Re: I just got my pinephone.

[Tobias Platen <guix@platen-software.de>]

I ordered my Librem 5 about one year ago and I'm still waiting
for it. Since backorder shipping resumes October 2021, I expect to get
mine in Q4 2021. 

On Sat, 2021-10-02 at 09:04 -0400, Christine Lemmer-Webber wrote:
> 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
> > > > 
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> > > > 
> > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ 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
> 
>