Posts
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Weekly Update (11/2022): A RISC-V handheld, Fedora on the PinePhone Pro, Precursor shipping and new releases of SailfishOS, libhandy and libadwaita
Eight days of news, and still not a lot that's super Linux on Mobile specific. At least there's been another Ubuntu Touch Q&A, another postmarketOS Service Pack, and it looks like that really need to find the time to have a look at Capyloon.
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Weekly Update (10/2022): Squeekboard gets a new look, Nheko 0.9.2, Dirty Pipes and Tow-Boot being released for PinePhone and PinePhone Pro
There's some good news and some bad news. Dirty Pipe is not a fun vulnerability, and our GNU/Linux Phones have new enough kernels to be vulnerable. At least that new Spectre variant does not affect Cortex A53 phones - having in-order cores only is not always disadvantageous.
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Weekly Update (9/2022): Crickets, Tumbleweeds, Cameras and the Backstory on Sxmo
Really, not much happened. But that does not mean that we don't have a nice collection of blog posts, podcasts and videos this weeks. Highlights include a post about the Librem 5 camera, which explains how it can be used and how it got to where it is, a nice guide for writing QML apps with Python, and a video tutorial that explains moving GPG private keys securely, so that you can use your key on your PinePhone.
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Easily upgrading the PinePhone (Pro) Modem Firmware
Note, 2025: As outlined on the https://themodemdistro.com/, the recommended install method is no longer via GNOME Firmware. In fact, newer releases are not even available on LVFS. Please follow the official instructionss instead. This post is kept as is for historical purposes.
If you are a PinePhone owner and have not been living under a rock, you will know that there's an exploitable vulnerability for the PinePhone Pro's Quectel EG-25G firmware that's been supplied with your PINE64 phone.…
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Weekly Update (8/2022): Phosh 0.16.0, Nemo Mobile's February Report and adding Kodi to Megi's multi boot image
Another boring week with just a few releases, I even had to reach for Steam Deck content to fill this one up.
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Weekly Update (7/2022): Call and chat with +015550199999 or put Ubuntu Touch OTA 22 on your libhybris phone!
A rather boring week: People love handhelds with keyboards, an unofficial PinePhone battery case, a translucent backcover and a little bit of software news. Oh, and PINE64 shared another community update!
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Weekly Update (6/2022): Plasma Mobile Gear 22.02, postmarketOS v21.12 SP2 and a lot of FOSDEM!
Plasma Mobile Gear 22.02, Maui 2.1.1., SailfishOS make progress on the PinePhone Pro, booting the Librem 5 from microSD, help UBports to test OTA 22, Signal Desktop as an unofficial Flatpak for ARM64 and a lot of FOSDEM 2022 videos!