<html><body><br><blockquote data-email="paul@boddie.org.uk">I think that the Qt library dependencies were also rather old, were they not? <br>After a while, it becomes a huge burden to try and deliver packages based on <br>older libraries and frameworks that the distributions have deprecated and then <br>removed.</blockquote><p><br></p><p>Hi,</p><p>QtMoko used latest Qt 4.7</p><p><br></p><p>It is IMO quite fine for maintenance, because they are bundled with QtMoko and</p><p>they don't conflict with system Qt libs (which run on X11/wayland) while QtMoko uses</p><p>Qt that runs on framebuffer.</p><p><br></p><p>But of course such old version does not get any security patches automatically.</p><p><br></p><p>I regulary check PinePhone blog, but i am quite disappointed with it's power management</p><p>state. I am used to charge my phone like twice a week and i need it to stay with</p><p>display on for like 10 hours. Otherwise it's just toy and i am not much interested..</p><p><br></p><p>If i was doing software for open phone i'd make basic monolithic telephony</p><p>app (calls, SMS) that works directly with the modem, with one HW hardcoded.</p><p>No plugins no frameworks just keep it simple. Then run regular linux desktop</p><p>and switch between the phone and desktop. I think it worked quite well with</p><p>QtMoko...<br></p><p><br></p><p>Radek<br></p></body></html>