LINux on MOBile - libadwaitaLINMOB.net is a blog about LINux on MOBile devices. With the PinePhone (Pro) and Librem 5 shipping it is back to report on GNU+Linux on mobile devices.Zola2023-08-12T13:00:00+00:00https://linmob.net/tags/libadwaita/feed.xmlWeekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (32/2023): Summer: FrOSCon slides and not much more2023-08-12T13:00:00+00:002023-08-12T13:00:00+00:00https://linmob.net/weekly-update-32-2023/<p>Also: A soon happening PINE64 community meetup, a new GloDroid release for the OG PinePhone, an upcoming talk on mobile NixOS and more!</p>
<p><em>This one is a day early once again. As an added bonus, the next one may be delayed to Monday - but that's not set in stone, yet.</em></p>
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<p><em>Commentary in italics.</em></p>
<h3 id="software">Software</h3>
<h4 id="gnome-ecosystem">Gnome Ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li>This Week in GNOME: <a href="https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/08/twig-108/">#108 Sandboxed Images</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@schmiddionmobile/110860276162099060">Schmiddi on Mobile: "Hello world!We're a group dedicated to creating beautiful apps for your #mobilelinux devices.…" - Fosstodon</a></li>
<li><a href="https://h4.io/@semiprime/110859610991052289">Matt Lewis: "For anyone after a #Psion Agenda-like experience on a #MobileLinux #PDA, I've just released v0.2.9 of #Pygenda (alpha, WIP!).…" - h4.io</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="phosh">Phosh</h4>
<ul>
<li>Guido Günther: <a href="https://social.librem.one/@agx/110866040030367813">Car picks up the bluetooth audio from my #Librem5 running #phosh just fine:1️⃣ /3️⃣</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="plasma-ecosystem">Plasma Ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nate Graham: <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2023/08/04/this-week-in-kde-porting-dolphin-and-kwin/">This week in KDE: porting, Dolphin, and KWin</a></li>
<li>Nate Graham: <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2023/08/05/bug-fixes-are-a-good-thing-not-a-bad-thing/">Bug fixes are a good thing, not a bad thing</a></li>
<li>k3yss: <a href="https://k3yss.github.io/posts/gsoc_blog5/">GSoC'23 July Report | Further Progress on the Moderation Tools #5</a></li>
<li>Quantum Productions: <a href="https://quantumproductions.info/articles/2023-08/remote-desktop-using-rdp-protocol-plasma-wayland">Remote Desktop using the RDP protocol for Plasma Wayland</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="distributions">Distributions</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wiki.mobian-project.org/doku.php?id=wiki-transition-debate">wiki-transition-debate [Mobian Wiki]</a></li>
<li>GloDroid for PinePhone: <a href="https://github.com/GloDroidCommunity/pine64-pinephone/releases/tag/2023w31">2023w31</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@droidian/110845389305193736">Droidian Linux: "#Fingerprint support for Exynos…"</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="apps">Apps</h4>
<ul>
<li>LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: <a href="https://linuxphoneapps.org/apps/me.kozec.syncthingtk/">Syncthing GTK</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="kernel">Kernel</h4>
<ul>
<li>phone-devel: <a href="http://lore.kernel.org/phone-devel/20230807-pxa1908-lkml-v4-0-cb387d73b452@skole.hr/">[PATCH v4 0/8] Initial Marvell PXA1908 support</a></li>
<li>phone-devel: <a href="http://lore.kernel.org/phone-devel/169176724021.691796.4516185582008783101.b4-ty@kernel.org/">Re: [PATCH] clk: qcom: gcc-sm6350: Fix gcc_sdcc2_apps_clk_src</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="stack">Stack</h4>
<ul>
<li>Phoronix: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-23.3-VirGL-AV1-Decode">AV1 Video Decoding Added To Mesa's VirGL For QEMU/KVM Guests</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="matrix">Matrix</h4>
<ul>
<li>Matrix.org: <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2023/08/11/this-week-in-matrix-2023-08-11/">This Week in Matrix 2023-08-11</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-noting">Worth Noting</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://mastodon.online/@auspicacious/110846278757756330">Andrew Todd: "Emacs 29.1 can be built in the PGTK or "pure GTK" configuration -- which doesn't sound that interesting until you realize…"</a> <em>Wayland native!</em></li>
