[Successful] installation of PureOS on PinePhone

Software PureOS
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Does anyone know how the CPU in the Pinephone compares to the Librem 5? I mean I assumed the L5’s cpu is more powerful, but the L5 has more RAM as well right?

The Pinephone has a nice design, and it is good to see PureOS firing up on it as well.

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I don’t know whether this is up to date but: Comparing specs of upcoming Linux phones

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Right, that says that they are different chips, but I’m interested in relative performance.

My moto g7 power feels just as fast as the pixel 2 I had, but they are different chipsets, etc.

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I haven’t seen any benchmarks of the two phones, but look at the specs:
Librem 5: i.MX 8M Quad (4x Cortex-A53, 1.5 GHz, 28nm), LPDDR4-3200
PinePhone: Allwinner A64 (4x Cortex-A53, 1.2 GHz, 40nm), LPDDR3

The CPU clock is 25% faster in the i.MX 8M and with the faster RAM, I would expect 1/3 better CPU performance on the Librem 5 than on the PinePhone, once Purism solves the heat dissipation problem in Dogwood. However, the GPU performance is significantly better in the Librem 5. Sebastian Krzyszkowiak (seb_dos1) posted on reddit a couple weeks ago the glxgears score on the Librem 5, and it was roughly 2.5 times better than on the PinePhone.

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Hi luisfsr,

Do you have somewhere the prebuild img for the PinePhone i can flash on my emmc ? Thanks!

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I would be interested in knowing if one exists as well. Thanks!

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There was one exists, look here https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php/PinePhone_Software_Releases#PureOS
But for some resion the you can not download it anymore…

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Thanks. Maybe I’ll try and build it myself.

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Ok if you can please share it then with me, my computer is to slow for that. thanks!

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I certainly will if I manage to do it!

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That’s nice thanks!

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I have manage to get the rootfs of the lasted build what i was talk before, but now it need to build to and image if you like to have them let me know.

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Thanks! I am going to try build it later today; I am curious how the build process is.

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I’m uploading it on Gitlab now as soon i have it ready i send you the link, i try to make a build via the GitLab CI :wink:

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Here it is : https://gitlab.com/ruditimmer/pureos-pinephone

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Thank you. I just crashed my pinephone with mobian trying to put wireguard on it and have to start from scratch. Now I can move on to pureos!

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Ok i see yes i never have see it i have try till now all Oses for Pinephone but never try PureOS till now… :wink:

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You have made progress ? I tr to build it via GitLab CI but not manage it yet… If you know how or can help your welcome :wink:

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Thank you! Still getting stuff set up on my linux machine.

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Ok i see :wink: Then we wait :wink: