The bezels were already pretty large on the LCD deck.

Has it ever been ‘playable’?

Could be for devs? China’s long term goal is to wean itself off western software and hardware.

Codec support is a bit of a bummer. Otherwise I would have bought them.

Hangs down, the best email client for IMAP.

I think they have a place, but personally speaking, I feel they stifle tinkering. So they’re a “no” for me.

Can the hackers change the region on my account for me? Sony won’t let me change it.

I ended up choosing Plasma Mobile. Keep meaning to try Phosh. I was initially more drawn to Plasma Mobile as I use KDE on my laptop & desktop.

A lot of the newer AMD models have excellent battery life thanks to the combined efforts of Vavle & AMD on the Steam Deck.

My unbiased opinion is that for what it sets out to achieve (no hastle Arch Linux setup) there are better options. EndeavourOS is worth looking at. I’ll leave it to others to list the drawbacks of Manjaro’s package triaging approach. I’m still having my morning coffee in bed, so I’m typing this with one hand.

Did the same as you. On CalyxOS on a Pixel 5 ATM. Figured I’d circle back & try my PinePhone again at some point.

The Dualsense is a really good controller. Would only change it if there was a compelling reason. Plus, if you still have a PS5, using the same type of controller for everything will make switching between systems less awkward for your muscle memory.

Can’t the various servers of the Fediverse decide whether or not to federate with it? They’ll probably have quite a patchy view of it all.