<li><a href="https://qoto.org/@lupyuen/110846348063641871">Lup Yuen Lee 李立源: "A tribute to Bram Moolenaar, the maestro behind Vim…"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://scholar.social/@zerodivision/110843435288379864">Wolfgang Maier: "if there is at least some interest in making TB more usable on #LinuxMobile, then a few not too complicated steps would be…"</a></li>
<li>[Jarno: "This is what Linux on mobile needs to solve. Especially the "if you're lucky" part.…]"(https://mastonederland.nl/@jarno/110842261244434652</li>
<li><a href="https://social.defenestrate.it/notice/AYVdGM55ZpsPbG9DtY">@matthewcroughan: "Can your phone do this? #nixos #mobilenixos"</a>. <em>Looking forward to a recoding of the Talk at CCCamp!</em></li>
<li><a href="https://crab.garden/@alice/110850458185687436">Alice: "libadwaita update, long Last …"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mstdn.io/@tchx84/110866820804605659">Martín Abente Lahaye: "There's still a lot of work to…" - Mastodon</a> <em>GTK4/libadwaita for Portfolio!</em></li>
<li><a href="https://mastodon.online/@DrewNaylor/110872772895800314">Drew Naylor: "Got tired of tiles not being moveable or even able to have four small ones next to each other in a square and I decided to start integrating TilesGrid.…" - Mastodon</a>. <em>Retiled is a nice project!</em></li>
<li><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@kop316/110873301255378975">Chris: "I'm really excited for the next release of geoclue: I have worked with the devs to make it functional with #mobilelinux: …"</a>. <em>Great work, Chris!</em></li>
<li>r/MobileLinux: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/mobilelinux/comments/15jt71j/plasma_mobile_alongside_android/">Plasma Mobile alongside Android</a></li>
<li>PINE64official (Reddit): <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PINE64official/comments/15n92px/pine64_nixos/">Pine64 NixOs</a></li>
<li>PINE64official (Reddit): <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PINE64official/comments/15mjgc4/daily_driver_which_pp_should_i_get/">Daily driver: Which PP should I get?</a></li>
<li>PINE64official (Reddit): <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PINE64official/comments/15ll654/external_storage/">External storage</a></li>
<li>Purism community: <a href="https://forums.puri.sm/t/my-quest-to-eliminate-passwords/21076">My quest to eliminate passwords</a></li>
<li>Purism community: <a href="https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-application-support/21054">Librem 5 application support</a></li>
<li>Purism community: <a href="https://forums.puri.sm/t/linux-mobile-debugging-for-everyone/21046">Linux Mobile debugging for everyone</a></li>
<li>Lemmy - postmarketOS: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/3167313">[Issue] No space left after fresh install</a></li>
<li>Lemmy - linuxphones: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/2958117">An app that notifies about people birthdays</a></li>
<li>Lemmy - linuxphones: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/2981126">Finished Portland missions in GTA 3</a></li>
<li>Lemmy - linuxphones: <a href="https://lemmy.ml/post/2968219">What phone would you recommend that's well supported for battery life?</a></li>
<li>Phoronix: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/review/downfall">Intel DOWNFALL: New Vulnerability Affecting AVX2/AVX-512 With Big Performance Implications</a>. <em>Assuming you use desktop Linux, too, you should not miss this and the next one.</em></li>
<li>Phoronix: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-INCEPTION">AMD "INCEPTION" CPU Vulnerability Disclosed</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-reading">Worth Reading</h3>
<ul>
<li>lowendlibre: <a href="https://lowendlibre.github.io/posts/from-zero-to-kernel/">From Zero to Kernel</a></li>
<li>amosbbatto: <a href="https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/installing-pureos-and-mobian/">Installing PureOS in the Purism Librem 5 and Mobian in the PinePhone</a>
<ul>
<li>Purism community: <a href="https://forums.puri.sm/t/how-to-install-pureos-on-the-librem-5/21055">How to install PureOS on the Librem 5</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://programm.froscon.org/2023/events/2991.html">Lecture: Logs and backtraces: How to provide meaningful problem reports | Sunday | Schedule FrOSCon 2023</a> <em>The talk was not recorded, but make sure to read the slides.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://programm.froscon.org/2023/events/3014.html">Lecture: Supervising student projects in the FOSS Mobile space | Sunday | Schedule FrOSCon 2023</a>. <em>Dito!</em></li>
<li><a href="https://programm.froscon.org/2023/events/2989.html">Lightning talk: Lightning Talks II | Sunday | Schedule FrOSCon 2023</a> <em>The slides to the FOSS on Feature Phones talk are in German, but should be easily translatable.</em></li>
<li>PINE64: <a href="https://www.pine64.org/2023/08/12/quick-update-whats-going-on/">Quick update: What’s going on?</a> <em>Meetup next weekend!</em></li>
<li>Terrence Eden: <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2023/08/should-your-phone-be-a-webserver/">Should your phone be a webserver?</a></li>
<li>Tom Nardy for Hackaday: <a href="https://hackaday.com/2023/08/07/review-beepy-a-palm-sized-linux-hacking-playground/">Review: Beepy, A Palm-sized Linux Hacking Playground</a>. <em>If it weren't for an <a href="https://myhermes.de">incompetent logistics company</a>, I could share some impressions of my own.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@devrtz/110876559592436170">devrtz: "Last week parts of the #MobileLinux community got together at #FrOSCon and, dare I say, had a great time in our "FOSS on Mobile" devroom 🌈…"</a>. <em>Nice round-up!</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-watching">Worth Watching</h3>
<ul>
<li>mkiol: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTsM3kUxE2Q">Speech Note 4.0 on Pine Phone</a></li>
<li>熊小白: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGVUTDx-ruc">JingPad Ubuntu Touch Linux Tablet 千元价格的Linux平板电脑</a></li>
<li>devrtz: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3u5uQ0UrJ8">2023 - The year of Linux On Desktop^WMobile</a>
<ul>
<li>Purism community: <a href="https://forums.puri.sm/t/froscon-2023-the-year-of-linux-on-desktop-wmobile/21026">FrOSCon 2023: The year of Linux On Desktop^WMobile</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>CyberPunkEdu: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5-TtUnIgbg">How to use Libertine / Desktop Apps on Ubuntu Touch - Pixel 3a - GIMP</a></li>
<li>mkiol: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88cdPpvBmmI">Speech Note 4.0 for Sailfish OS - Offline Machine Translator</a></li>
<li>mkiol: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTCwWwko7lU">Papago 2.0 for Sailfish OS - Offline live speech translation</a></li>
<li>Prend Workbench: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONyuFwIVY7g">My Tiny Laptop Got New Postmarket OS Upgrade!</a>. <em>Nice micro-Laptop!</em></li>
<li>xxz saga: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iijThtKpkLw">Ubuntu Touch xemu</a></li>
<li>Yura Beznos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtGCwiasyIM">Screen Recorder test on Sailfish OS / Intex Aquafish / Jolla C</a></li>
<li>FydeOS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMIizCsAguc">Introducing FydeOS v17: "Nostalgic Reflections"</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="thanks">Thanks</h3>
<p>Huge thanks to Plata for <a href="https://framagit.org/linmob/linmob.frama.io/-/merge_requests/5">the nifty set of Python scripts</a> that speed up collecting links from feeds by a lot.</p>
<h3 id="something-missing-want-to-contribute">Something missing? Want to contribute?</h3>
<p>If your project's cool story (or your awesome video or nifty blog post or ...) is missing and you don't want that to happen again, please just put it into <a href="https://pad.hacc.space/7yCLy5a9QyOLWusIFiTt9A?edit">the hedgedoc pad</a> for the next one! Since I am collecting many things there, this get's you early access if you will ;-) <strong>If you just stumble on a thing, please put it in there too - all help is appreciated!</strong></p>
Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (11/2023): Pocket Reforms and Other Improvements2023-03-19T22:10:00+00:002023-03-19T22:10:00+00:00https://linmob.net/weekly-update-11-2023/<p>Libadwaita 1.3, new unofficial Ubuntu Touch builds, Matrix support in Chatty, improvements to GNOME Software on Alpine and more!</p>
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<p><em>Commentary in italics.</em></p>
<h3 id="hardware">Hardware</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/pocket-reform">MNT Pocket Reform | Crowd Supply</a> - it's not only available for funding, it's already made the threshold!</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="software-progress">Software progress</h3>
<h4 id="gnome-ecosystem">GNOME ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li>This Week in GNOME: <a href="https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2023/03/twig-87/">#87 Editable Shortcuts</a></li>
<li>alexm: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/alexm/2023/03/17/libadwaita-1-3/">Libadwaita 1.3</a></li>
<li>tchx84: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/tchx84/2023/03/15/portfolio-0-9-15/">Portfolio 0.9.15</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="plasma-ecosystem">Plasma ecosystem </h4>
<ul>
<li>Nate Graham: <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2023/03/17/this-week-in-kde-more-wayland-fixes/">This week in KDE: “More Wayland fixes”</a></li>
<li>KDE Announcements: <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/5/5.27.3/">KDE Plasma 5.27.3, Bugfix Release for March</a></li>
<li>Theophile: <a href="https://theophile.gilgien.net/posts/blog-sok/">My experience taking part in Season of KDE</a></li>
<li>KDE Eco: <a href="https://eco.kde.org/blog/2023-03-15-sok23-kde-eco_be/">Adapting Standard Usage Scenario Scripts For KDE Applications: My Journey As A Season Of KDE Mentee</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="ubuntu-touch">Ubuntu Touch</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.com/ook37/pinephone-pro-debos/-/releases">Releases · Oren Klopfer / PinePhone + PinePhone Pro UBTouch Image Builder · GitLab</a> <em>Focal for both, PinePhone and PinePhone Pro!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="distributions">Distributions</h4>
<ul>
<li>Breaking updates in pmOS edge: <a href="https://postmarketos.org/edge/2023/03/13/alpine-arm-builders-gone/">Alpine's ARM builders are temporarily unavailable</a></li>
<li>Manjaro PinePhone Phosh: <a href="https://github.com/manjaro-pinephone/phosh/releases/tag/beta30">Beta 30</a></li>
<li>Phoronix: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/news/Debian-12-Hard-Freeze">Debian 12 "Bookworm" Enters Its Hard Freeze</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="non-linux">Non-Linux</h4>
<ul>
<li>Lup Yuen: <a href="https://github.com/lupyuen/pinephone-nuttx-usb#power-on-the-usb-controller">GitHub - lupyuen/pinephone-nuttx-usb: PinePhone USB Driver for Apache NuttX RTOS</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="matrix">Matrix</h4>
<ul>
<li>Matrix.org: <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2023/03/17/this-week-in-matrix-2023-03-17">This Week in Matrix 2023-03-17</a></li>
<li>Matrix.org: <a href="https://matrix.org/blog/2023/03/15/the-dma-stakeholder-workshop-interoperability-between-messaging-services">The DMA Stakeholder Workshop: Interoperability between messaging services</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-noting">Worth noting</h3>
<ul>
<li>
<ul>
<li>feborg: <a href="https://feborg.es/register-for-linux-app-summit-2023/">Register for Linux App Summit 2023!</a> <em>I'll likely will only be able to attend virtually, but you should totally go if you can!</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><a href="https://freeradical.zone/@craftyguy/110014942107339916">Clayton: "Hello again #postmarketOS edge users! [...] Quite often I was burning through my mobile data cap <em>much</em> quicker than normal, because a lot of traffic was being routed over mobile data... despite being connected to a perfectly fine, unmetered wifi network.…"</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@linuxphoneapps@linuxrocks.online/110023687517501631">LinuxPhoneApps.org: "Right now, we're (cautiously) working towards moving to individual markdown files as "source of truth" for app listings (instead of .csv). Many things need to be considered. Please chime in! …"</a> <em>Especially regarding snaps and ratings!</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-reading">Worth reading</h3>
