Re: I just got my pinephone.

[Nicolò Balzarotti]

Tobias Platen <guix@platen-software.de> writes:

> I ordered my Librem 5 about one year ago and I'm still waiting
> for it. Since backorder shipping resumes October 2021, I expect to get
> mine in Q4 2021.

I have a spare PinePhone since when, back in February, I received my L5!

I installed guix binary over pureos and it's working great.  I offload
build to an x64 server (with qemu-binfmt-service-type).  Many programs
fail to build, but for others guix works well (just a bit slow).

I don't know the way forward (how to get a guix image to boot on it).

However, my pinephone is unused.  If we hold the guix days live this year,
guix on the phone should be something we'd want to try, as it seems we
have a few devices to work on.

>
> On Sat, 2021-10-02 at 09:04 -0400, Christine Lemmer-Webber wrote:
>> jbranso@dismail.de writes:
>> 
>> > October 1, 2021 6:56 PM, "Christine Lemmer-Webber"
>> > <cwebber@dustycloud.org> wrote:
>> > 
>> > > I think the easiest step to first testing would be to install
>> > > Guix
>> > > (userspace package manager) from Debian on Mobian. I've been
>> > > meaning to
>> > > do that, haven't tried yet...
>> > 
>> > Weirdly....I'm not certain that I want guix on my pinephone. 
>> > Specifically 
>> > I got my Pinephone, because I was tired of google's spyware.  AND I
>> > wanted
>> > a life phone, which is a phone that is so boring to use, you put it
>> > down
>> > and go live a life instead.  :)
>> > 
>> > I've actually installed Mobian, removed the user "mobian" from the 
>> > suoders list, and had my mom change the root password on my phone. 
>> > So, my phone by design does not have firefox or tootle installed...
>> > 
>> > If I installed guix system, I could re-install those annoying apps 
>> > that drain my life away.  It would be nice if guix system could 
>> > create a user that is not allowed to install applications, or had
>> > only a whitelist of applications that he could install. 
>> > 
>> > That's my two cents.  :)
>> 
>> Well I understand.  For years I've kept all the social stuff off my
>> phone to not be too sucked into it.  I use a browser, but in read-
>> only
>> mode...!
>> 
>> > > 
>> > > from there we can look at what's necessary to go full distro....
>> > > 
>> > > Kaelyn <kaelyn.alexi@protonmail.com> writes:
>> > > 
>> > > > Hi Guix!
>> > > > 
>> > > > I just received my pinephone this morning, so I'm going to be
>> > > > interested in bringing Guix to the pinephone as well. I hope to
>> > > > have
>> > > > the capacity to help with the efforts, even if it's just the
>> > > > occasional testing.
>> > > > 
>> > > > Cheers,
>> > > > Kaelyn
>> > > > 
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>> > > > 
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>> > > > 
>> > > > On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 12:39 PM, Joshua Branson
>> > > > <jbranso@dismail.de> wrote:
>> > > > 
>> > > > > Hey Guix!
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > I just got my phinephone. It's currently running postmarketOS
>> > > > > (1). I
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > usually work nights two nights a week 10pm-6am (EST) Sunday
>> > > > > night and
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > Monday night. If a guix developer would like ssh access to it
>> > > > > during
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > those times, then please let me know. If I should use Mobian
>> > > > > instead
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > to help port guix to it, then I would be willing to switch.
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > I'd be happy to help out! Also jmp.chat (2) works really well
>> > > > > with
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > chatty.
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > Thanks,
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > Joshua
>> > > > > 
>> > > > > 1. https://postmarketos.org/source-code
>> > > > > 2. https://jmp.chat
>> 
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