So after many failed attempts, I've finally been able to offload some tasks from my Thinkpad to a different PC (in this case: the Pinephone) just to get more RAM to do bigger drawings.
And if you can't tell, all of it is controlled with my Thinkpad! Starting apps, controlling most apps, adjusting the volume, even the mouse & keyboard on the other desktop is controlled entirely through my Thinkpad via an SSH connection or through an app called Barrier. All that just to save a few gigs of RAM while doing my bigger drawings, and not gonna lie, It's also wicked cool to play around with.
Here's how it looks around the back. Just a Pinephone running an extremely lightweight version Linux plugged into a monitor.
What I find infuriating is that the Pinephone is WAY too weak to do anything but the bare necessities like looking at pictures, browsing simple websites, barely being able to watch videos, and no games besides Rogue will run on this thing (heck, even using it normally with the proper Phosh and Plasma-Mobile OS caused more crashes than a destruction derby), not to mention that my PinePhone may have been a dud. The rubber band? It's because the USB-C port doesn't hook-on to the adapter (the adapter itself hooks-on fine on anything else). Those weird looking white spots on the screen? That's not the screen protector peeling-off, that's the LCD peeling itself off from the inside (is it because of the heat?).
If you want to do this yourself, use a Raspberry Pi or an old laptop instead, It's cheaper, better, faster, and stronger than this hunk of junk that I got stuck with. Though, the adapter that the Pinephone comes with is pretty nice...albeit a little slow.
...That's the last time I'm trusting a Linux phone, gonna stick with my old reliable BlackBerry until it freaking perishes...
Though, I do want to see what's causing this massive spike in RAM when I draw because I want to know how I can avoid that. Maybe vector graphics is the way to go with my style?
Anyways, that's all I have to share for now.
see ya next time!