<ul>
<li>Purism: <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/toward-matrix-support-in-chats-part-2/">Toward Matrix support in Chats – Part 2</a></li>
<li>Linux Phone Guides: <a href="https://linuxphoneguides.ovh/index.php/2023/03/18/librem-5-a-to-z/">Librem 5: A to Z</a></li>
<li>fossphones.com: <a href="https://fossphones.com/03-17-23.html">Linux Phone News - March 17, 2023</a></li>
<li>Pablo Yoyoista: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/pabloyoyoista/2023/03/05/gs-and-pmos-a-bumpy-road/">GNOME Software and postmarketOS: a bumpy road – GNOME adventures in mobile</a> <em>Great work!</em></li>
<li>Laoblog: <a href="https://blog.libero.it/Laoblog2/16586542.html">Pinephone review: Ubuntu Touch</a> <em>Nitpick: No need to be in denial and stick to xenial, see above!</em></li>
<li>Purism: <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/desktop-apps-on-the-lapdock/">Desktop Apps on the Lapdock</a></li>
<li>Hamblingreen: <a href="https://hamblingreen.com/2023/03/11/nexdock-first-impressions.html">Nexdock First Impressions</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-listening">Worth listening</h3>
<ul>
<li>postmarketOS Podcast: <a href="https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/29-GNOME-Software-apk-get-your-patches-merged-pbsplash/">#29 GNOME Software + apk, get your patches merged, pbsplash</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-watching">Worth watching</h3>
<ul>
<li>Purism: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xny14NajI0">Desktop Apps on the Lapdock</a></li>
<li>Canal do Lukita: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEq3BXlr7ZE">Linux Phone - Ubuntu Touch - The best mobile OS</a></li>
<li>CyberPunked: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObKTkecPcqA">Droidian (Mobian / Debian for Android) - Google Pixel 3a (2023-03-15)</a></li>
<li>Sailfish official: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKJLQ4fQdKc">Xperia 5 droidian os and waydroid 11</a></li>
<li>Scientific Perspective: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP8D_xW3XhM">postmarketOS | Linux 6.2.0</a></li>
<li>emde: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH3LuE05lTM">Ephemeral messaging</a> <em>Impressive!</em></li>
<li>Eric Lovejoy: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9j6mGfayxY">opencv4 on pinephone pro drawing circles on level and perpendicular using iio bus accelerometer.</a></li>
<li>PINE64: <a href="https://tilvids.com/w/6zPrN76odWPdsj94wCJeUf">PINE64 Quarterly Community Q&A</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9_nOjAtsmw">YouTube</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="thanks">Thanks</h3>
<p>Huge thanks again to Plata for <a href="https://framagit.org/linmob/linmob.frama.io/-/merge_requests/5">the nifty set of Python scripts</a> that speeds up collecting links from feeds by a lot.</p>
<h3 id="something-missing-want-to-contribute">Something missing? Want to contribute?</h3>
<p>If your project's cool story (or your awesome video or nifty blog post or ...) is missing and you don't want that to happen again, please just put it into <a href="https://pad.hacc.space/7yCLy5a9QyOLWusIFiTt9A?edit">the hedgedoc pad</a> for the next one! Since I am collecting many things there, this get's you early access if you will ;-) <strong>If you just stumble on a thing, please put it in there too - all help is appreciated!</strong></p>
Weekly Update (11/2022): A RISC-V handheld, Fedora on the PinePhone Pro, Precursor shipping and new releases of SailfishOS, libhandy and libadwaita2022-03-19T22:00:00+00:002022-03-19T22:00:00+00:00https://linmob.net/weekly-update-11-2022/<p>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.</p>
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<p><em>Commentary in italics.</em></p>
<h3 id="hardware">Hardware</h3>
<h4 id="amazingly-well-thought-out-raspberry-pi-based-hardware">Amazingly well thought out Raspberry Pi based hardware</h4>
<ul>
