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Linux phones (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by joel_feila@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

Anyone use one of those Linux phones like pine phone or librem.

I was looking at a few months ago but settled on a deggooled phone. Are there user friendly distros for them?

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[-] Matt@lemmy.one 49 points 1 year ago

They are not ready for regular use yet. Performance is poor and battery life is bad. It's fun to play with my Pinephone and watch the software slowly improve, but there is no way I could use it as my primary phone.

[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

The only real issue holding it back for me is the battery life. I update the danctnix distro regularly to check progress, but the battery life is not production ready.

[-] Shatur@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

You could buy the Pine keyboard to extend the battery life.

[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

True, I have considered it but

  • They don't come cheap
  • They make it less a phone and more a mini laptop by having to open it up to use
  • Increases thickness
[-] Shatur@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Sure, there are drawbacks, but I think it worth it. It not only fixes the battery life, but also provides hardware typing which is important because we don't have swipe-typing.

I wish they made a slider keyboard...

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