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** {{IconPlus}} ? | ** {{IconPlus}} ? | ||
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| + | * {{IconTodo}} Build and flash from the repository | ||
| + | * {{IconTodo}} Try the custom image | ||
| + | * {{IconTodo}} Try customizing the image | ||
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| + | === [[sxmo]] === | ||
| + | ==== Pros and Cons ==== | ||
| + | * {{IconPlus}} built on top of [[postmarketOS]] (i.e. [[Alpine Linux]]) | ||
| + | * {{IconPlus}} tiling window manager | ||
| + | * {{IconMinus}} smaller community? | ||
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| + | ==== Next Steps ==== | ||
| + | * {{IconDone}} Flash a prebuilt image | ||
| + | ** {{IconPlus}} Works | ||
| + | ** {{IconMinus}} Hard to master the controls | ||
* {{IconTodo}} Build and flash from the repository | * {{IconTodo}} Build and flash from the repository | ||
* {{IconTodo}} Try the custom image | * {{IconTodo}} Try the custom image | ||
Revision as of 19:55, 23 May 2020
My results from testing of various distributions with the PinePhone to fulfill the Projects:PinePhone Daily Driver.
Contents
postmarketOS
Pros and Cons
- [+] Alpine Linux
Next Steps
- ☆ Flash a prebuilt image
- [+] ?
- [–] ?
- ☐ Build and flash from the repository
- ☐ Try the custom image
- ☐ Try customizing the image
sxmo
Pros and Cons
- [+] built on top of postmarketOS (i.e. Alpine Linux)
- [+] tiling window manager
- [–] smaller community?
Next Steps
- ☑ Flash a prebuilt image
- [+] Works
- [–] Hard to master the controls
- ☐ 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
