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There is no amount of software optimization that will make the Pinephone smooth. It is unfortunately really that bad hardware-wise.


I disagree. SailfishOS is really smooth there, what proves that it is doable. Ubuntu Touch isn't half bad either.


Here is a demo suggesting otherwise: https://sr.ht/~mil/Sxmo/.


Yeah with an 80s GUI that can be software rendered..


Yes? The claim was,

> There is no amount of software optimization that will make the Pinephone smooth.

And ta-da, a simple enough GUI is smooth.




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