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PINEPHONE First Impressions - Love the hardware, but the software...


I finally had time to play with the Pinephone! It was a hard video to make: the Pinephone is nos by any means ready to be shipped to the general public, but it’s still a very interesting device.

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The Pinephone is, for now, mostly aimed at developers. It’s a device that will run Linux based OSes. Not Android, but full blown Linux. I’m talking Ubuntu touch or Plasma Mobile, and why not the same OS as the Librem 5, Pure OS.

The PinePhone is made by ThePine64, a company that produces a bunch of Linux hardware, such as the PineBook and Pinebook Pro, the PineTime (a prototype smartwatch running Linux), and the PineTab, a tablet, running, you guessed it, Linux.

The phone comes in a nice white box, with minimal branding, very reminiscent of Apple packaging. Once you open it, you get a little warning card thanking you and letting you know it’s not a consumer-ready device yet, and you get the phone itself, with a charging cable. It doesn’t come with a charging brick, but that’s not really an issue, since I don’t think anyone needs another one of these.

The PinePhone itself is a big device, with a 5.95 inches display It’s not the crispest, at 1140 by 720p, but it’s bright, colors look good, and it doesn’t detract from the experience of using the phone. It weighs in at 190 grams, and it feels pretty nice in the hand, although I’m not a fan of such big phones. The screen is protected by glass, and the back plate is made of black plastic. You get a power button and volume rocker on the right side, the audio jack on the top, a usb-C port on the botton, and a frontal camera and speaker at the top, with an RGB LED.

The back of the device is very simple as well, with the camera and its flash, inlaid with a little “Pine” Logo, which is a nice touch.

All in all, the phone feels pretty good for a device that costs less than 200$, it definitely punches above its weight in terms of look and feel.

Now, in terms of specs, the PinePhone is definitely on the low end of the spectrum, as far as phones go. It uses an AllWinner Quad Core CPU with a Mali 400 graphics chip, 2Gb of RAM and has a 5Mpx camera on the back, and a 2mpx one on the front. It’s not far off from what the Librem 5 offers, but it’s definitely no flagship device either. Still, for the price, it’s a pretty good value.

Connectivity wise, the modem should support 4G and LTE networks from most carriers in the world, and the phone also has support for Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and GLONASS, and WIfi, although it’s only single band.

The back cover is removable easily, just by popping out the lower right corner. It gives you access to a 3000Mah battery. Once you get the battery out, you can insert your Sim card, which is a micro sim format.

Now, even more interesting, is a set of switches on the back. These are hardware kill switches for the Modem, Wifi and Bluetooth, The Microphone, the Rear and front cameras and the headphone jack.

In terms of software, the PinePhone doesn’t come with any OS preinstalled. It does have PostMarket OS running a series of hardware tests.

It was a bit underwhelming, although I’ll still give UBPorts a fair shake in the future. The cameras and the speaker don’t seem to work yet, and you shouldn’t let the phone go to sleep unless you know the default passphrase is “phablet”. The OS runs… alright, even though it exhibits problems when scrolling and navigating; it’s definitely not quite optimized yet for that hardware yet, and you can tell that performance wise, there is still some work to do.

Now, while the OS itself works pretty well apart from some slowdowns in animations, the application situation is still problematic, and will probably be the main issue for most users. A lot of webapps are available, but nothing official. Still, judging from the interest the Pinephone and Librem 5 are gathering, and seeing the progress of libhandy, I’d be surprised if a lot of open source apps didn’t make the switch to the smartphone form factor.

Battery life wasn’t fantastic, but I won’t judge that too harshly yet, since it’s very early days for this combination of hardware and software.

I obviously didn’t find the apps I use everyday, like Spotify or Freeletics, or my bank’s applications, but these are probably a long way off, if they ever come. The Anbox project seems to let people run Android apps on Linux based systems , though, so it could be a nice path to try and explore later.

Other software initiatives are also available, such as Plasma mobile, or postmarket OS running Phosh, the phone optimized gnome shell developed by Purism for the Librem 5. I tried both, and found them less advanced than UB Ports.

More operating systems are also supported, like Sailfish OS, LuneOS, Alpine OS, or even Manjaro ARM running Plasma Mobile. I’ll need to take some more time to explore each one of these and see how they fare.

