• k0e3@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    How is pmOS daily driver ready when the OP just got the camera working? I think the other dev JUST got audio and emergency calls working too, right?

    • cabbage@piefed.social
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      24 hours ago

      Driver support needs to be done separately for each device, so it’s a moving target. Work on Fairphone 6, a pretty new device, seems to be progressing well.

      Daily driver ready in general and daily driver ready on Fairphone 6 are two different things. New phones are released all the time and they all need their own set of drivers and hardware support. That’s separate from the operative system itself being ready or not.

      Emergency calling worked already, it was just tested so that we now know that it works on the FP6.

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      24 hours ago

      The only things not working yet in my image are:

      Front camera NPU Fingerprint sensor

      If these are not a dealbreaker for being daily driver ready then its daily driver ready.

      • k0e3@lemmy.ca
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        24 hours ago

        Thank you for the clarification! I’d have to be pretty into tinkering with Linux, to use it right? Not that I personally mind, but I don’t think it’s something I should just recommend my 70yo dad who can barely use macos quite yet as his daily driver… Right?

        I really wanna try the fairphone (and your image!) but I can’t justify the price. It’s not the phone’s problem, though, it’s more of a problem with my level of disposable income lol

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          23 hours ago

          The installation requires some linux knowledge yes, the usage after is pretty simple.

          Issue is any person used to android is going to wonder “why is this app suddenly gone from the store”. Unless you use waydroid, but I’m not sure how seamless the experience is there. Or if they don’t use any apps that don’t have linux equivalents.