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PostmarketOS 22.06 released – now upgrades are possible

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Re: PostmarketOS 22.06 released – now upgrades are possible

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Post by kop316 »

robotbikes wrote: post #2

Just curious as to what the use cases for this are from any current users. Is anyone using postmarked as a daily driver replacement for their phone ? Do people use it as a mobile low power server or just a fun handheld Linux computer ?

> Is anyone using postmarked as a daily driver replacement for their phone?

Yes. I'm not sure I understand your question though. A big use case for PostmarketOS is software for a mobile phone, so that's my use case.

Re: PostmarketOS 22.06 released – now upgrades are possible

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Post by wartijn_ »

josteink wrote: post #5

Maybe I have unrealistic expectations, but I was surprised not to see the PinePhone Pro on the list of supported devices. Was that a mistake or does it get lumped together with the OG PunePhone?

On the devices page of the wiki, the PinePhone pro is in the "testing" list, which has this description: "All other device ports, including new ones. Maintainers can create merge requests to move devices to community if requirements are met on the Device categorization page. A more detailed view with a full status matrix of these devices can be found on the All devices page"

The normal PinePhone is one of the main devices, so it seems that that one has way better support.

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

Re: PostmarketOS 22.06 released – now upgrades are possible

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Post by wartijn_ »

usrn wrote: post #4

At long last a decent OS for Galaxy S3. I wish I had kept mine. It doesn't say whether it's the European or American version though.

Looks like it's the international (non-US) version. From the wiki page[0] of the device:

> So far, what works for Samsung Galaxy S III LTE (samsung-m3) also works for the samsung-m0 (Galaxy S III international GSM version without LTE, Also known as Galaxy S III 3G SHW-M440S in South Korea) and samsung-shv-e210s (a Korean variant). (None of these S III models should be confused with the North American S III models, which require OS builds.)

[0] https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_III_(sam...

Re: PostmarketOS 22.06 released – now upgrades are possible

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Post by kop316 »

josteink wrote: post #5

Maybe I have unrealistic expectations, but I was surprised not to see the PinePhone Pro on the list of supported devices. Was that a mistake or does it get lumped together with the OG PunePhone?

This is some good background info: https://drewdevault.com/2022/01/18/Pine64s-weird-priorities....

TL;DR: Pine64 creates the hardware, but pretty much depends on the community to get software support. As a result, software support for the Pinephone Pro is incomplete. That being said, PostmarketOS probably has some of the best support for the Pinephone Pro

Re: PostmarketOS 22.06 released – now upgrades are possible

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Post by yoavm »

To those who are curious - I'm working on a PostmarketOS / AwesomeWM based interface for e-readers, currently happily running it as a daily driver on my Kobo Clara HD. https://github.com/bjesus/air . It's very fun to have an e-ink device running modern Linux, and it's also very cheap :)

Re: PostmarketOS 22.06 released – now upgrades are possible

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Post by captn3m0 »

yoavm wrote: post #9

To those who are curious - I'm working on a PostmarketOS / AwesomeWM based interface for e-readers, currently happily running it as a daily driver on my Kobo Clara HD. https://github.com/bjesus/air . It's very fun to have an e-ink device running modern Linux, and it's also very cheap :)

KOReader has plain Linux builds, so running that ought to be a perfect match. I might get a Kobo to try this out, thanks!
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