ok, never enough to just keep with the status quo..
pulled down mobian for the pinephone from here
camera also working with build from this weekend; Video does not crash the camera app, but does not seem to work, sort of freezes.
Is tomato season here:

Youtube on firefox and the default browser working well.
Note: Terminal was not installed, so had to get it from the software app. Chromium does not seem to be setup for the screen, looks to go off the edges.
todo: re-install the python apps from earlier experiments.