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> Lately, I've been learning C programming solely on my Pinephone. Ha I like this guy already. That’s my kind of crazy :) It is an interesting experiment to b
by satysin 5y ago
> Lately, I've been learning C programming solely on my Pinephone.
Ha I like this guy already. That’s my kind of crazy :)
It is an interesting experiment to be sure. I’m a big geek and love Linux but not sure I would go so far as to run i3 on my phone like this but more power to him and I’m glad there are people trying different things out and seeing how it goes.
I know I’m getting old because every year I appreciate a simpler phone. On the desktop sure I like to mix it up with less common approaches that give me more flexibility but for my phone I keep it simple. I don’t really want my phone to be a full on desktop computer experience tbh.
I use my phone for pretty basic tasks. Podcasts and music mostly. Some very casual web use and maybe a dozen apps. I don’t email on my phone (other than reading). I don’t message much on it either instead using a desktop app as I feel I have more “room to breath” and compose my messages more slowly unless it’s a short reply. And some light in the moment photography.
This is why I stick to an iPhone. It doesn’t allow me to tweak it to the max. It does what I want just fine and I am grateful for the restrictions rather than allowing me to build some handheld Frankenstein second computer. Right tool for the job and all that. For me anyway :)
But I am glad things like the PinePhone exist even if I don’t use them personally.
- MartijnBraam 5y agoHah I do most of my C programming directly on the pinephone, mostly in convergence mode :)
- hpcoke 5y agoInteresting. What's your setup for sharing peripherals between your PinePhone dock and your laptop/desktop?
- MartijnBraam 5y agoThe trick is having seperate peripherals :D
- moltke 5y agoIt's pretty fantastic for it. I've never had a better dev environment on a PDA.
- agent008t 5y agoThe biggest problem with the iPhone to me is forced obsolescence. A device from 2014 (iPhone 6) is no longer able to run many apps, because it doesn't support iOS versions past 12. Many of these apps are essentially just web pages, so in principle the hardware should be more than capable of running them. But instead you are pushed to ditch perfectly functional and capable hardware in favour of a new model. Compare that with the PC world. A laptop from 2011 can still both run Windows 10 and pretty much anything you want, assuming your hardware is able to process it fast enough - which for many use cases it is.
- smilespray 5y agoAhem. You should be comparing iPhone upgradability with Android upgradability, most of which get stuck after a year or so. If they receive any upgrades at all. Unless you carry you 2011 laptop around in your pocket, that is.
- 2-718-281-828 5y agoAt least you have the option to install LineageOS f.x.
- agent008t 5y agoI am not saying Android is better - just using Apple as an example. Although it does seem like there are more options of at least reusing the hardware in some way with an Android device. I am not sure where exactly the problem is or how to solve it, but there seems to be something fundamentally wrong about the whole thing.
- gonewest 5y agoFor me it’s rarely software obsolescence that prompts the upgrade. My 2014 MacBook and iPhone 6 were retired due to the battery…
- agent008t 5y agoA battery, arguably along with storage, needs a very very good reason to not be upgradeable. Old Nokia phones that are 20+ years old can still be used. PCs and consoles from the 90s are still perfectly usable with their original software. Smartphones have been 'good enough' for nearly a decade - why is there not a legitimate 'buy it for life' version?