Librem 5 Dogwood vs. PinePhone PMOS CE

PMOS seems pretty static, and not much fun. I installed PureOS which was much, much better, in terms of installed/available software, but it locked up or rebooted rather frequently.

So… I tried Manjaro/Phosh. Wow! I’ve never used Arch or a rolling release before and I’m impressed. Manjaro for PinePhone has a bunch of software installed and a fair amount in their repository.

Phosh Torch - :white_check_mark: (in the top pulldown)
4G voice/data - :white_check_mark:
Camera - :white_check_mark: (crappy resolution, f-stop, etc, but it takes and saves pictures.
Sound Recorder - :white_check_mark:
Podcasts - :white_check_mark: (some is off-screen).
Firefox - :white_check_mark: (best experience on PP, yet).
Fractal (it’s pre-installed, but I haven’t used it)
Telegram (also pre-installed, but I haven’t tried it)
Authenticator (also pre-installed, but I haven’t tried it)
GNOME Maps - :white_check_mark: (no turn-by-turn navigation, but OSM is good and it does generate directions)
Shortwave - :white_check_mark: (I had to install flatpak using pacman in the terminal, but works great!)

But I’ve saved the best for last… Battery life is almost as good as my Android. I’ve left it on overnight at 90%, with random programs running. Not only was it still running in the morning, but it still had 70% remaining. Just a personal observation, but pretty consistent. Whatever Manjaro did, it had a dramatic effect.

I look forward to all these improvements and software being available on my Evergreen.

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