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Anyone have a pine phone and running Linux (Ubuntu) as your EDC?

Thinking of buying a cheap phone with new number to see how it goes. Would like to talk and text though.

Any excitement on these new developments and with what is going on with frame works also?

Edit: What phone would you recommend to do it with? Pine phone is med range pricing.

I currently have a GP6a

  • Shatur@lemmy.ml
    12·
    1 year ago

    See @linuxphones. I have PP and PPP. I run ArchLinux. PP is slow, but the battery lasts a bit better then PPP. PPP is more powerful, but CPU is too hungry and the phone heats a lot. If you need long battery life or you type a lot, then buy with the Pine keyboard. It’s chunky and have some quality issues, but I would say it worth it. Software currently immature. I would recommend buying only if you are a very experienced user.

    • vd1n@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      I have a pp too, would recommend aside from the fact it constantly turns on randomly.

      (This is a joke)

  • Boleano@beehaw.org
    6·
    1 year ago

    IMO the most functional pine64 gadgets are the pinetime and pinebook pro, those you can daily drive. The phones are not ready yet, they are good devices to play with but I wouldn’t use them as a daily driver, you could miss an important text or phone call and you want a reliable phone in case of an emergency. If you just want a cheap phone that doesn’t spy on you I would get a ‘dumb’ phone.

  • flashgnash@lemm.ee
    5·
    1 year ago

    I just bought a pinetab 2 and they don’t even have a functional WiFi driver for the chip they use. Would not recommend

  • Krik@feddit.de
    2·
    1 year ago

    You can try one of the phones that are supported by Ubuntu Touch. I don’t know how good it runs but there are several cheap (= old) phones on the list.

    • Boo@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      Chiming in to say that my Fairphone 4 worked well with Ubuntu Touch, though I have since come to the conclusion that Waydroid doesn’t really work for my usage due to many social apps not integrating well with notifications, as well as missing AGPS support, so I am back on Android with CalyxOS. If you find that GNU/Linux is not daily-driveable for you, I can definitely recommend that.