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   On Wed, 9 Jul 2025 03:02:39 -0000 (UTC), Joseph Rosevear wrote:   
      
   > I got a PinePhone.  It runs Manjaro Linux which uses KDE Plasma.   
   >   
   > It's makes a poor smartphone, but it *does* work.  I got it, because I   
   > wanted a phone that worked and didn't depend on Apple or Google.   
   >   
   > Although still Linux, it's very different from Slackware.  Does anyone   
   > know of any PinePhone forums?   
   >   
   > Thanks.   
   >   
   > -Joe   
      
   Hello,   
      
   Here's an update, now two weeks after I got my PinePhone:   
      
   I was having trouble with the docking bar.  But perhaps I solved the   
   problem.   
      
   The docking bar has the potential to be terrifically handy, as it is   
   meant to provide keyboard, mouse, monitor and Ethernet connections.   
   Since Manjaro includes a terminal app, this would allow easy command line   
   interactions with the phone.  My docking bar wasn't working reliably   
   however, and I read online enough to know that I wasn't alone.   
      
   Sadly, this may have been a simple case of RTFM.  However, the key point   
   could have been said with greater emphasis and clarity.  It seems that my   
   trouble was caused by the use of a power supply that could not produce   
   the required 3A, and a power supply, suitable or otherwise, was not   
   included.  At any rate, my Anker 20W PD power supply and a *nice* Apple   
   cable arrived today by UPS.  I plugged everything in, and - for now   
   anyway - the sporadic failures are gone.   
      
   Woohoo!  I worry that my claim to success is premature, but I'm getting   
   an odd feeling that I'm past the docking bar hurdle and I will actually   
   be able go forward and address other matters.  Mainly I want to learn how   
   to configure the phone and the O.S. and learn what I need to know about   
   Manjaro.  And beyond that, someday I would like to install Slackware on   
   an SD card and see what I can do with that, although that is a dream for   
   later.  Mainly, it's just a phone.   
      
   It still works, by the way.   
      
   -Joe   
      
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