I was a bit confused after reading this article, but some of the comments helped clear it up: This means they're ending the "KDE Community Edition", "Manjaro Community Edition", etc lines, in...
I was a bit confused after reading this article, but some of the comments helped clear it up:
Of course you will receive it. And we will keep on producing the PinePhone for a long time – we will just settle on a default OS from here on.
This means they're ending the "KDE Community Edition", "Manjaro Community Edition", etc lines, in favor of a single "PinePhone" line with the same default operating system. PinePhones are still going strong.
Nono, the article was what threw me for a loop, not your title! The way they talked about "the PinePhone's immediate future" reminded me of the typical we've-been-bought-out talk until I...
Nono, the article was what threw me for a loop, not your title! The way they talked about "the PinePhone's immediate future" reminded me of the typical we've-been-bought-out talk until I understood what it was saying (they haven't been bought out).
I do. Sailfish has been the most usable OS in my experience. I wish I'd have gotten a real Jolla phone instead. The Pinephone works, but it's got plenty of annoying issues, such as the radios...
I do. Sailfish has been the most usable OS in my experience. I wish I'd have gotten a real Jolla phone instead. The Pinephone works, but it's got plenty of annoying issues, such as the radios having trouble getting back up after standby. I hope those issues get fixed, since it's a pretty good experience when it does work.
Does Jolla provide an official build of Sailfish or is it built by the community? I've been wanting to play around with it for a long time, but Jolla never had much interest in getting it to work...
Does Jolla provide an official build of Sailfish or is it built by the community? I've been wanting to play around with it for a long time, but Jolla never had much interest in getting it to work with anything sold in the US.
To be honest though, I think I'm past the point in my life where I'd be interested in checking out different phone operating systems in place of just being happy with my commercially supported stuff. I hate to say it, but I'm a bit hooked on my iPhone now.
Jolla supports certain Sony Xperias through Sailfish X so you can buy one of those and follow their instructions. You'll need to pay for Android support and such though.
but Jolla never had much interest in getting it to work with anything sold in the US.
Jolla supports certain Sony Xperias through Sailfish X so you can buy one of those and follow their instructions. You'll need to pay for Android support and such though.
I have the KDE edition. It's pretty cool to mess around with.. to see what applications I can get running on it.. but it can hardly replace my phone.. yet.
I have the KDE edition. It's pretty cool to mess around with.. to see what applications I can get running on it.. but it can hardly replace my phone.. yet.
I have one running mobian, it's not quite there yet. The main killer is lack of MMS support for me right now, if they added that I could daily it, although it is still quite clunky.
I have one running mobian, it's not quite there yet. The main killer is lack of MMS support for me right now, if they added that I could daily it, although it is still quite clunky.
I hadn’t heard of that one before. I must say I really like the idea of a simple Debian based system with the benefit of the UI purism has been working on.
I hadn’t heard of that one before. I must say I really like the idea of a simple Debian based system with the benefit of the UI purism has been working on.
To be fair, Librem makes a host of intentional decisions based on their philosophy that cause it to cost more than some flagships while having 5% of the performance and a nonfunctional camera, and...
To be fair, Librem makes a host of intentional decisions based on their philosophy that cause it to cost more than some flagships while having 5% of the performance and a nonfunctional camera, and many of those at least aren't present in pine. At least PinePhone isn't $800 (or $2000, if you want to purchase all USA).
So it's not as bad as if you took Librem and scaled it down by 75% (which would seem horrific). Honestly I'm not even sure whose CPU is stronger; as a prior the 8 core one at a higher frequency in Librem would seem be faster.
I own neither but I do know the PinePhone is way cheaper. $150 vs $700 I think the Librem 5 is. I have a pine book pro and I am super impressed by it for its $200 price tag
I own neither but I do know the PinePhone is way cheaper. $150 vs $700 I think the Librem 5 is. I have a pine book pro and I am super impressed by it for its $200 price tag
I was a bit confused after reading this article, but some of the comments helped clear it up:
This means they're ending the "KDE Community Edition", "Manjaro Community Edition", etc lines, in favor of a single "PinePhone" line with the same default operating system. PinePhones are still going strong.
Oh yes, I'm sorry if it worried you at all! If anyone has a better title suggestion, please give it :)
Nono, the article was what threw me for a loop, not your title! The way they talked about "the PinePhone's immediate future" reminded me of the typical we've-been-bought-out talk until I understood what it was saying (they haven't been bought out).
Coincidentally, does anyone here actually own one of these? I'm curious to how the experience is on any of these software options.
I do. Sailfish has been the most usable OS in my experience. I wish I'd have gotten a real Jolla phone instead. The Pinephone works, but it's got plenty of annoying issues, such as the radios having trouble getting back up after standby. I hope those issues get fixed, since it's a pretty good experience when it does work.
Does Jolla provide an official build of Sailfish or is it built by the community? I've been wanting to play around with it for a long time, but Jolla never had much interest in getting it to work with anything sold in the US.
To be honest though, I think I'm past the point in my life where I'd be interested in checking out different phone operating systems in place of just being happy with my commercially supported stuff. I hate to say it, but I'm a bit hooked on my iPhone now.
Jolla supports certain Sony Xperias through Sailfish X so you can buy one of those and follow their instructions. You'll need to pay for Android support and such though.
I have the KDE edition. It's pretty cool to mess around with.. to see what applications I can get running on it.. but it can hardly replace my phone.. yet.
I have one running mobian, it's not quite there yet. The main killer is lack of MMS support for me right now, if they added that I could daily it, although it is still quite clunky.
I hadn’t heard of that one before. I must say I really like the idea of a simple Debian based system with the benefit of the UI purism has been working on.
If it's anything like the Librem 5, then the answer is...not great.
To be fair, Librem makes a host of intentional decisions based on their philosophy that cause it to cost more than some flagships while having 5% of the performance and a nonfunctional camera, and many of those at least aren't present in pine. At least PinePhone isn't $800 (or $2000, if you want to purchase all USA).
So it's not as bad as if you took Librem and scaled it down by 75% (which would seem horrific). Honestly I'm not even sure whose CPU is stronger; as a prior the 8 core one at a higher frequency in Librem would seem be faster.
I own neither but I do know the PinePhone is way cheaper. $150 vs $700 I think the Librem 5 is. I have a pine book pro and I am super impressed by it for its $200 price tag