<li>Liliputing: <a href="https://liliputing.com/2022/03/pockit-is-a-tiny-modular-computer-with-dozens-of-blocks-that-snap-into-place-to-add-functionality.html">Pockit is a tiny, modular computer with dozens of blocks that snap into place to add functionality</a>. <em>This is so well made. Amazing.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="risc-v-handheld-device">RISC-V handheld device</h4>
<ul>
<li>CNX Software: <a href="https://www.cnx-software.com/2022/03/16/devterm-modular-linux-terminal-risc-v-module-raspberry-pi-cm3/">DevTerm modular Linux terminal gets a RISC-V module compatible with Raspberry Pi CM3</a>. <em>It's powered by an <a href="https://linux-sunxi.org/D1">AllWinner D1 SoC</a>, which is powered by a XuanTie C906 core. ClockworkPi also offer their Raspberry Pi 3 Compute module compatible SOM quite affordably, but the D1 might not be the RISC-V chip you want for reasons <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30689030">discussed on Hacker News</a>.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="crowdfunded-devices-shipping">Crowdfunded devices shipping</h4>
<ul>
<li>Liliputing: <a href="https://liliputing.com/2022/03/precursor-open-hardware-mobile-device-with-an-fpga-is-now-shipping-crowdfunding.html">Precursor open hardware mobile device with an FPGA is now shipping (crowdfunding)</a>. <em>Nice to see it shipping, it was <a href="https://linmob.net/linbits11-weekly-pinephone-news-week38/#other-hardware">announced in September 2020</a>.</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="hardware-enablement">Hardware enablement</h3>
<ul>
<li>Liliputing: <a href="https://liliputing.com/2022/03/ubuntu-touch-could-breathe-new-life-into-the-troubled-jingpad-a1-linux-tablet.html">Ubuntu Touch could breathe new life into the troubled JingPad A1 Linux tablet</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="firmware">Firmware</h4>
<ul>
<li>U-Boot fixes for the PinePhone Pro have landed, <a href="https://twitter.com/DanctNIX/status/1504660410200629253#m">which enable the proximity and light sensor to work</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="gnome-ecosystem">GNOME ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li>Alexander Mikhaylenko: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/alexm/2022/03/19/libadwaita-1-1-libhandy-1-6/">Libadwaita 1.1, Libhandy 1.6</a>. <em>Great new releases!</em></li>
<li>This Week in GNOME: <a href="https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/03/twig-35/">#35 Software Reviews</a>. <em>I wonder how well Symphony works on a phone...</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="plasma-maui-ecosystem">Plasma/Maui ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nate Graham: <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2022/03/11/this-week-in-kde-fewer-korners-more-multi-cursor-better-apps/">This week in KDE: fewer korners, more multi-cursor, better apps</a>.</li>
<li>Nate Graham: <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2022/03/18/this-week-in-kde-back-to-those-15-minute-bugs/">This week in KDE: Back to those 15-minute bugs</a>.</li>
<li>Volker Krause: <a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2022/03/12/kde-itinerary-wikidata-data-reuse-days-2022.html">KDE Itinerary @ Wikidata Data Reuse Days 2022</a>.</li>
<li>KDE Eco: <a href="https://eco.kde.org/blog/2022-03-16-press-release-okular-blue-angel/">First Ever Eco-Certified Computer Program: KDE's Popular PDF Reader Okular</a>.</li>
<li>Qt blog: <a href="https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-webassembly-on-mobile-devices">Qt for WebAssembly on mobile devices</a>. <em>WebAssembly is a way to make use of Qt 6* on devices where it's hard or impossible to use Qt otherwise, e.g. iOS devices.</em></li>
<li>Nitrux: <a href="https://nxos.org/weekly-summaries/maui-shell-dev-diaries/">Maui Shell Dev Diaries</a>. <em>I am really looking forward to Maui Shell!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="distro-releases">Distro releases</h4>
<ul>
<li>An unofficial <a href="https://github.com/nikhiljha/pp-fedora-sdsetup/releases/tag/ppp-0">Fedora image for the PinePhone Pro</a> has been released.</li>
