PinePhone – KDE Community edition

Great to see that, congratulations to everybody involved.

Is the hardware of Pinephone considered stable?

How is the development on such platform, the same a on Desktop GNU/Linux? Do we have a permission system similar to Android? Can we launch easily background application and awake the phone when needed (for notifications)? Is there a documentation on the packaging system?

How long can the battery last at the moment (with mostly idle phone)?

Thanks!

How do you see this develop in the future, especially concerning the convergence aspect of it - the ability to hook it up to a monitor and use it as a real desktop computer. Please provide your own personal and unofficial opinion.

I got my pinephone (Manjaro) last week and tried all OSs there are for it; I really love the idea of having a real Linux device in my pocket (that's why I have the Pandora, Pyra + GPD pocket 1 as well); it is such a difference having full control and being able to change whatever how you work instead of having large corps decide. Also shows, by the 'missing apps' between ecosystems, how much we need replacements for all the proprietary social sites, chat, collaboration etc.

However there is a lot that needs to be done software wise, which made me think that if I want to have a solid Linux device that really fits in my pocket like a phone with actual speech and 4g(5g?) then a lot more people will need to help with this. I don't know how that will happen, but, like I did with the Pandora, with this device I will try to work with the community in reporting and fixing bugs.

For now, this is a device for people who like freedom of their device (well, at least as much as we can get with modern circuits) and who like to tinker. I would recommend it to those people who envision an open source phone in their future; we need to help + stimulate the people trying.

Edit: it is trivial to try all OSs, so whatever you buy, you can switch rather rapidly and take them all for a spin.

For me it's the LCD screen versus an AMOLED that is a big blocker on mobile devices.

But as I understand for now this will probably mostly be used by hackers and developers themselves, not as a daily driver for lambda users who are conscious about freedom and privacy yet, so the hardware choices make sense.

Any recommendations as to the best way to support this / other Foss phones ? This obviously includes how to get a phone but i assume there is other ways?