I was going through Pine64’s page again after I found the latest KDE announcement. With that said, I seem to see a lot of issues with firmware on the Pine, whilst the Librem is just plain out of budget for me. Was interested in how many people here run a Linux mobile as a daily driver, and how has your experience been?

I’m considering purchasing the Pine but I’d like a better screen, more RAM and a better CPU. Don’t know if I should wait for a new model to be released (are they even planning to do that? Is the company active?). I will only really use it to browse the Web, and might even look to desolder a couple of parts that I know I won’t use.

Thanks.

Edit: I am willing to watch content and use banking apps from the browser. Do you think it’ll be fit for me?


Edit 2: overall, I am much saddened about the state of affairs regarding private computing on the go. I desperately hope that Linux on mobile takes off, even though its incubation looks disheartening at the moment. Thank you everyone for your comments.

    • Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug@lemmy.world
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      Yeah Linux phone is a pipedream as long as Android works well at all.

      The fact that you can use Termux kind of makes Linux phones moot, especially since you need a very specific set of hardware

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      What inconveniences have you faced from the software?

      Copying my edit here: I am willing to watch content and use banking apps from the browser. Do you think it’ll be fit for me?