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„Never before have so many Spanish companies or companies based in Spain developed so many joint projects with Israeli companies, and never before has Israeli industry managed to win so many contracts from the Spanish Ministry of Defense.“

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GH15 prayer for June 12, 2025
Praying Against Violence In America
Dutch Sheets

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in reply to Blaise Pascal

What if God's will is to punish America for its sins like abortion, homosexuality, greed, foreign wars & crimes to maintain US hegemony?

If so, your prayer is worthless.

“Woe to those who call evil good & good evil.. Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes” Isa 5:20–21

"The wicked shall be turned into hell, & all the nations that forget God." Ps 9:17

Bible consistently warns that when nations grow proud, corrupt, & morally inverted —they are on a path to judgment.

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Norway is transferring twice as many F-16s to Ukraine as planned, the mass media quoted the annual report on imports and exports of conventional arms as saying en.news-front.su/2025/06/11/no…

@TriptychTwinsRidesAgain

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Digital Autonomy & Open Source Intelligence with James Corbett


We return to the Digital Autonomy series to take a close look at our role in participating in today's information landscape. It is an honor and a pleasure to be joined by James Corbett of the Corbett Report to dig into this topic in detail. James brings his vast experience as an independent researcher and alternative media voice. We discuss the evolving digital landscape as well as the pressing concerns around artificial intelligence tools. Independent voices and audiences themselves face unprecedented challenges to make the most of the opportunities of our time.

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“I think in a lot of ways, under the Biden administration, people weren’t paying attention. People thought things were fine, and actually so much of what happened during those years set us up for where we are now,” —⁦‪@silky13‬⁩. truthout.org/audio/the-authori…

Trump sanctions Palestinian human rights organization over alleged political connections #Palestine mondoweiss.net/2025/06/trump-s…

A funky effect Einstein predicted, known as gravitational lensing — when a foreground galaxy magnifies more distant galaxies behind it — will soon become common when NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins science operations in 2027 and produces vast surveys of the cosmos. A particular subset of gravitational lenses, known as strong lenses, is […]

Huge irony ACLU supported Covid mandates ACLU never showed up at No-Mandate protests & seem to miss the fact that knowing your rights will not protect against cell phone data capture.
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Get ready for Saturday by watching the ACLU’s “Know Your Rights” training to help keep all of our #NoKings Day events safe and non-violent: youtube.com/watch?v=AvNnqbxG4b…

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CENTCOM Commander: US and “Israel” have failed to dismantle Yemen’s military capabilities en.ypagency.net/359196

Get ready for Saturday by watching the ACLU’s “Know Your Rights” training to help keep all of our #NoKings Day events safe and non-violent: youtube.com/watch?v=AvNnqbxG4b…

También disponible en Español: youtube.com/watch?v=322a8hvhFR…

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“Education is a kind of continuing dialogue, and a dialogue assumes different points of view.”

~ Robert M. Hutchins
(1899-1977) American educational philosopher, president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago, and earlier dean of Yale Law School (1927–1929)
Time magazine, 8 December 1952

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“Those in society who are in charge of schools must never forget that the parents have been appointed by God himself as the first and principal educators of their children and that their right is completely inalienable.”

~ Pope John Paul II
[Karol Józef Wojtyła] (1920-2005) Polish-born Roman Catholic Pope (1978-2005)

Tehran Unveils 'Red Subject' Emblem in Honor of Gaza Fallen Journalists iranpress.com/content/306338

The White House maintains a list of US President Donald Trump's investment deals, claiming over $10tn in commitments.

However, the lack of clarity over tariffs and other limiting factors significantly reduces the chances of successfully pulling off new building plans or hiring sprees. Even if projects do occur, they may not deliver the desired results.

For now, Trump's investment deals are largely a mirage.

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#usa #economy #tradewar

Some liberal Democrat governors are starting to roll back state (taxpayer) funded healthcare for people who are in the country illegally. Why is the left not protesting them? Could it be simply because the left gives Democrats a pass? Do they even know this is happening?

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Excellent! Another reason to be happy about the XLibre fork.

Tech innovation can be much improved by people who are not afraid of committing "wrongthink".

