[lug] Linux Phones

[Davide Del Vento]

Thanks, Kevin! Very interesting.
Please link here if/when you'll publish a new blog post with updates.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 2:20 PM Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 08:56:17AM -0700, Simos wrote:
> > On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 06:38:17 -0700 Stephen Queen <svqueen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > Has anyone on this list bought one of the linux phones such as the
> librem5
> > > or pine phone? If so, what are their impressions? Are they user
> friendly?
> > > How do they compare to the mainstream phones?
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > Steve
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've been vaguely interested in Linux phones as well, especially after
> seeing a couple of recent articles at a Linux gaming site I follow:
> >
> >
> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/11/kde-teams-up-with-pinephone-for-the-pinephone-kde-community-edition
> >
> >
> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2020/11/the-pro1-x-smartphone-looks-like-an-awesome-linux-phone-for-tech-fans
> >
> > Hopefully Linux phones won't be just another "next year is the year of
> the Linux desktop" scenario because I'd love to have a basic sub-$200
> hackable phone without Android/iOS.
>
> So, I have actually two pinephones now. ;) I got one of the orig 2GB
> memory models, and then later picked up a 3GB ones with usb-c minidock.
>
> They really are not close to being a daily phone yet, but there's pretty
> rapid progress. There's a ton of distros making images for them.
>
> It's going to be a while before they are day to day phones, and then a
> bit longer after that for everything to percolate upstream and land in
> mainstream distros. That said, it should be a pretty nice (if cheap and
> slow) phone then. :)
>
> Right now most folks are using a kernel by 'megi' that has a ton of
> pinephone related patches on it. You can see a feature matrix at:
>
> https://xnux.eu/devices/pine64-pinephone.html
>
> They also have a image that has 17 os'es on it:
> https://xnux.eu/p-boot-demo/
>
> For $150 (or 200 if you want the usb-c minidock and 3GB) is pretty cheap
> for a phone and while it's slow and the res isn't great, it's a fun toy
> to play with.
>
> I did a blog post with more initial thoughts:
>
> https://www.scrye.com/wordpress/nirik/2020/07/25/pinephone-initial-thoughts/
>
> Probibly should do another soon.
>
> Happy to answer questions.
>
> kevin
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