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How many of you run a Linux phone (Pine64, Librem etc) as your daily driver? (lemmy.world)
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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.

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[–] itsaj26744@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Life is nice this way, No bzz, Everything supposed to be done by a phone is handled perfectly by this small thing and for rest (like office,game and code) I go with PC

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How do you do instant messaging? Isn't typing with that harder than average?

[–] itsaj26744@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's also a thing but I use xmpp,matrix on pc (which I rarely do). BTW I forgot to mention I am full time student so..

[–] MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Essentially, your usage of your mobile ends with calling?

Unfortunately, that won't work for me since I need a browser to check my accounts and other needs on the move

[–] itsaj26744@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

I have actually tied everything to my email so all updates are in my inbox. Calling + email,music,text,calendar,notes,todo and we have a brower for basic ddg searches