My current Android phone’s battery is on it’s last legs (and it’s glued together so I can’t replace it), and I fear it’s time to move on to greener pastures. I’m really excited for the recent developments in “pure Linux” phones so my first thought was to get one of those when I switch. Either that or I could try to get a Fairphone and put a degoogled ROM on it, but it seems they only ship to Europe.
Does anyone have any experience with using the Pinephone as a daily driver? How are the Linux operating systems in terms of stability and availability of software that’s compatible with the mobile form factor?
I have a Pinephone and it depends on what you need. If you just need basic web stuff it should be adequate. I’m using UT on mine but going to give Mobian a try. UT is kind of limited and it is root only, changing it can break the system. No auto-mounting of drives so you have to do it manually on logging every time. It’s also annoying that there is no automute in alsa so when you plug in your headphones, it doesn’t silent the phone. At least it is still that way in the release candidate channel that I’m using. The music player it uses is limited and very sluggish, and the media player for movies I could never get to play movies, at least not the .avi’s that I have. Also saying the camera is sluggish is being too generous.