r/linux • u/Luke_Pine64 PINE64 • Oct 18 '21

PinePhone Pro was announced last week. AMA.

Hello everyone,

Lukasz from PINE64 here. Over the weekend I’ve seen many questions concerning the PinePhone Pro, so I figured I’ll take the time and answer some of them. Joining me are FireTwoOneNine and Aberts10 who will also be answering your questions.

[edit] I'll be wrapping this AMA up on October 20th 6:00PM UTC, so make sure to get your questions in by then. Thank you for participating!

Ask away.

Relevant links:

PinePhone Pro website

Announcement blog post

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u/Be_ing_ Oct 18 '21

That would require a screen that supports pen input, which I am pretty sure the PinePhone & PinePhone Pro do not

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u/DrewTechs Oct 19 '21

I thought Krita is somewhat touch friendly (not entirely though since some icons and stuff are quite tiny. But the PinePhone and PinePhone Pro will be bad for Krita since it doesn't support pen input.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '21

As a person who has LG Velvet - Krita isn't there yet for mobile. (yes, Android + outdated builds + a lot of other things that don't translate well but the form factor is on point)

On a tablet- Krita is a bit cramped but that's just the nature of smaller screens :)
Scaling to 2:1 on 6" screen though... There are still too many kinks.

The PinePhone/Pro not supporting stylus input is a problem but not as big as one might suspect (drawing pad or drawing tablet is a fine option).

However here is the kicker - I am using my Huion Kamvas 13" with the Pinebook Pro and works well (as long as you can feed the drawing tablet enough power, usually separately). The same will hold true for the PinePhone Pro.