#x11 #xlibre
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The guy behind XLibre also has a history of anti-vax conspiracist ranting on the linux kernel mailing list

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Wagner’s Withdrawal From Mali Might Reshape The Conflict’s Military-Political Dynamics korybko.substack.com/p/wagners…

bro..this last 15minutes of fresh and fit from yesterday were pure comedy gold !

blondy is a jew and zherka goes full nazi on her xD

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Weiße Rose

#dwr #foto #fotografieren #mywork #fedibikes #MdRddG #MdRgD #MdRzA #obob #fahrrad #FahrradStattPorsche #jamendo #CC

#TousledCraneonTour


#Welt! Bist du noch da?

Zwischen #Himmel und #Erde


Is schön da! Ein paar km haben wir gemacht, leider war das #Wetter am #Sonntag doch so feucht, dass wir nur eine kleine Runde gedreht haben und klatschnass und mit einem #Sattelrohrbruch bei meiner #Herzallerliebsten nach Hause gekommen sind. Dies hat die #Laune ein wenig getrübt.

Nun aber auf, in die neue wunderbar kurze Woche. 11°C, geschlossene #Wolkendecke, kaum #Wind. Prima Voraussetzungen zum #Radeln.

Jetzt was aus der #Mottenkiste:

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Bleibt senkrecht und gesund!

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Storchennest / Stork's Nest


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#Vögel #Tiere #Störche #Rheinberg #KreisWesel #Niederrhein #Wallach #foto #photo #fotografie #photography #animals #birds #aequornithes #storks

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Harvard Must Not Be Pressured To Violate Civil Rights of Palestinian Students to Get Back Billions from Trump #Palestine palestinelegal.org/news/2025/6…

Science in Space June 2025 Scientists use instruments on the International Space Station to study phenomena in Earth’s ionosphere or upper atmosphere including thunderstorms, lightning, and transient luminous events (TLEs). TLEs take many forms, including blue jets, discharges that grow upward into the stratosphere from cloud tops, and colorful bursts of energy above storms called […]

334th ESA Council: Media information session


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Watch the replay of the media information session where ESA Director General Josef Aschbacher and ESA Council Chair Renato Krpoun (CH) brief journalists on the key decisions made during the ESA Council meeting held at ESA Headquarters in Paris on 11–12 June 2025.

#news #space #science #esa #europeanspaceagency
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“A new chapter for the de-Googled /e/OS.”
Big thanks to Sourav Rudra and @itsfoss News for the insightful article on the launch of /e/OS 3.0!
“There aren't many de-Googled Android-based operating systems that offer both a good user experience and privacy as effectively as @e_mydata "
We’re proud to build a user-friendly, privacy-focused OS — and grateful for the support of our amazing community and tech journalists.
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#deGoogled #Privacy #FOSS

A little exercise in how women die.

My ex was undergoing psych assessment last night. Part of the assessment involved social services intervention and it was advised by them that contact between him and the children, AND me and him, needs to be supervised until treatments are agreed, established and he's deemed safe to be around.

I'd literally just hung up the call and went down the road to pick up my boy and ex is standing there waiting for me at the school gates. He'd been tuned out without sectioning, no medication and had been handed a bunch of phone numbers so he can self refer to councilling and homeless services. No one had advised him of the social service restrictions. Thankfully he was more confused than violent, he'd lost his phone and needed numbers from me, but I was initially really scared.

Ex-Gesundheitsminister Spahn rechtfertigt Vorgehen bei Maskendeals

Ex-Gesundheitsminister Spahn hat sich gegen den Verdacht gewehrt, unter dubiosen Umständen Maskendeals während Corona in die Wege geleitet zu haben. In einem Interview betonte er, in einer "Jahrhundertkrise" unter Handlungsdruck gestanden zu haben.

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#Spahn #Masken

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Niemand wirft Spahn vor, in der Eile ein paar teure Fehler begangen zu haben.

Ich denke, dafür haben wir alle Verständnis.

Problematisch war stets, dass er gegen die ausdrücklichen Warnungen seiner Mitarbeiter (die ja schließlich im Gegensatz zu ihm Profis waren) gehandelt hat und vor allem, dass er freihändig und eigenmächtig viel Geld an CDU/CSU-Spezis verteilt hat.

Unfähigkeit ist verzeihlich, Korruption ist es nicht.