[kwlug-disc] Another day with PinePhone -> use sxmo !!!

Mikalai Birukou mb at 3nsoft.com
Thu Mar 4 20:41:44 EST 2021


>>> Phone came with mobian+phosh. Had an impression of a slow device.
>>>
>>> Put onto flash card ps' plasma-mobile from 
>>> https://images.postmarketos.org/bpo/edge/pine64-pinephone/ following 
>>> "Flash to microSD card" on 
>>> https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/PINE64_PinePhone_(pine64-pinephone)
>>>
>>> Now phone feels responsive. I guess it was an UI. And there is an 
>>> autorotate and nicer terminal included.
>>
>> And this is when we realize, time can't be set. No rpm / apt. Is it a 
>> flatpack? Firefox doesn't open keyboard. Well. What is that sxmo? 
>> <down the rabbit hole/> 
>
> sxmo is incredibly convenient on the phone. Doc page 
> https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-docs/tree/master/USERGUIDE.md
>
> I only don't get why installation of postmarketOS, newest version, 
> requires to setup ssh. Else install fails to complete. ui gestures 
> fail to work with that user, instead of postmarketos default "user".
>
> I never got dwm. But with this gestures, and on a smaller screen it 
> rocks. Desktops are also super useful on a small screen.

Found the problem: I was messing with screen lock that has modes 
https://git.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-docs/tree/master/USERGUIDE.md#strongscreen-lockstrong 
that are super useful on a mobile device with touch and travel to pocket.

sxmo is amazing!!!






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