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by linmob 6y ago
Regarding community activity: I think there‘s a lot going on, I had no problem to write my weekly update for my blog ( https://linmob.net ) for 37 times now and I have trouble testing and adding all the software projects to http:
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by linmob 6y ago
Well, it is a community project and product. Remember: Nokia was a market leader back when the N900 came out, and they had developed Maemo for years with the 770 (2005), N800 and N810. The appropriate point of comparison IMO would be the Op
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by linmob 6y ago
Hi, linmob here, I created this video and many others about Linux Smartphones, you can find them at https://linmob.net/videos I have also been writing weekly updates (well, link lists) that try to capture what’s happening
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by linmob 6y ago
GTK4 may eventually improve things - while I am happily adding more and more GTK4 apps to https://linmobapps.frama.io , they don't profit from GPU acceleration due to the Mali 400 graphics in the PinePhone only supporting Op
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by linmob 6y ago
Creator of the video here - I don't do cuts like that. Fedora felt quite good in terms of performance which in part may be due to the very new kernel and their use of F2FS. Now if they can get that app scaling dialed in a bit more, th
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by linmob 6y ago
Your just focusing on the hardware here and miss the software ecosystem this devices has already enabled, there are ~20 distributions working on this device, which I am using daily. I still carry a proprietary smartphone with me, but I won&
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by linmob 6y ago
That law sounds like a really bad idea, but: In theory Purism should be able to comply. As long as these apps support Android 7, they could ship the Librem 5 with Anbox and these apps preinstalled. BTW, do these apps exist for Sailfish OS
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by linmob 6y ago
This sounds you did have a Braveheart edition and have given it away since. I got started with the UBports Edition PinePhone in June and I think it's amazing how much the software has improved since. I have quite a backlog of new apps
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by linmob 6y ago
If you are really selling it, please get in touch - hello@linmob.net is my email, I am in Germany.
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by linmob 6y ago
Sorry for replying so late, I don’t scan Hacker News all the time. I have been following this phantasy for a long time (starting with the Atrix lapdock, continuing with the Nexus 4 running Ubuntu Touch and a SlimPort dongle, Nexus 5 and Mar
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by linmob 6y ago
It's really great, thank you for your hard work Martijn!
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by linmob 6y ago
You probably know firefox-mobile-config, it's what makes Firefox somewhat usable on Mobian, Arch Linux ARM, Manjaro and postmarketOS. It scales the UI, but it does not really change it to that degree. Thanks! I have been busy with my d
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by linmob 6y ago
Firefox is bearable with firefox-mobile-config, and Chromium can be usable now (not on all distributions yet): https://fosstodon.org/@linmob/105334115920899338 (Also, Plasma Mobile‘s Angelfish Browser is quite good, it
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by linmob 6y ago
With the PinePhone 5MP is the limit of the AllWinner A64 SoC, and IIRC it‘s similar with the Librem 5. Also, it‘s important to remember that what makes smartphone cameras great is an advanced software stack, which does not exist for GNU&#x
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by linmob 6y ago
Just a reminder: You can just write an OS to SD card and quickly try it out, and when you've found one that's quite good (I really like Mobian and ArchLinuxARM) you can settle on that. No need to stick with what your PinePhone shi
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by linmob 6y ago
Yes. See https://wiki.pine64.org/wiki/PinePhone#Modem_and_carrier_sup... for more info.
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by linmob 6y ago
It can work, but it's definitely no fun to use it without ZRAM and/or swap (and better not wear your eMMC out by swapping to it).
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by linmob 6y ago
Don’t forget about Axolotl: https://wiki.mobian-project.org/doku.php?id=axolotl
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by linmob 6y ago
Which distribution are you using? (Asking because there are differences in feature support and reliability .)
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by linmob 6y ago
July isn’t exactly recent with a project that’s so much in development. I have been following the PinePhone intensely since July for my blog linmob.net and often found that what I experienced two weeks ago is not worth talking about today,
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by linmob 6y ago
I made a couple videos on convergence already ( https://linmob.net , my video channels are linked). In a recent live stream (I’ll definitely publish that segment) I used Gnome 3 on the docked PinePhone and it was surprisingly goo
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by linmob 6y ago
Reading PDF works with Okular.. but I doubt the (5 MP) camera is going to fit your needs. Maybe my latest video can help you to make a decision: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ8V0lRxKgM
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by linmob 6y ago
Nice! May I add it to https://linmobapps.frama.io ? WRT to podcasts in general: Gnome Podcasts (not packaged in Mobian) is ok, and Rhythmbox (which is kinda adapted for phones), has podcast support too (with Apple Podcasts direct
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by linmob 6y ago
IIRC (not a MMS user, it never took off in Germany) MMS requires provider/carrier specific settings (e.g. a special MMS APN) to be set, meaning that it may not work for you even though it’s properly implemented.
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by linmob 6y ago
All Phosh distributions I’ve come across have Xwayland.
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by linmob 6y ago
While I don't recommend to use anything from this image as a daily, it's great to get an idea of what's available. Of the notable projects, only Nemo Mobile and Manjaro Lomiri are missing. Also, with JumpDrive (the tool you n
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by linmob 6y ago
Um.. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-9Wmki7DsU And this video is outdated, the UI overlap issues is supposedly fixed by now so that I am going to have to do another video on that same boring topic.
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by linmob 6y ago
Here is a post comparing the specs of Librem 5 and PinePhone: https://forums.puri.sm/t/comparing-specs-of-upcoming-linux-p... (with a link to a comparison of 12 phones). Most notably, Librem 5 does not have a GPU desig
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by linmob 6y ago
Neither via Anbox currently unless it is massively better on Librem 5 than on PinePhone.
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by linmob 6y ago
Like a previous commenter wrote, Giara is pretty nice for Reddit. Instagram ... I am only aware of Instagraph for Ubuntu Touch ( https://gitlab.com/rubencarneiro/Instagraph ) which could be brought over. For more apps ch

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