Swiss German Language support?

Peter Gamma

postmarketOS has only support for English and Czech. I use my Pinephone with the keyboard for writing. But only English Czech support? I am a Swiss, and I need the option to write «Grüezi», and not only hello.

Is this better in Ubuntu Touch than in postmarketOS with language support? Is there support for Swiss German in Ubuntu Touch? Or can i tweak the keyboard to support «ä» and «ü», for instance by tweaking a registry key?

messayisto

@Peter-Gamma there is support for many languages including german. so no problem to write words like grüezi, schächteli or löli

Peter Gamma

@messayisto tank you for your answer which is very helpful for me personally.

postmarketOS

is available in English and Czech according to Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PostmarketOS

Does this mean the software is available in English and Czech
but offers also changing of the language?

Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu Touch offers many languages as you say, is this correct?
But is Ubuntu Touch also only available only in English and Czech?

To bring it to the point: Is Ubuntu Touch better as language support is concerned?

Moem

@Peter-Gamma said in Swiss German Language support?:

Ubuntu Touch offers many languages as you say, is this correct?

But is Ubuntu Touch also only available only in English and Czech?

These statements contradict each other. If it were available only in English and Czech, it would not at the same time be true that it offers many languages.

Only one of these statements can be at the same time. And it's the first one: Ubuntu Touch offers many languages.
I don't know, or care, about PostmarketOS so I can't help with that.

Ian

@Peter-Gamma Here are three screen shots showing the options available in settings under display languagesin UT.

Sorry, unable to upload last screenshot, but you get the idea.

Peter Gamma

Thank you both for these detailed clarification. I am happy to know this.

But postmarkedOS which is only available in English and Czech scares me.

So Ubuntu Touch is fine as far as Languages in concerned,but not postmarketOS?

I have currently running postmarketOS on my Pinephone, so you mean me as some who speaks Swiss German should update his phone from postmarkedOS to Ubuntu Touch?

arubislander

@Peter-Gamma said in Swiss German Language support?:

I have currently running postmarketOS on my Pinephone, so you mean me as some who speaks Swiss German should update his phone from postmarkedOS to Ubuntu Touch?

No, we are definitely not saying that. If postmarketOS has all the apps and functionality you need, please keep using that. If I remember correctly you used to be on UT, but decided to move on because it was not able to do everything you needed. Not sure I remember what that was, so not sure if it has been resolved.

In the end only you can decide if UT will serve you better than pmOS. But we are not able to offer you a comparison here probably.

sven

postmarketOS supports many languages. The English Wikipedia page is misleading.

Peter Gamma

@sven Thanks sven, that is what I thought as well. Good to have this confirmed.

I had Ubuntu Touch on my Pinephone, but then it did not work with the Pinephone keyboard.
Then I installed PMOS and the Pinephone keyboard worked.
But now the Pinephone keyboard works also with Ubuntu Touch.
But the bad think about it is that Pine64 has pulled the Pinephone keyboard from the store.
And who wants to deal with outdated devices? :angry_face_with_horns:

Moem

@Peter-Gamma said in Swiss German Language support?:

who wants to deal with outdated devices?

I do! Most of my tech stuff is outdated.

Keneda

@Moem most of stuff are only outdated in the user mind.
From my point of view, if a device fullfill user needs, then it's not outdated.
Some people joke about my N5, when they buy the last iPhone to... Browse the web and use Snapchat... Those people are outdated.

stanwood

@Peter-Gamma Indeed. UT does even has the "Swiss French" keyboard, that is set on my device... (I live on the French side of the "Saane" river)

Peter Gamma

@stanwood Is a device like the Pinephone not outdated, when I install LibreOffice for almost a month working every day a little bit on it supported by the Pine64 forum, and afterwarts no one uses it. It is not usable since the PInephone screen is too small for LibreOffice.

And when I take my Pinephone down from the screed years later I find out that the next issue with Pine64 that they do not offer the keyboard anymore.

So is the Pinephone not an outdated device for people who need a Linux phone with a keyboard that works? With Bluetooth keyboards and the Pinephone I did not have a reliable connection.

So for me personally, the Pinehone is in outdated device, if Pine64 does not offer the keyboard anymore.

And for me personally Linux phones are outdated devices as well, if I am looking for many years for a Linux phone which can replace mi Qtek 9000, and i still haven't found it after many years of investigation, what I am looking for.

My next device which catches my interest is a Raspberry Pi zero 2 with DietPi. But this will take even many years more :angry_face_with_horns:

arubislander

@Peter-Gamma The original PinePhone is not a very capable device. It was underpowered when it was launched, and it is even more so now.

Many, if not all, of the issues you were facing on UT before were due to it being run on the PinePhone.

For instance I use a Pixel 3a, and that is a very much more capable device to run UT on, even of the device itself came out years ago. In februari I booted my PinePhone again, and it was so slow that to me it was practically unusable.

MrT10001

@Peter-Gamma said in Swiss German Language support?:

And who wants to deal with outdated devices?

All of my tech stuff is outdated, but still does what I require it for. UT is fantastic for reviving old devices stuck on really old Android.

Been through the phase of buying the latest and greatest and it is not worth it.

Peter Gamma

Thank you both for sharing your experience.

I thing Ubuntu Touch is great to run on outdated devices.
I think Ubuntu Touch is also great is you want a privacy phone and not an Android phone without privacy.
but I am against Google phones.
Did privacy phone expert Rob Braxman not say:

"dump Google phones and Apple phones".

So I will buy a Fairphone and flash Ubuntu Touch on it to have a privacy phone which is excellent

MrT10001

@Peter-Gamma There are other Android based privacy phone ROM's such as /e/OS and Calyxos. You will never be fully private on a mobile device as you will always ping against a phone mast, but avoiding giving Google, Apple, Xiaomi and so on your data ia a good thing....

sven

@Peter-Gamma said in Swiss German Language support?:

But the bad think about it is that Pine64 has pulled the Pinephone keyboard from the store.

Do not panic. The pine64eu store still has keyboards: https://pine64eu.com/shop/page/2/ (It is out of stock, as mentioned below; sorry, for the false hope.)

Peter Gamma

@sven

I am extreme panik.
Pine64 forum members say Pine64 EU can only sell what Pine64 USA sells.
If that is true Pine64 EU is basically only someone who imports products from the US and charges for this.
And Pine64 USA say they have pulled the Pinephone keyboard from the market.
And the keyboard is out of stock in the Pine64 EU store.
So Pine64 EU should make himself indpendent from Pin64 USA and launche the Pinephone keyboard by himself.
It is a great keyboard for coders and writers.
And I do not know an alternative exept for the iGo Stoaway which is too big for my purpose.:angry_face_with_horns:

Keneda

@sven keyboard product page says "out of stock".
And price are insane!
400€ for a pinephone... 600 for a pro

I just bought my Fairphone 5 pristine for 600€, with an extra battery for free...