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   On Thu, 10 Jul 2025 05:38:30 -0000 (UTC), Henrik Carlqvist wrote:   
      
   > Thanks for the review of the phone!   
   >   
   >> As I said, it works.  It has some bugs and/or quirks, but so far, they   
   >> are tolerable.  I'm still hoping to get it working with Slackware.   
   >> There are 21 choices for operating systems, and Slackware *is* one of   
   >> them. I'm still working on getting Slackware to boot, however.  The   
   >> documentation is sketchy, but there are wikis and forums available.   
   >> And I've been consulting duck.ai.   
   >   
   > If Slackware would be installed, would it be possible to in Slackware   
   > install hardware specific applications like to make phone calls, use the   
   > camera, GPS and so on? Does it run an X server and X applications? Or   
   > does it, more like Android, require that all applications are written   
   > specifically as "phone applications"?   
      
   Those are good questions.  I don't know the answers.  I'm hoping that   
   Slackware on the PinePhone will still behave like Slackware with added   
   commands that operate the cellphone modem and other cellphone features.   
      
   >> and -browse the Internet by connecting to my home WiFi.  It has a bunch   
   >> of apps.   
   >   
   > Does this mean that you are unable to connect to internet by cellular   
   > networks?   
      
   The cellular connectivity is fine.  It has WiFi also.  And Bluetooth.   
      
   > Year 2009 I made the step into the smartphone era by ordering a HTC   
   > Dream, the Android developer phone, from Google. I thought that it was   
   > pretty cool to have internet in your pocket and being capable of writing   
   > your own applications for the phone. Unfortunately, after only a few   
   > months, the phone stopped receiving updates and is since then stuck on   
   > Android 1.6. I also quickly found that I did not like the java way of   
   > writing applications.   
      
   Speaking of updates, I'm currently struggling to get my PinePhone to run   
   updates.  Something is wrong.  I think it wasn't meant to work this way.   
   Let me explain.  I got the phone with the OS already installed.  Then I   
   tried to update it, and the updates failed, despite my efforts.  (It   
   could easily be that I'm failing for lack of knowledge, but I'm certainly   
   putting out enough effort!)   
      
   Perhaps I need to start with a fresh install instead?   
      
   > I realize that transitioning away from Android is going to be painful as   
   > I have been used of having my contact book in their cloud and enjoying   
   > the integration between the  contact book, google maps and GPS   
      
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