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
      5•11 months ago

      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

        • @MigratingtoLemmyOP
          4•11 months ago

          My problem is the lack of availability of custom ROMs on new devices like the newest OnePlus and ASUS. Not the fault of the maintainers but it is what it is. I don’t want to be locked to Pixel hardware because come what may I will never trust Google on a single thing

    • @MigratingtoLemmyOP
      3•11 months ago

      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?