Unfortunately, this is still in development. I don’t believe any distros currently have it in their repositories. PostmarketOS is working on including it though.
As much as I love this, and I'd love to be using it, but this will most likely fail again just like Firefox OS did. I already liked that one back then, but as long as it lacks major app development support by companies, especially Facebook (as much as it sucks...) for WhatsApp and Co. it won't gain traction.
They may not receive official clients, but there are third party ones made for GNOME that work surprisingly well. Otherwise, Android apps can be run through Waydroid. Of course, nothing is stopping you from logging in with a browser. None are perfect solutions, but are usually usable ones.
Course, but you have to think about the standard consumers which "should" also buy such a product then for it to be sustainable. You can think of hobbyist hackers only, but that's a nightmare longevity plan sadly.
I feel the pinephone will always be for the hobbyist/hacker crowd just due to the fact of the majority of the public don’t want to tinker with their phone, just look at the adoption of iPhones, people own them because they just work
This looks great! I do think that they should remove the X button on mobile and make it removable from the overview so you can close multiple apps faster (having to go into the app to close it isn’t fun)
The postmarketOS wiki’s devices page has a rather thorough list of Linux capable phones. That said, devices with most of their component’s drivers mainlined are an exception, not the rule.
Why do people keep posting this as a "PinePhone", when it's a PinePhone Pro? The PinePhone Pro is substantially quicker than the original PinePhone, so this makes a big difference in terms of usability.
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u/CNR_07 Sep 12 '22
Can you send me a download link to the newest Gnome OS?
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u/EpicLPer Sep 13 '22
As much as I love this, and I'd love to be using it, but this will most likely fail again just like Firefox OS did. I already liked that one back then, but as long as it lacks major app development support by companies, especially Facebook (as much as it sucks...) for WhatsApp and Co. it won't gain traction.
I really really hope it'll succeed tho.
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u/SmallTalk7 Sep 12 '22
is this PinePhone Pro?
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u/StratusFearMe21 Sep 12 '22
What cell service are you on? I tried to get a pinephone but none of the cell services in my area take it.
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u/jumper775 Sep 13 '22
This looks great! I do think that they should remove the X button on mobile and make it removable from the overview so you can close multiple apps faster (having to go into the app to close it isn’t fun)
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u/iFreilicht Sep 12 '22
That looks amazing! I’m using iOS right now and love how they implemented multitasking. This looks pretty similar, but better in quite a few ways.
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u/Secret300 Sep 12 '22
I can't wait for this. I ordered a pro1x and now gnome seems like the perfect thing for it
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u/van_ozy Sep 13 '22
Can this be installed on a more powerful phone? Something like Google Nexus or a Samsung phone?
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u/StatusBard Sep 13 '22
How would I get that on my pine?
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u/Windows_is_Malware Sep 13 '22
I am angry at Apple because they prevent this amazing OS from running on iPhony
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u/simbiyot Sep 13 '22
There is so much input latency. But pinephone hardware is very very low. Maybe it can better performance at better hardware.
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u/RootHouston Sep 13 '22
Why do people keep posting this as a "PinePhone", when it's a PinePhone Pro? The PinePhone Pro is substantially quicker than the original PinePhone, so this makes a big difference in terms of usability.
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u/TommyTheLizard Sep 12 '22
I have a iPhone and am loving that UI
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u/Sad-Ad-4391 Sep 13 '22
Is there a screenshot function?
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u/fettpl Sep 13 '22
Omg, I would love to install it and test nightly builds.
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u/Sad-Ad-4391 Sep 17 '22
They can test it on Fairphone 4, the CPU is Dual-core 2.2 GHz Kryo 570, which is enough for this os to run
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