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FWIW Debian can run on the pinebookpro, which uses a similar soc as the pinephonepro (rk3399 vs. rk3399s). There are a few kernel changes needed, but they might
by CameronNemo 5y ago
FWIW Debian can run on the pinebookpro, which uses a similar soc as the pinephonepro (rk3399 vs. rk3399s). There are a few kernel changes needed, but they might be mainlined by the next LTS.
So I would say maybe in a year or so Debian testing could run on it.
- thbo 5y agohttps://blog.mobian-project.org/posts/2021/12/28/pinephone-pro/ https://blog.mobian-project.org/posts/2021/12/28/pinephone-p... It’s running already (well as close as possible for mobile). But they say «in a year» it’ll be usable as a daily driver too.
- CameronNemo 5y agoI was talking about the official Debian project, which is stringent about non-free firmware and patches to the kernel. Mobian and Manjaro ARM are much more lenient about patching up their kernels in the name of device support (perhaps to a fault, but if the images work...).