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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (30/2026): 24.04-1.4 and -2.0
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4 are both out, Jolla Phone batch #1 is shipping with Sailfish OS 5.2 notes published, huge Fairphone 6 postmarketOS advancements, Pixel 9a porting progress, PINE64 released the full PinePhone 3D files, and Plasma Mobile has a working Orca screen reader and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (29/2026): Jolla Shipping
GNOME OS has been demoed running on a Fairphone 5 at GUADEC 2026, Phosh's immutable BengalOS booted on a Pixel 3a, and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (26-28/2026): Rough Continuation
Quick and dirty three-week catch-up: the Jolla Phone finally landed in backers' hands at the Day1 event in Helsinki, FuriOS 14.0.3 shipped face authentication and Vulkan with swipe typing on the way, Phosh 0.56.0 is out, postmarketOS gets Plasma 6.7 and bigger boot partitions, and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (25/2026): Alpen Avocado and a flip phone by Commodore
postmarketOS v26.06 "Alpen Avocado" is out, and Commodore is back with a flip phone running Sailfish OS — at a price. Linux 7.1 released; Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.0 Beta adds Nothing Phone (1) and notch support; KDE Plasma 6.7 ships, with Plasma Mobile improvements; postmarketOS duranium images gain a Waydroid sysext and Bazaar for Flatpak installs, and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (24/2026): More Cameras on Mobian
A big Mobian kernel drop for sdm845 devices brings rear camera on the SHIFT 6MQ, both front cameras on the Pixel 3, NFC; a Arch Linux AUR malware incident, Alpine Linux 3.24.0 released; postmarketOS v26.06 testing is underway; and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (23/2026): Vulkanic Mastodons
Vulkan is coming to the FuriLabs FLX1 and the FLX1s+ is now shipping, Sailfish OS 5.2 may ship Mastodon integration out of the box, postmarketOS v26.06 test phase starts soon, C-PHY support for Qualcomm, a Ubuntu Touch Merge Request for initial Flatpak support, a report on Phosh's development in May development news, and more!
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Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (22/2026): Pispala and 26.04
Sailfish OS 5.1 "Pispala" is in Early Access (Bluetooth support for Android apps included), a Ubuntu Touch Q&A and early 26.04 testing, GNOME Circle and Flathub both ban AI-generated code, Phosh Contributors Meeting recap published, a postmarketOS v26.06 wallpaper vote, and more!