being. I have the same feeling with Phosh as with Gnome, that things look beautiful and attention was paid on the appearance, but Plasma overall felt more intuitive and lightweight. I might contribute to the project at some point.
Congratulations on being the next Pinephone's Community Edition!
- jonathonf 6y ago> 10€ is given to the project edition. Do you know where this payment goes to? e.g. is it to their OpenCollective or LFX donation accounts?
- jraph 6y agoI have no idea, sorry.
- TheCraiggers 6y agoPine64 has mentioned that they plan on selling the backplates individually with the proceeds going to the respective projects. So hopefully you'll still be able to do so.
- nyanpasu64 6y agoI tried Neon briefly on my PinePhone. Plasma Mobile is QML-based, and is less polished/working than Plasma Desktop. Performance is no better than Mobian. I don't think you get draggable title bars on Plasma Mobile either.
- jraph 6y agoIndeed, this is matches my observations. Things will hopefully improve rapidly though. Plasmashell on the desktop is also QML-based as far as I know.
- jraph 6y ago> having to click on a X to close apps instead of swiping vertically is a bit strange too The phosh update of today allows closing apps by a vertical swipe! Fantastic!