Time for another #linux #microblog.

I've shared in detail how much I love running #LinuxMint on Desktop PCs, Laptops, Tablets and - because I'm busy - even on some micro-servers (until I get around to rebuilding them as headless Debian.)

So I'm sure you've been asking what no one has been asking - why not run Linux on my phone.

My wife picked up a #PinePhone for me, in spite of the many "this is only for developers" warnings. I am, after all, a developer.

After having it for about a week, I'll share that it's not ready, but not for the many expected reasons.

It's just too slow. Specifically KDE's software center has always been a bit sluggish, but running on a phone, it's simply unusable.

I will certainly drop to command line installations and continue trying things out on this delightful little device.

But for today, my journey in casual user mode stopped almost immediately when I couldn't even install a Matrix client.

My conclusion is that the PinePhone is, as it says on the order page, still only suitable to early testing by developers.

In contrast, I think the #PineWatch still has a few warnings leftover in the docs, but it has been my daily driver smartwatch for a couple of years now.

@gamey I have a PinePhone too, and I've kicked around the idea of the Pro, but I need to have an iPhone or an Android phone for work or they issue me one. I don't want to carry around two phones all the time, so I don't use the #Pinephone as a daily driver or anything. Because of that the #PinephonePro is a little expensive for what I'd use it for. I also have a #PineTab and a #Pinewatch, and I'd love to get my hands on a #PineNote in the near future. Do love the #PinebookPro though.

@PINE64