It's like window manager in linux desktop. Although it's unique, I don't want to shortened the life of span of this small buttons, they're hard to replace and costly and limited.
If you mean for postmarketOS then Gnome Mobile seems the most refined and familiar at the moment. However, none of the environments on postmarketOS work for calls on the OnePlus 6t, so I wouldn't use it for daily use. I do like the idea of sxmo, but it takes time to figure it out. Right now Ubuntu Touch is the only GNU/Linux variant that's fully functional for daily use for me.
@@CyberPunkEdu I would probably recommend Phosh over Gnome mobile at this point in time. It's pretty polished, and very functional. Regarding OnePlus 6T, calls do indeed work. I'm on a pretty fresh install, so I haven't had the time to work out issues with audio on outgoing calls, but incoming calls have been flawless. Was running a Poco F1 before this, on which I had no problems with calls, but it died during a battery replacemen :/ The Poco F1 and OnePlus 6/6T are probably the most supported [non Pinephone] devices for PostmarketOS, though if I were more patient, I would have held out for a 6 rather than a 6T (really missing the headphone jack lol).
As an i3 user on the desktop, I can appreciate this, but at the same time, running a twm on mobile is a little too hardcore for me 😆I might feel different if I had something like the Pinephone paired with its keyboard case, but in portrait mode sans hardware keyboard, not so much. That being said, Sxmo's keyboard (wvkbd) blows every single Phosh on-screen keyboard out of the water (Unfettered Keyboard is pretty stellar actually, but requires a bit of getting used to, especially w/o key borders). It's fast as hell, super responsive, and has a great layout. I'm really hoping someone manages to fully adapt it to Phosh's DBus interface (see WHO53/wvkbd-phosk-osk; it runs, but there's currently no way to hide the keyboard in Qt apps, so it makes my phone feel like a weird virrtual Blackberry if I'm running Firefox, Tuba, Plasmatube, etc. lol)
Thanks for sharing the info. SXMO's keyboard is really good, but definitely a lot to get get used to in terms of interface. It feels like there is potential there still. What's your favorite mobile environment at the moment?
It's like window manager in linux desktop. Although it's unique, I don't want to shortened the life of span of this small buttons, they're hard to replace and costly and limited.
Yes, I don't like pressing hardware buttons too much. However sxmo also has window gestures that don't require the buttons.
Really great review, really in depth and good pacing. What an interesting DE / ME / WM. Thanks
Thank you for the kind comment. Sxmo really is interesting. It makes me look at mobile in a different way.
What mobile environment would you recommend for daily use
If you mean for postmarketOS then Gnome Mobile seems the most refined and familiar at the moment. However, none of the environments on postmarketOS work for calls on the OnePlus 6t, so I wouldn't use it for daily use. I do like the idea of sxmo, but it takes time to figure it out. Right now Ubuntu Touch is the only GNU/Linux variant that's fully functional for daily use for me.
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@@CyberPunkEdu I would probably recommend Phosh over Gnome mobile at this point in time. It's pretty polished, and very functional.
Regarding OnePlus 6T, calls do indeed work. I'm on a pretty fresh install, so I haven't had the time to work out issues with audio on outgoing calls, but incoming calls have been flawless.
Was running a Poco F1 before this, on which I had no problems with calls, but it died during a battery replacemen :/ The Poco F1 and OnePlus 6/6T are probably the most supported [non Pinephone] devices for PostmarketOS, though if I were more patient, I would have held out for a 6 rather than a 6T (really missing the headphone jack lol).
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Sxmo is my favorite, but I don't have the supported phone
I was lucky to have a device that's compatible. Sxmo is a lot more interesting than I thought!
As an i3 user on the desktop, I can appreciate this, but at the same time, running a twm on mobile is a little too hardcore for me 😆I might feel different if I had something like the Pinephone paired with its keyboard case, but in portrait mode sans hardware keyboard, not so much.
That being said, Sxmo's keyboard (wvkbd) blows every single Phosh on-screen keyboard out of the water (Unfettered Keyboard is pretty stellar actually, but requires a bit of getting used to, especially w/o key borders). It's fast as hell, super responsive, and has a great layout. I'm really hoping someone manages to fully adapt it to Phosh's DBus interface (see WHO53/wvkbd-phosk-osk; it runs, but there's currently no way to hide the keyboard in Qt apps, so it makes my phone feel like a weird virrtual Blackberry if I'm running Firefox, Tuba, Plasmatube, etc. lol)
Thanks for sharing the info. SXMO's keyboard is really good, but definitely a lot to get get used to in terms of interface. It feels like there is potential there still. What's your favorite mobile environment at the moment?