Posts
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (28/2025): Automatically Focussed
Libcamera auto-focus progress, Plasma Camera switching to a libcamera backend, a Ubuntu Touch Q&A and a Lomiri bounty program by OS SCi, a video on (mobile) NixOS and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (27/2025): Releases, Reports and Setbacks
Another week, another update: The failed crowdfunder is not the end for Liberux, two usage reports, Jolla unveils plans for open-sourcing SailfishOS apps, Phosh 0.48.0, and more! Enjoy!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (26/2025): Cell Broadcasting
Fairphone (6th gen) launches with same-day Linux support patches, Phosh forms an organisation, a Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Sailfish Community News and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (25/2025): Packed with Goodies
This week really was something: postmarketOS ship 25.06 (which, among other things, adds systemd) and work to reverse-engineer VoLTE, FuriOS 13.1.0 lands with Open-Store support (for Ubuntu Touch apps), and plenty of other improvments, Plasma Mobile share detailed log of all the fixes and improvements they managed to land in the past year (and what's to come), Jolla announce free updates for all Jolla C2 customers, ... and, if you missed it, I managed to interview Liberux about their Nexx phone - but there's way more still, including a packed Apps section. Enjoy!
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Liberux Nexx: An interview with Liberux about their made-in-EU OSHW Linux Phone
As you may have heard or rather read, the Spanish company Liberux recently launched a crowdfunder for their new mainline Linux "Nexx" phone on Indiegogo - starting at 8 GB RAM/128 GB eMMC/LTE for 799 EUR and going up to 32 GB RAM/512 GB/5G for 1300 (during the crowd-funder).
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (24/2025): Not just Q&A sessions
Megapixels 2 Alpha 2 is out, another Ubuntu Touch Q&A, a long term Furilabs FLX 1 review, a way to use OpenGL ES 3.2 on the Librem 5 in Debian, PINE64's RISC-V PineTab to gain Mobian support, and more! Enjoy!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (23/2025): Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA 9 and a crowdfunder
Liberux have launched the crowdfunder for their 'Nexx' phone, Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA 9 released, postmarketOS report on the progress made in April and May (and switch Phosh to a sweet OSK), Nemo Mobile share another design update, and more!