Oh I'd love to dive into improving device support, but it is somehow quite frightening to me (and I'm otherwise an experienced dev).
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maybe consider doing smaller steps? joining the testing team, follow the explanations of people, maybe read megi's blog on pinephone driver development https://xnux.eu/log/index.html
Thank you for the insight! I've added this to my rss flux.
I have another more pragmatic problem : I don't know any way to use Whatsapp or Signal without an external android phone linked to it. I don't have the incentive to spend my time improving support if I know I could not use it in everyday life.
EDIT : Thus said, I've just read the situation improved with Flare (client for Signal) and Whatsapp Web, which both doesn't require an active phone connection. Only at registration (which is still a problem).
the solution is waydroid. that way you can run signal and stuff on postmarketos
Anyway, thank you. I'll try waydroid and postmarketos with qemu to get around with it :)
Do you use it? What are the drawbacks?
Afaik battery drain is very bad when using apps through Waydroid.
How does Waydroid works with background apps? Is it possible to launch a foreground app with waydroid then close it and discharge waydroid (to avoid battery drain) ?
Yes but for apps like Signal or WhatsApp you probably want them running all the time (in the background) which is not practical with waydroid right now due to its high battery usage. Running one OS on top of another has its toll even its in a container and not a vm. But its okay for foreground apps.
Especially if my goal is to move to linux to reduce battery drain!
dont know, sorry
i tried to. i have managed to install waydroid which boots into android inside linux, but now i have not yet managed to install signal inside. but i haven't spend much time on it.
I wish Postmarket OS would move to a immutable base. I want it to have strong security protections like Android
Cool project though