I just installed the latest Postmarket OS (with Phosh) on a Pinephone and goodness they have come a long way.
The OS is basically usable. Which is amazing on such an underpowered device.
Also, convergence worked for me for the first time :) And yeah, I could easily use this with Helix Editor + git for development work on the go. (Keep in mind my daily dev machine is a 16-core desktop with 64GB RAM. So, no, it’s not the same experience. But is it usable? Heck yes.)
So just a quick follow-up: this is still nowhere near ready for everyday use by everyday folks as you basically need to use the console/ssh to install apps (Software is not currently working). Just a heads up.
If you’re a dev, sure, play with it and maybe even help make it better. I’ve switched my sim card over to it as a small experiment to see how much it changes my everyday experience.
Right, so after a few hours of having my sim card in it:
Can’t really use this as a daily driver (but no one has really argued that you can at any point) due to the battery life and just general issues BUT it’s so damn impressive how far things have come. I mean, for one thing, it is a phone. It does phone calls and text messages. And I’m blown away by how well even desktop GNOME apps that have clearly not been tested on mobile display responsively and – for the most part – work on the phone.
@aral We've been testing a *lot* of desktop GNOME apps here over the past few years and making incremental changes (for projects we are involved in) and otherwise made upstream suggestions when we aren't, to make things more adaptive. We started with the default apps we felt were crucial on a phone (like key items in Settings for instance) and continue to branch out.
@kyle Yeah, I don't think people realise just how much you folks have contributed to the ecosystem.
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