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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[I am posting this from a #PinePhone.  Actually, the phone is plugged into a USB C hub, with HDMI, and a keyboard and mouse connected.  It actually works pretty well.  On the phone, Phosh is the desktop (I&#39;m just using the Manjaro install it came with), but I get a nearly-normal Linux desktop experience on the monitor.  I&#39;ve got a SIM card in there now for internet.&#xA;&#xA;This isn&#39;t too bad.  I tried it a while ago just to see if it would work, but never really used it.  Now, it&#39;s sluggish to start some applications, but this could kind of be an interesting daily driver.  The PinePhone has issues with AT&amp;T, in that data works but voice and text don&#39;t, but with a different carrier it&#39;s not a bad phone if you don&#39;t actually need the Android/iOS app ecosystem.  (AT&amp;T is migrating to VoLTE only.  The PinePhone supports it, but they&#39;ve chosen to just ban other devices which aren&#39;t VoLTE exclusive, which the PinePhone isn&#39;t.  The phone does work with a Verizon SIM I&#39;d already activated, though, including voice and text.)&#xA;&#xA;This phone is kind of like a compromise between a smart phone and a Linux laptop.  So, it&#39;s not a direct replacement for say an Android phone, since it&#39;s not really the same thing.  But in my opinion, it definitely fills a niche.&#xA;&#xA;Find me at&#xD;&#xA;@toroidalcore@masto.hackers.town]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am posting this from a <a href="/toroidalcore/tag:PinePhone" class="hashtag" rel="nofollow"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">PinePhone</span></a>.  Actually, the phone is plugged into a USB C hub, with HDMI, and a keyboard and mouse connected.  It actually works pretty well.  On the phone, Phosh is the desktop (I&#39;m just using the Manjaro install it came with), but I get a nearly-normal Linux desktop experience on the monitor.  I&#39;ve got a SIM card in there now for internet.</p>

<p>This isn&#39;t too bad.  I tried it a while ago just to see if it would work, but never really used it.  Now, it&#39;s sluggish to start some applications, but this could kind of be an interesting daily driver.  The PinePhone has issues with AT&amp;T, in that data works but voice and text don&#39;t, but with a different carrier it&#39;s not a bad phone if you don&#39;t actually need the Android/iOS app ecosystem.  (AT&amp;T is migrating to VoLTE only.  The PinePhone supports it, but they&#39;ve chosen to just ban other devices which aren&#39;t VoLTE exclusive, which the PinePhone isn&#39;t.  The phone does work with a Verizon SIM I&#39;d already activated, though, including voice and text.)</p>

<p>This phone is kind of like a compromise between a smart phone and a Linux laptop.  So, it&#39;s not a direct replacement for say an Android phone, since it&#39;s not really the same thing.  But in my opinion, it definitely fills a niche.</p>

<p>Find me at
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2022 02:29:11 -0400</pubDate>
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