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My results from testing of various distributions with the [[PinePhone]] to fulfill the [[Projects:PinePhone Daily Driver]].
 
My results from testing of various distributions with the [[PinePhone]] to fulfill the [[Projects:PinePhone Daily Driver]].
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=== [[Mobian]] ===
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==== Pros and Cons ====
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* {{IconPlus}} [[Debian]] (almost as good as [[Arch Linux]])
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* {{IconPlus}} Aims to be as upstream as possible, built from source
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* {{IconPlus}} Usually features the newest features
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* {{IconPlus}} Most reliable so far
  
 
=== [[postmarketOS]] ===
 
=== [[postmarketOS]] ===
 
==== Pros and Cons ====
 
==== Pros and Cons ====
 
* {{IconPlus}} [[Alpine Linux]]
 
* {{IconPlus}} [[Alpine Linux]]
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* {{IconPlus}} Easily customizable (thanks to pmbootstrap)
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* {{IconPlus}} Full Device Encryption
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* {{IconMinus}} Seems to often lag behind other popular distros when it comes to supporting new features.
  
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==== Next Steps ====
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=== [[UBports]] ===
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* {{IconWip}} Flash a prebuilt image
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==== Pros and Cons ====
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** {{IconPlus}} ?
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* {{IconPlus}} Usually polished
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** {{IconMinus}} ?
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* {{IconPlus}} Built via [[debos]] from source
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* {{IconTodo}} Build and flash from the repository
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* {{IconMinus}} {{IconMinus}} read-only file systems, not intended to be modified by the user
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* {{IconTodo}} Try the custom image
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Try customizing the image
 
  
 
=== [[sxmo]] ===
 
=== [[sxmo]] ===
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* {{IconPlus}} built on top of [[postmarketOS]] (i.e. [[Alpine Linux]])
 
* {{IconPlus}} built on top of [[postmarketOS]] (i.e. [[Alpine Linux]])
 
* {{IconPlus}} tiling window manager
 
* {{IconPlus}} tiling window manager
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* {{IconMinus}} smaller community?
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* {{IconMinus}} {{IconMinus}} kills power/volume buttons easily
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* {{IconMinus}} [[X11]] instead of [[Wayland]]
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==== Next Steps ====
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* {{IconMinus}} smaller community
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* {{IconDone}} Flash a prebuilt image
 
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** {{IconPlus}} Works
 
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** {{IconMinus}} Hard to master the controls
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Build and flash from the repository
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Try the custom image
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Try customizing the image
 
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=== [[UBports]] ===
 
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==== Pros and Cons ====
 
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* {{IconPlus}} [[Ubuntu]] (almost [[Debian]], could be worse)
 
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* {{IconPlus}} Built via [[debos]] from source
 
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==== Next Steps ====
 
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* {{IconWip}} Flash a prebuilt image
 
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** {{IconPlus}} ?
 
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** {{IconMinus}} Crashes during boot.
 
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* {{IconFail}} Waiting for a better build... (couldn't use a bootloader with lower DRAM frequency)
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Build and flash from the repository
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Try the custom image
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Try customizing the image
 
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=== [[Mobian]] ===
 
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==== Pros and Cons ====
 
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* {{IconPlus}} [[Debian]] (almost as good as [[Arch Linux]])
 
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* {{IconPlus}} Aims to be as upstream as possible, built from source
 
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* {{IconMinus}} [[Phosh]]
 
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==== Next Steps ====
 
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* {{IconDone}} Flash a prebuilt image
 
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** {{IconPlus}} Boots, serial shell works
 
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** {{IconMinus}} Bootloader needs to be replaced for lower frequency of DRAM
 
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** {{IconMinus}} [[Phosh]]
 
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*** You can install Gnome, but it is not polished for the device and it is slow.
 
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* {{IconFail}} Waiting for a better build...
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Build and flash from the repository
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Try the custom image
 
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* {{IconTodo}} Try customizing the image
 
  
 
=== [[Arch Linux ARM]] ===
 
=== [[Arch Linux ARM]] ===
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Via [[Arch Linux ARM for PinePhone Installer]].
 
 
==== Pros and Cons ====
 
==== Pros and Cons ====
 
* {{IconPlus}} [[Arch Linux]]
 
* {{IconPlus}} [[Arch Linux]]
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* {{IconMinus}} Relies on [[Megous]]' kernel image and updates
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* {{IconMinus}} Missing some of the newest features
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* {{IconMinus}} Needs more maintenance
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* {{IconMinus}} Often breaks
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==== Next Steps ====
 
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* {{IconDone}} Update to kernel 5.7
 
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* {{IconFail}} Try again the current status and progress
 
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** {{IconInfo}} Tested, boots and works, but the USB network seems broken as of 2020-05-11 --> Reverting to 5.6
 
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** {{IconInfo}} Kernel 5.6.13 works with USB network as of 2020-05-17
 
  
 
== Related ==
 
== Related ==
 
* [[PinePhone Software]]
 
* [[PinePhone Software]]

Revision as of 02:00, 9 September 2020

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

Mobian

Pros and Cons

  • [+] Debian (almost as good as Arch Linux)
  • [+] Aims to be as upstream as possible, built from source
  • [+] Usually features the newest features
  • [+] Most reliable so far

postmarketOS

Pros and Cons

  • [+] Alpine Linux
  • [+] Easily customizable (thanks to pmbootstrap)
  • [+] Full Device Encryption
  • [–] Seems to often lag behind other popular distros when it comes to supporting new features.

UBports

Pros and Cons

  • [+] Usually polished
  • [+] Built via debos from source
  • [–] [–] read-only file systems, not intended to be modified by the user

sxmo

Pros and Cons

  • [+] built on top of postmarketOS (i.e. Alpine Linux)
  • [+] tiling window manager
  • [–] [–] kills power/volume buttons easily
  • [–] X11 instead of Wayland
  • [–] smaller community

Arch Linux ARM

Pros and Cons

  • [+] Arch Linux
  • [–] Missing some of the newest features
  • [–] Often breaks

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