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From: Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
To: jbranso@dismail.de
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: I just got my pinephone.
Date: Sat, 02 Oct 2021 09:04:59 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a6jr378r.fsf@dustycloud.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <19c0f7ce940a5e7f9d03311ac4f6636e@dismail.de>

jbranso@dismail.de writes:

> October 1, 2021 6:56 PM, "Christine Lemmer-Webber" <cwebber@dustycloud.org> wrote:
>
>> I think the easiest step to first testing would be to install Guix
>> (userspace package manager) from Debian on Mobian. I've been meaning to
>> do that, haven't tried yet...
>
> Weirdly....I'm not certain that I want guix on my pinephone.  Specifically 
> I got my Pinephone, because I was tired of google's spyware.  AND I wanted
> a life phone, which is a phone that is so boring to use, you put it down
> and go live a life instead.  :)
>
> I've actually installed Mobian, removed the user "mobian" from the 
> suoders list, and had my mom change the root password on my phone.  
> So, my phone by design does not have firefox or tootle installed...
>
> If I installed guix system, I could re-install those annoying apps 
> that drain my life away.  It would be nice if guix system could 
> create a user that is not allowed to install applications, or had
> only a whitelist of applications that he could install. 
>
> That's my two cents.  :)

Well I understand.  For years I've kept all the social stuff off my
phone to not be too sucked into it.  I use a browser, but in read-only
mode...!

>> 
>> from there we can look at what's necessary to go full distro....
>> 
>> Kaelyn <kaelyn.alexi@protonmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> Hi Guix!
>>> 
>>> I just received my pinephone this morning, so I'm going to be
>>> interested in bringing Guix to the pinephone as well. I hope to have
>>> the capacity to help with the efforts, even if it's just the
>>> occasional testing.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kaelyn
>>> 
>>> Sent with ProtonMail Secure Email.
>>> 
>>> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>>> 
>>> On Wednesday, September 1st, 2021 at 12:39 PM, Joshua Branson <jbranso@dismail.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hey Guix!
>>>> 
>>>> I just got my phinephone. It's currently running postmarketOS (1). I
>>>> 
>>>> usually work nights two nights a week 10pm-6am (EST) Sunday night and
>>>> 
>>>> Monday night. If a guix developer would like ssh access to it during
>>>> 
>>>> those times, then please let me know. If I should use Mobian instead
>>>> 
>>>> to help port guix to it, then I would be willing to switch.
>>>> 
>>>> I'd be happy to help out! Also jmp.chat (2) works really well with
>>>> 
>>>> chatty.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> Joshua
>>>> 
>>>> 1. https://postmarketos.org/source-code
>>>> 2. https://jmp.chat



  reply	other threads:[~2021-10-02 15:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-09-01 19:39 I just got my pinephone Joshua Branson
2021-09-02 15:59 ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-09-04 23:37   ` vidak
2021-10-01 18:15 ` Kaelyn
2021-10-01 22:55   ` Christine Lemmer-Webber
2021-10-01 23:29   ` jbranso
2021-10-02 13:04     ` Christine Lemmer-Webber [this message]
2021-10-02 16:45       ` Tobias Platen
2021-10-02 22:20         ` Nicolò Balzarotti
2021-10-02 21:23     ` jbranso
2021-10-02 21:24     ` jbranso

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