<li><a href="https://postmarketos.org/blog/2022/03/13/v21.12.3-release/">postmarketOS 21.12 Service Pack 3</a> has been released, featuring new builds Dino, Portfolio and kernel updates for a few devices.</li>
<li>Dan Johansen: <a href="https://blog.strits.dk/this-month-in-manjaro-february-2022/">This month in Manjaro (February 2022)</a>. <em>Nice progress!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="sailfish-os">Sailfish OS</h4>
<ul>
<li>jovirkku: <a href="https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/release-notes-vanha-rauma-4-4-0/10656">[Release notes] Vanha Rauma 4.4.0 </a>. <em>Notable browser and camera improvements, and a bunch of bug and CVE fixes. Make sure to watch Leszek's video below!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="ubports">UBports</h4>
<ul>
<li>UBports: <a href="http://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/your-biweekly-ubports-news-with-a-buggy-new-design-3840">Your biweekly UBports news with a (buggy) new design</a>. <em>Foundation Elections, a UBports Teach team, new apps, and more.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="capyloon">Capyloon</h4>
<ul>
<li>Capyloon (B2G/Firefox OS reboot) has also had <a href="https://capyloon.org/releases.html">another release</a>, featuring a number of changes important for privacy.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-noting">Worth noting</h3>
<ul>
<li>If you're tired of customizing your GSettings on your Linux Phone by over and over again, <a href="https://twitter.com/jistr/status/1502774618784165888">you can now use Ansible</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/TheJackiMonster/status/1502771537253912577/">GNUnet messenger is getting closer to release</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-reading">Worth reading</h3>
<h4 id="pine64-community-update">PINE64 Community Update</h4>
<ul>
<li>PINE64: <a href="https://www.pine64.org/2022/03/15/march-update-introducing-the-quartzpro64/">March Update: Introducing the QuartzPro64</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="first-impressions-of-linux-phones">First Impressions of Linux Phones</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nirik: <a href="https://www.scrye.com/wordpress/nirik/2022/03/17/pinephone-pro/">Pinephone pro</a>. <em>Nice first impressions with a focus on upstreamability!</em></li>
<li>etbe: <a href="https://etbe.coker.com.au/2022/03/15/librem-5-first-impression/">Librem 5 First Impression</a>. <em>I have been pondering writing a follow-up post on how the Librem 5 is doing now (I've been using it for the past week,<sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#1">1</a></sup> and it did good enough for me to not go back to the PinePhone), and that GNOME Keyring thing is something I'd spend a paragraph or two on as well.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="powervr-mesa-driver">PowerVR Mesa Driver</h4>
<ul>
<li>TuxPhones: <a href="https://tuxphones.com/what-does-the-new-powervr-driver-mean-for-mobile/">What the new PowerVR driver means for mobile</a>. <em>Great post by Martijn!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="not-a-new-device-just-a-cellular-plan">Not a new device, just a cellular plan</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purism: <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/purism-launches-librem-simple/">Purism Launches Librem SIMple: A Cellular Service that Protects Digital Privacy</a>. <em>Affordability, like so many things in life, is a relative term.</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-watching">Worth watching</h3>
<h4 id="pinephone-pro-impressions">PinePhone (Pro) Impressions</h4>
<ul>
<li>Yomen Tohmaz: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbiObOy3YsA">PinePhone Review: Half a Year In</a>.</li>
<li>Canadian Bitcoiners: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z7oaTLBfsI">PinePhone Pro Update - Almost Ready For Daily Driver</a>. <em>Minor nitpick: The front camera changed since the original announcement to a different part that should be better, but is unsupported in Linux.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="pine64-community-update-1">PINE64 Community Update</h4>
<ul>
<li>PINE64: <a href="https://tilvids.com/w/5nAaa47kxv82MU3kAFsnKE">March Update: Introducing the QuartzPro64</a>. <em>Nice video synopsis by PizzaLovingNerd!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="ubuntu-touch">Ubuntu Touch</h4>
