Phosh 0.56.0

jarbus•about 1 hour ago

Linux has long been the most practical laptop OS for me, but I can't see it ever being competitive with mobile OSes, and that's coming from someone who wants it to succeed (I've installed postmarketOS on a OP6T). I just don't see how it will overcome the various issues (app support, tap-to-pay, camera quality, etc).

shevy-java•38 minutes ago

Oddly enough I am using Win10 right now on my laptop. On my main computer I use linux but I also got tired having to set up things specifically for the laptop or be locked down in a specific distribution; plus, I also have to run various software on the laptop and when the rest of the class or group uses Windows, and you are the sole Linux person, it feels very lonely. So I fake being a win user in that case.

hirako2000•about 1 hour ago

The fact I thought it was a custom UI over stock android means they got this well rounded.

jstanley•about 2 hours ago

What are the best phones/distros to use phosh with?

guilamu•about 2 hours ago

https://phosh.mobi/faq/#so-what-phones-are-supported

kop316•about 1 hour ago

I have a oneplus6 and use a mobile version of Debian called "Mobian". postmarketOS is a really good choice, and they have a wiki of supported devices: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

awestroke•about 1 hour ago

Seemed interesting until I read that Phosh pulls in GNOME - gnome-settings, gnome-session etc. Seems like a very strange bundle to bring in for an extremely power constrained device, where every % of increased battery drain is noticed by the user

gf000•about 1 hour ago

Why? What's particularly heavy in these gnome tools?

Like the particular programs are no issue, but the whole UNIX-userspace as done in the mainframe era and still is. Like you definitely need cooperative program suspend/resume like on Android for any kind of sane battery life, but that's unfortunately completely missing in case of GNU/Linux.

tim-projects•about 1 hour ago

Gnomes' a massive memory hog

I was looking at this and thinking maybe it would improve a cheap android phone. But now I know it's running gnome I won't even consider trying

freedomben•24 minutes ago

Do you have any numbers? The last numbers I remember seeing, had XFCE around 500 MB and gnome around 700 MB. I'm trying to find some current numbers, but it's a pretty tough thing.

Without any different numbers, I think saying a massive memory hog is a little hyperbolic. Applications in use, especially browsers, are going to dwarf the desktop environment anyway. Having the polish is well worth it to many people, myself included.

I would definitely like to see less memory requirements for the various desktop environments, but at the end of the day I don't pay for any of this

gcr•about 1 hour ago

Every desktop environment is a massive memory hog. Do you really want something minimal like xfce on a touchscreen?

Striving7340•19 minutes ago

Phosh is not based on gnome-shell and has its own settings and apps, but it does use parts of gnome, no reason to reinvent the wheel.

> Seems like a very strange bundle to bring in for an extremely power constrained device, where every % of increased battery drain is noticed by the user

I'm sure you can make your Frankenstein version that would be 10% as usable and secure as phosh by removing everything but for most users, 100mb more ram and 1% more battery drain for an OS aiming to be a daily driver is something that's worth it.

realusername•about 1 hour ago

It works kind of okay for recent devices as phones are very powerful nowadays, Phosh on a <2015 device is much more painful though.

shevy-java•40 minutes ago

The name sounds like someone driving by at high speed ...

challengerVIE•about 2 hours ago

IshKebab•34 minutes ago

Terrible name. It's going to fail on those grounds alone.

Not that it would really succeed otherwise. You need Android app compatibility to stand a remote chance.

Phosh 0.56.0

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