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PinePhone Pro [GNU/Linux smartphone] has been discontinued

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172 points fsflover | 4 comments | 28 Aug 25 16:05 UTC | HN request time: 0.623s | source
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fsflover ◴[28 Aug 25 17:34 UTC] No.45054824[source]▶
Fortunately, Pinephone and Librem 5 still exist and work quite well, despite being relatively slow. Sent from my daily driver Librem 5.
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1. canadiantim ◴[28 Aug 25 18:29 UTC] No.45055388[source]▶
Do you use WhatsApp, signal or Uber from your Librem 5? Is that possible?
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2. jolmg ◴[28 Aug 25 19:04 UTC] No.45055775[source]▶
I haven't tried Whatsapp or Signal. The problem I've had with Uber is feeding it GPS coordinates. Talking about Waydroid, for some reason, while I can get Google Maps to see my coordinates, Uber seems to try to get the coordinates some different way. IIRC, you can still use it, you just need to be more explicit about where you want it to pick you up.
3. fsflover ◴[29 Aug 25 07:57 UTC] No.45061408[source]▶
I don't use them, but some people do. You can use Waydroid to run Android apps. Also, concerning Signal:

https://forums.puri.sm/t/building-and-running-signal-desktop...

https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Desktop/issues/3410

Concerning Whatsapp:

https://forums.puri.sm/t/how-to-install-whatsapp-and-discord...

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4. canadiantim ◴[29 Aug 25 15:56 UTC] No.45065740[source]▶
Ah you’re a legend thank you. That’s great to know.

See if I’m able to use Waydroid to run signal/WhatsApp and Uber then that’s all I need.

Much appreciated!