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by ninjha 1954 days ago
Oh hey, this is a project I started a while ago. It's a little buggier than the other PinePhone distributions because most of our apps are straight from the "Real" Fedora repository and aren't patched. [1]

General sentiment in the thread is that this is not a replacement for Android or iOS: you are correct.

I can answer questions if people have any.

[1]: https://github.com/nikhiljha/pp-fedora-sdsetup
1 comments
nousermane 1954 days ago
Given proximity to "real" fedora, is this any good with USB-C dock (and external keyboard, mouse, and monitor)?

Stretch question - any apps that work well between both "desktop" i.e. dock and "phone", i.e. dock-less modes?

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kop316 1954 days ago
I can't answer for Fedora, but for Mobian (Mobile Debian). It works reasonably well with a USB-C dock and external keyboard/mouse/monitor.

A lot of apps works well between both of you use phosh. Purism (the software dev behind phosh) developed libraries to enable apps to switch between desktop and phone mode (it's called libhandy).

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ninjha 1954 days ago
Yup, others have done the docked thing after installing gnome-shell. Haven’t tested it myself since I have an older PinePhone where this wasn’t functional.

I wouldn’t say any apps work “well” on mobile - but everything that works on mobile is usable on desktop.

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