Getting started with the KDE Community Edition PinePhone
Channel: LINMOBnet
Date: 22/01/2021

This is a video for everybody who is receiving a KDE Community Edition these days – if you already have a PinePhone and run Plasma Mobile, you likely will find this video superfluos. This video has chapters to save you some time.

I try to show the onboarding process: 
- Taking it out of the box, 
- making it operational by opening the back cover and removing the plastic strip and then
- and then getting started by booting the phone, connecting it to WiFi and then upgrading it.

Now upgrading takes quite a while, so please be patient and connect you PinePhone to an external power source. After all that I try and show you around Plasma Mobile. 

Unfortunately, the editing process had to be done in a hurry, so it's not where I'd like it to be – but it was "publish it like this" or "don't publish it at all" and I hope to have made the right choice. Apologies for minor glitches!



Read more on my blog: https://linmob.net/2021/01/23/getting-started-with-the-kde-ce-pinephone.html


Also watch my other videos on Manjaro Plasma Mobile (which is the distribution that runs here), most notably the previous one:

PinePhone: Manjaro Plasma Mobile (soon on the KDE Community Edition) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ8V0lRxKgM 




An my unboxings:
postmarketOS CE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2w0p_gzpds

UBports CE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhx7XelZuZk


Please tell me below or via Twitter (@linmobblog), Mastodon (@linmob@fosstodon.org) or email (kdece@linmob.net) what interests you with regard to the PinePhone and mobile Linux operating systems: Distributions? Use cases? Certain apps? I am really looking forward to your feedback!

Also check out my blog (https://linmob.net) and the App List (https://linmobapps.frama.io)!



Chapters: 
00:00 Introduction
00:16 Unboxing 
00:33 Remove the back cover
00:55 Remove the battery
01:11 microSD Card and microSIM slots
01:52 Booting the PinePhone up
02:41 Unlocking it, PIN 123456
02:55 Connecting to your Wireless LAN Network/WiFi
03:50 Updating the distribution
05:48 This first reboot is needed for the Keyring upgrade 
06:40 Definitely reboot when you see this screen
07:30 Be patient while ~300 packages are being upgraded
08:10 Finally upgraded!
09:33 LINMOBapps ad
10:43 Installing apps with Discover and navigating Plasma Mobile
14:10 Thanks for watching