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I ordered the UBports version a few months back and it recently arrived. At the moment I'm running Mobian, basically Debian for the PinePhone. There are a lot of rough edges still, but it just feels great to have the ability to tinker with your phone in the same way you tinker with your linux box.


Are you using it as a daily driver?


No, I'm stillnusing my OnePlus 3 as a daily driver. I'm in the process of finding similar programs to the ones I regularly use on the PinePhone so I can eventually try using it for a day.


If you do find suitable software it's good to know that you could then install Ubuntu Touch on the OnePlus3 for a higher powered experience: https://forums.ubports.com/topic/3253/oneplus-3-3t/542


I honestly don't want to do that for two main reasons.

1. Apps like Revolut and others I rely on don't work on Ubuntu Touch to my knowledge.

2. Ubuntu Touch is not 100% customizable either. The rootfs for example is mounted as read only with no ability to change that. My ext4 sd card could not be mounted through any gui from what I tried. Mounting it through the terminal worked, but when I put it into fstab (and imo "fixed" the read only rootfs) the changes were reset on the next boot. That was the point where I decided to switch to mobian.




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