Hey everyone, I’m going insane due to a lack of creative project. I’ve written an app already but I haven’t gotten around to publishing it yet. I’d like to know what kind of apps you’d like to see created for mobile Linux. I prefer easier, bite-sized projects over particularly large ones, but I’d love to hear your ideas nevertheless.
I find Android not having almost any option for various apps. I just want a touchscreen keyboard friendly text editor which saves txt files in my phone’s home directory, for example. The only thing that really exists is emacs or using termux, and using a modal text editor on a mobile keyboard is a massive pain.
Maybe it’s because I use my phone like a computer, but I do not like using single purpose, clunky apps that obfuscate the filesystem. Mobile linux has so many different apps that Android has no equivalent for. Not denying there’s still much work to do for mobile Linux.
Better than the Pinephone. See my other post on this thread where I talk about my Mobian port to the Pixel 3a and click the link for some more detailed info on how well it works.
Oh and the Pinephone is just way too slow and the thermal design is not really good and it also does have issues in other parts of the hardware. It’s not a good phone, it’s a passable development device that easily allows to turn off things such as Bluetooth.
And… an old Android phone such as the Pixel 3a is just a lot cheaper and runs way faster with a far better battery life.
the audio is inexcusably inconsistent on my pinephone, particularly the mic.