Nostr Web Client

I got a PinePhone back around 2020. My initial reaction was that the interface lagged too much. Entering text, with the on-screen keyboard, was too slow and navigating had signifigant delays. I put it away and haven't picked it up again until today.

I downloaded the latest postmarketOS with the Phosh interface — as similar to what would ship with the Librem 5 — restored the image on an microSD card, took the back cover off, removed the battery, inserted it above the SIM card slot. I then disabled the modem using the tip of a pen to switch it off using the dip switch. Inserted the battery, put back the cover, turned the phone on and proceeded to install postmarketOS.

After the installation, the first thing I noticed was that entering text was much more responsive than before. Great, progress has been made towards improving the performance. It's not even the PinePhone Pro version! After connecting it to WiFi — with a few user interface oddities — and adjusting a few settings, I proceeded.

What Nostr client with a GUI will run well on postmarketOS?

Firefox was installed, so I tried a web based client first. Navigated to the extensions to install either Nos2x or Alby, however both are not available. The interface warned about compatibility with Andriod (since it's aarch64) and the extensions were not compatible.

To be continued.

#pinephone #nostr #wifionly #postmarketos #phosh #librem5

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rejon 2y ago

Hard work!

https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Phosh

Where did Phosh originate from? which company?

Is alpine linux running under phosh?

Braydon Fuller 2y ago

Yeah, it's based on Alpine, so it has the `apk` package manager, I'm not that familiar with it yet. There are three interface options: Gnome Mobile, Phosh, and Plasma Mobile. Phosh is developed by Purism SBC as part of the Librem 5 project.

rejon 2y ago

The issue is roots. The challenge I see with Graphene is google cost centralization roots. Cannot escape, only choice is start fresh of course built on open source.

Look for the cost centralization roots.

To build a new hardware path is requires lots of $$$ and plan.

Try track the roots of this Pine project.

I cannot do it without venturing into Chinese culture :)

Good work you are doing to dig into this!

Byrger Tidesson 2y ago

The answer for the first two questions comes directly from the link you provided:

"Phosh is a phone shell based on the GNOME stack. It is developed by Purism for their own Linux smartphone, the Librem 5"

Byrger Tidesson 2y ago

awesome!

I bought a PinePhone some years ago, but its performance and functionality were so bad that I stopped thinkering with it almost immediately.

You made me want to give it a try again!