Can a GNOME Linux Phone be Daily Driven?

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[niccoloveslinux]

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[Norbert]

I think it's important to note that besides the unofficial Phosh there is also an ongoing effort by the GNOME team to make GNOME Shell itself compatible with phones.

[merthyr]

As the mobile app ecosystem on Linux emerges, there should definitely be a push towards Flatpak/Appimage repositories that explicitly host apps that are mobile friendly, or mobile exclusive. Right now, the distinction between mobile and desktop apps is far too blurred, and GNOME trying to filter these apps automatically is going to be more painful than just launching a new repo for the mobile ecosystem.

[amanverma]

This is phosh shell gnome shell is more better than this

[imhemish]

4:53 the apps declare in their desktop file and metainfo file that they are mobile friendly. The specification was started by purism

[_framedlife]

I'd love to see gnome-shell on phone with postmarketOS build. From what I've seen gnome-shell seems much better with responsiveness and postmarketOS bundles gnome apps (recommended core apps) and nothing else

[bennyprfane]

Yes, absolutely please do an Ubuntu Touch video, and make sure to compare it with the other two! I have heard a couple times that it is the most mature mobile Linux so far (if, for some reason, we want to pretend that Sailfish OS is something different and does somehow not belong in that category - which so many Linux Youtubers seem to think). Seriously though, you should also make a video about Sailfish OS, it is in fact the most advanced and functional mobile Linux out there, and very much suitable for daily driving.

[mks-h]

You can build a postmarketOS image with the experimental mobile-friendly GNOME Shell with a few simple commands, FYI

[NijiDash]

4:43 I know GNOME Software Center lists whether apps are mobile-friendly, I think that must be how they do it? Anyways, great insight into the usability and which tasks are a problem on mobile Linux as of now.

[branislavavramovic]

Hey, Nicco. It would be so cool and interesting to see whether you can daily drive Sailfish OS or Ubuntu Touch (UB Ports) on your mobile device.

[imhemish]

13:41 you don't need to actually know what merge request and all, postmarket os builds their latest edge version with the gnome shell patches, so you can just install that

[arnabsadhukhan]

try the gnome shell, it is much better than phosh

[imhemish]

10:54 epiphany (gnome web) works perfectly and is adaptive

[Archbtw_]

KDE seemed way more responsive and less buggy.

[beautifulislam]

I miss early days of android when you had the choice over what what you want to install and what you don't. 😕

[imhemish]

9:24 there is a client called "Tooth", which is fork of not maintained "tootle"

[MatthewWilliamsX]

Ubuntu touch - very interested. It would definitely complete the experience of daily driving common OS on the pinephone.

Thank you for the hard work. <3

[mks-h]

There's like 2-3 apps for Mastodon in development for GNOME

[tato-chip]

Have you tried running firefox with wayland enabled?
On my 2 in 1 laptop i need it enabled to use the browser with my fingers properly

[poitiers]

Would you be able to do a review of the Red Hat or Fedora mobile OS?