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LinBits 11: Weekly PinePhone news / media roundup (week 38)
It's sunday. Now what happened since last sunday?
Manjaro Lomiri Alpha 1, GloDroid 0.4.0, more camera improvements and a ton of videos. Commentary in italics.
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LinBits 10: Weekly PinePhone news / media roundup (week 37)
It's sunday. Now what happened since last sunday?
libhandy 1.0, MMS, a new camera app, new Manjaro images and much more. Commentary in italics.
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LinBits 9: Weekly PinePhone news / media roundup (week 36)
It's sunday. Now what happened since last sunday?
p-boot, a first Manjaro Lomiri image, upcoming camera support improvements and much more. Commentary in italics.
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Building Software from the AUR on Arch Linux ARM, Part 1: Qt /Plasma Mobile apps
Building software on the PinePhone? Sounds crazy? It sure may, but unless you have to deal with apps written in Rust, compilation does not take that long — the PinePhone has a quad-core CPU after all. To me, Arch Linux ARM (project/PinePhone images) is the obvious choice to build some programs that are listed on the MGLapps list (or similar lists that just are not available otherwise. In part, that is because the Arch Linux community embraces building apps from source with the Arch User Repository (AUR), and also because of Arch's packaging approach, that does not require you to install a ton of extra
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LinBits 8: Weekly PinePhone news / media roundup (week 35)
It's sunday. Now what happened since last sunday?
Anbox improvements, a ton of Purism news, an incrementally better Fairphone, App Lists and much more. Commentary in italics.
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LinBits 7: Weekly PinePhone news / media roundup (week 34)
It's sunday. Now what happened since last sunday?
This is what happened around the PinePhone this week. Commentary in italics.
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LinBits 6: Weekly PinePhone news / media roundup (week 33)
It's sunday. I need to stop tinkering and make it Linbits time!
This is some the best stuff that happened in the Linux on Mobile and PinePhone space this week. Commentary in italics.