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GTK 4.18, the PinePhone and Megapixels
While I have largely moved on to one of my (too) many other devices, whenever I pick up my original PinePhone (usually that's the 3GB/32GB postmarketOS Community Edition), I get nostalgic. It has served me well, and five years after, it's still reasonably well-supported. But the clock may be running out.
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (19/2025): Waking it up to wake you up
Librem 5 (and other devices) gain suspend wakeup for alarms, Ubuntu Touch adds Fairphone 5 official support, postmarketOS launches a new contribution guide, progress on the SailfishOS NewPipe-app, phosh-osk-stub character popups and more.
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (18/2025): Mobile Overlord adds Desktop Mode
phosh-osk-stub emoji support improvements, KDE developers sprint in Graz for Plasma Mobile, Ubuntu Touch Q&A 164, and Google leaks a desktop mode coming to Pixel phones, and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (17/2025): LAS and funding news
Talks from Linux App Summit, Ubuntu Touch coming to Smart Watches, a Nemo Mobile project report, the Liberux Nexx reaches dev board stage, NLnet funding for MNT Reform Touch - and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (16/2025): Counting Easter Eggs
FuriOS update 13.0.9 adds Pipewire camera support (and other things), GNOME Clocks gains boottime alarms that work while suspended, Nemo Mobile demonstrates device locking on video, Sailfish OS Community News and a Ubuntu Touch Q&A, and way, way more. Enjoy!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (15/2025): Boot your phone from USB
This past week:
- USB boot capability demonstrated for multiple Linux phones,
- a loaded postmarketOS monthly update,
- Furilabs FLX1 gains PipeWire camera support ... and way, way more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (14/2025): Wallpapered Lockscreens
Highlights of the past week:
- mobile-config-firefox gets user-agent spoofing in version 4.6.0 to enhance site compatibility,
- Ubuntu Touch makes progress on eSIM and VoLTE support + Snap integration in 24.04,
- Another collection of Sailfish OS Community News,
- Hardware: Liberux Nexx PCBs arrive and OnePlus 6 gets unexpected JTAG access
- Phosh 0.46.0 released with lockscreen wallpapers and a lot more!