Re:Fedora on the PinePhone: Pipewire Calling
by jraph on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @06:14PM
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> Why would you run Android on an old underpowered SoC if you can buy a new Android phone with much better specs for the same price or cheaper locally, with much easier to attain warranty and better delivery times?
The absence of proprietary blobs running on the main CPU alone is already a great deal. This also means that the phone isn't stuck on an old version of Android because of some nasty blob.
Re:Fedora on the PinePhone: Pipewire Calling
by patrakov on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @08:49PM
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> The absence of proprietary blobs running on the main CPU alone is already a great deal.
This. The formulated goal is short, self-contained, not overreaching, and to the point.
Pinephone is only interesting because it is getting a progressively better mainline Linux support every day, can run normal Linux distros, has fairly open hardware and a manufacturer that accepts feedback, and works on interesting stuff, like a kinda unique planned external keyboard+battery shell for it.
It's a real pocket computer with HW that I can control without restrictions, SW that I can trust, and don't have to run everything in a sandbox, just like on my workstation.