Day 2 of attempting to daily drive postmarketOS Linux on a OnePlus 6T:
At the moment, I'm still carrying an Android phone which provides a wifi hotspot.
The most important things have been established: Fediverse access (via Tuba) and messaging (via Fractal). After initial problems with the repo-version of Fractal, the Flatpak version works very well. I've already been messaging my wife, family and friends from Linux.
I also successfully purchased and downloaded a public transport ticket for February.
The battery life has been very very good. I think the automatic suspend is working it's magic. However, I'm not sure if this affects notifications yet.
@fell Im about a week in on my move to #droidian on my Thinkphone. I have found that gnome-web, though slower than firefox, has pretty good PWA support and that works well in #phosh. I also have nerd-dictation bound to a gnome keyboard short cut for vtt on demand. It a pretty good solution.
@Lulukaros You need a Matrix server that has the bridges enabled. Currently, https://www.beeper.com offers all bridges for free. Beeper offers their own app, but it works with any Matrix client.
@florianherrengt Yes, definitely. With 8 cores and 8 GB of memory it's a slightly overpowered smartphone, which helps overcome potential inefficiencies.
The UI maintains a stable 60 FPS with only occasional dropped frames. Scrolling and zooming in Firefox is very smooth. Application load times are comparable with desktop Linux.
But even on lesser capable SoCs like the Snapdragon 410 from 2015 it's certainly an enjoyable experience.
Overall, it's not quite as smooth as Android, but it's not far behind at all.
@fell Suspend stops most notifications (except SMS/MMS/Calls), though on my OnePlus 6 I get a decent day's worth of battery without suspend enabled, but YMMV
@krafter I already have a solid habit of checking my phone every now and then. I might get away with leaving suspend enabled and just unlocking it from time to time to allow it to receive notifications.
Add comment