Hello Lugs,
Pinebook Pro still going well. Issues so far:
Changed OS to Manjaro with KDE (default on newer releases).
Built-in speakers are tiny, therefore tinny. They were stupidly quite too until I discovered you can use KDE settings to crank up volume. Currently run them at 150%. Earphones OK at 100%. Then app vol sliders work OK.
Zoom app not available and Zoom web won't work on FF. Does work on Chromium but is a bit flaky.
KDE themes don't always work, fail during install. Maybe some rely on dependancies not ported to Arm64.
Struggling to find my ideal KDE theme. AFAIK a light, transparent panel also means a transparent app launcher which is unreadable when it pops over a window with text in. Opaque panels look a bit clunky and I don't like dark themes. Will carry on looking.
Sleep mode works but battery consumption whilst asleep is too high. I shut down if I expect to leave it more than an hour or two.
Still think it was a good buy.
I've been following development of PinePhone too. As with Pineboook the prototyping is being done openly with early adopter versions for software devs released a while ago. There are about 6 OS projects being ported but only one is Android (AOSP) based. The others are 'pure' Linux eg UBports. It's tempting but so much these days relies on mobile apps and there aren't going to be many of them for Linux OSs. Any thoughts anyone?
On Fri, Oct 02, 2020 at 09:18:21PM +0100, Phil Thane wrote: [snip]
I've been following development of PinePhone too. As with Pineboook the prototyping is being done openly with early adopter versions for software devs released a while ago. There are about 6 OS projects being ported but only one is Android (AOSP) based. The others are 'pure' Linux eg UBports. It's tempting but so much these days relies on mobile apps and there aren't going to be many of them for Linux OSs. Any thoughts anyone?
Do you *really* need any/all of those apps? I used to have an Android phone but after a couple of years decided that it was more trouble than it was worth. I have 'downsized' to a feature phone which just makes phone calls and sends/receives SMS (also has the advantages of being very cheap and undesirable and runs for several days on one charge).
I have an old smartphone with no SIM that I use as a SatNav.
Everthing else is on the laptop.
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 08:46, Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
Do you *really* need any/all of those apps? [...]
Everthing else is on the laptop.
Each to their own, obviously, but these days I increasingly ask myself if I need the laptop; there isn't anything I can't do on the phone, and plenty I often can't do on the laptop for the simple reason it's not with me at the time I want to do it. (Much like the best camera is usually the one you have with you, I find the same with laptop functions.)
On Sat, Oct 03, 2020 at 09:18:29AM +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
On Sat, 3 Oct 2020 at 08:46, Chris Green cl@isbd.net wrote:
Do you *really* need any/all of those apps? [...]
Everthing else is on the laptop.
Each to their own, obviously, but these days I increasingly ask myself if I need the laptop; there isn't anything I can't do on the phone, and plenty I often can't do on the laptop for the simple reason it's not with me at the time I want to do it. (Much like the best camera is usually the one you have with you, I find the same with laptop functions.)
Yes, I can understand that. However when I see other members of my family (all younger than me) struggling to reply to E-Mail on their phones or trying to buy things on line I realise why (for me) the laptop is so much faster and easier.
It's the 'unix philosphy' use small dedicated 'things' each good at what they do. :-) I have a digital camera which is pocketable but is *way* better than even the best smartphone camera and it's a fraction of the price (proper viewfinder, 30:1 zoom, etc.).
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