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Can’t speak for Ubuntu Touch but tried PostMarketOS on PinePhone and PinePhone Pro.

The PP works well, good support for most things included SIM, camera, BT, etc but it’s big and bulky, also IMHO not powerful enough for Waydroid so no Android apps, “just” Linux. Relying on the browser to avoid using app is rarely practical as it’s too slow.

The PPPro being more powerful should cover the gap… but some lack of support, specifically the camera, makes it tricky as daily driver.

Both PP and PPPro don’t have great battery and/or power management so you can go through a day of usage, barely, and you might get stuck in a cycling loop if you depleted it entirely. That means also as daily driver, if you are not very cautious, it’s tricky.

So… we are nearly there but unless you have a very VERY minimum usage of your phone, basically a dumb phone with a bit of CLI to remote connect to your own server from time to time, it’s probably not practical for now.

Maybe the Liberux NEXX thanks to its power would have closed the gap but the failed crowd funding campaign shows that price point does not have a market fit right now.

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SeeFerns@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Thanks for the write up! It honestly sounds like it’s be fine for me. My iPhone is already extremely bare and stripped down. I barely use the camera too, so like, idk I don’t feel like I’d be missing much?

If I could buy a super cheap used one for testing, I’d do it. I’m waiting for my iPhone SE to die on me anyways before making the switch.

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- utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  If by any chance you can be in Brussels for a bit, I can lend you mine for a while to test.
  
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  - SeeFerns@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I appreciate that! I’m in the states unfortunately
    
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    utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Can’t easily help there. Maybe you can find someone local who could help. Best of luck.
    
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Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

So… we are nearly there but unless you have a very VERY minimum usage of your phone, basically a dumb phone with a bit of CLI to remote connect to your own server from time to time, it’s probably not practical for now.

…and, that’s me.

I gave up on my phones. There’s no way to remain connected to the modern world and my own without just keeping everything off of my phone and using it entirely in stock NPC mode. Trackers? Adware? Malware? Doesn’t matter, I only use it for calls, banking apps and cash apps. How do I access my personal, more 1337 haxxor shit?

Laptop. I’m back in 2007, baby! We’re carrying messenger bags! We don’t care!

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- utopiah@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  
  banking apps and cash apps
  
  Unfortunately that’s prevents from switching to Linux proper over (hopefully deGoogled) Android.
  
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  - Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    You just need a window into their world.
    
    Carry your Linux phone and tether it to an old android, install what you need and turn it off.
    
    carry two things, like some kind of asshole that carries two things!?
    
    When I was 19, we all carried cameras and mp3 players around too. It’s hardly a stretch.
    
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