Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-30 Thread Dan Hitt
On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 9:07 PM Keith Bainbridge wrote: > On 28/8/20 6:23 am, Dan Hitt wrote: > > > > So next time i search, i hope to do it more intelligently. > > > > So why not start the search now, while you have time to think about it > for a bit before you need to jump in? > > Why, indeed?

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-29 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 28/8/20 6:23 am, Dan Hitt wrote: So next time i search, i hope to do it more intelligently. So why not start the search now, while you have time to think about it for a bit before you need to jump in? -- Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com or ke1thozgro...@gmx.com

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-27 Thread Dan Hitt
On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:42 PM Rich Morin wrote: > Is the screen really a show-stopper? If not, how about getting a > PinePhone CE, and running Mobian or postmarketOS on it? > > >

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-06 Thread Rich Morin
t: non-smart debian phone > Date: August 5, 2020 at 21:38:40 PDT > To: debian-user > > I plan to get a non-smart phone to replace my smart phone. > > By non-smart, i mean that it does not have a touch screen. > > However, it might be reasonable for it to have a usb

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-06 Thread deloptes
Dan Hitt wrote: > If i were going to get a smartphone, i would very seriously consider the > Librem (puri.sm) running PureOS. > > But i've decided that i don't really need or want a smartphone.  I want > something that i can make and receive calls with (with very low > frequency), and which i

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-06 Thread Keith bainbridge
On 7/8/20 5:55 am, Dan Hitt wrote: But i've decided that i don't really need or want a smartphone.  I want something that i can make and receive calls with (with very low frequency), and which i inspect to get the time if i'm not near my computer or a clock.  I especially do not want a

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-06 Thread Karen Lewellen
I hate I dumped posts before checking on this thread as I have comparative issues. With my own interest being the absence of a touch screen replaced by real keys. Was there a lead that matched this idea? Karen On Thu, 6 Aug 2020, Dan Hitt wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:31 AM Stefan

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-06 Thread Dan Hitt
On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:31 AM Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I plan to get a non-smart phone to replace my smart phone. > > By non-smart, i mean that it does not have a touch screen. > > Could you clarify what you're looking for? I.e. is the presence of > a touch screen the problem, or is the

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I plan to get a non-smart phone to replace my smart phone. > By non-smart, i mean that it does not have a touch screen. Could you clarify what you're looking for? I.e. is the presence of a touch screen the problem, or is the absence of mechanical/physical keys the problem, or is the risk of

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-06 Thread deloptes
Dan Hitt wrote: > Does anybody have any experience along these lines, or advice? there is nothing running debian out there AFAIK. The cheap phones without touch screen run something like KAI OS. There might be something around SailfishOS Community, that would be open source, but I don't remember

Re: non-smart debian phone

2020-08-05 Thread Russell L. Harris
On Wed, Aug 05, 2020 at 09:38:40PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote: I plan to get a non-smart phone to replace my smart phone. By non-smart, i mean that it does not have a touch screen. A couple of years back I switched to AT Back then the only flip-phone offered by AT was Kyocera. Battery life

non-smart debian phone

2020-08-05 Thread Dan Hitt
I plan to get a non-smart phone to replace my smart phone. By non-smart, i mean that it does not have a touch screen. However, it might be reasonable for it to have a usb port not just for charging, but for communication with my computer. Conceivably it might be useful to download voice mail to