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Revision as of 19:52, 23 May 2020

My results from testing of various distributions with the PinePhone to fulfill the Projects:PinePhone Daily Driver.

postmarketOS

Pros and Cons

Next Steps

  • ☆ Flash a prebuilt image
    • [+] ?
    • [–] ?
  • ☐ Build and flash from the repository
  • ☐ Try the custom image
  • ☐ Try customizing the image

UBports

Pros and Cons

Next Steps

  • ☆ Flash a prebuilt image
    • [+] ?
    • [–] Crashes during boot.
  • ☓ Waiting for a better build... (couldn't use a bootloader with lower DRAM frequency)
  • ☐ Build and flash from the repository
  • ☐ Try the custom image
  • ☐ Try customizing the image

Mobian

Pros and Cons

  • [+] Debian (almost as good as Arch Linux)
  • [+] Aims to be as upstream as possible, built from source
  • [–] Phosh

Next Steps

  • ☑ Flash a prebuilt image
    • [+] Boots, serial shell works
    • [–] Bootloader needs to be replaced for lower frequency of DRAM
    • [–] Phosh
      • You can install Gnome, but it is not polished for the device and it is slow.
  • ☓ Waiting for a better build...
  • ☐ Build and flash from the repository
  • ☐ Try the custom image
  • ☐ Try customizing the image

Arch Linux ARM

Via Arch Linux ARM for PinePhone Installer.

Pros and Cons

  • [+] Arch Linux
  • [–] Relies on Megous' kernel image and updates
  • [–] Needs more maintenance

Next Steps

  • ☑ Update to kernel 5.7
  • ☓ Try again the current status and progress
    • [i] Tested, boots and works, but the USB network seems broken as of 2020-05-11 --> Reverting to 5.6
    • [i] Kernel 5.6.13 works with USB network as of 2020-05-17
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