<ul>
<li>UBports: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bMOb3xtXFA">Ubuntu Touch Q&A 117</a>. <em>Florian and Alfred talk about what's new in Ubuntu Touch: A new installer release, three new devices supported (Lenovo Tab M10 X605, the JingPad, and the ShiftPhones 6mq), VSCodium on the Open-Store and Community Questions.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="sailfish-4-4">Sailfish 4.4</h4>
<ul>
<li>Leszek Lesner: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmgPeK156Yg">SailfishOS 4.4 - What's new!?</a>. <em>Like with every new SailfishOS release, Leszek did a video to show off what's new.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="spanish-talks">Spanish talks</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nucleo Linux Bolivio: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IME7w7CZhQ4&t=289s">Webinar Comparando Celulares de Linux</a>. <em>I don't speak spanish, but I know that Amos Batto is knowledgable when it comes to Linux on Phones.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="shorts">Shorts</h4>
<ul>
<li>NOT A FBI Honey Pot: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sPQg9wHrxKk">watch anime from The CLI on your Pinephone!!!!!!</a></li>
<li>Jozef Mlich: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mq14LUck4e8">glacier-contacts demo</a>. <em>Nemo Mobile progress!</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="something-missing">Something missing?</h3>
<p>If your projects' cool story (or your awesome video or nifty blog post or ...) is missing and you don't want that to happen again, please get in touch via social media or email!</p>
<div class="footnote-definition" id="1"><sup class="footnote-definition-label">1</sup>
<p>I did not do so, as <a href="https://twitter.com/linuxphoneapps/status/1504817846622298140">working on getting LinuxPhoneApps.org launched</a> is just way more important.</p>
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Weekly Update (1-2/2022): PinePhone Pro and accessories shipping, Poco F1 call audio progress, libadwaita 1.0, and modem firmware updating2022-01-14T19:40:00+00:002022-01-15T21:52:00+00:00https://linmob.net/weekly-update-1-2-2022/<p><em>A new year begins with exciting news regarding Linux Phones:</em> Experimental call audio on Snapdragon 845 devices, better PinePhone modem updating for postmarketOS (Edge), PinePhone accesories and PinePhone Pro up for order, Ubuntu Touch OTA 21, Sxmo 1.7.0 and more! Also: This weekly update has a new name!</p>
<span id="continue-reading"></span><h3 id="editorial-a-new-start-a-slightly-different-format">Editorial: A new start, a slightly different format</h3>
<p>At the end of 2021, I felt increasingly bored and tired by writing all these weekly updates. While my process of going through things using an RSS agregator is not too bad, the process of manually copy-pasting all these URLs, names and titles into an unordered list of Markdown links felt more and more like bad busywork. To be frank: There have been many weeks where I dreaded my Wednesday evening. I did not want to go through tons of irrelevant content to make sure I wouldn't miss the interesting tidbits any more.</p>
<p>But: Writing regular little updates is easier to do for me than editing videos, and enough people told me how much they like these updates. So I've decided to carry on, but due to less time<sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#1">1</a></sup>, I will exclude duplicate posts that don't add much value. To ease this work for me, just make sure <a href="https://linmob.net/weekly-update-1-2-2022/#something-missing">to ping me</a> if I don't include your cool project all the time anyway! Going forward, I want to change hosting of this site to a public Git repo again (likely framagit.org), to make merge requests or even collaborative editing possible.</p>
<h3 id="hardware-news">Hardware news</h3>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://www.pine64.org/2022/01/11/pinephone-pro-explorer-edition-pre-orders-open-january-11/">PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition is now available for purchase.</a>. If you understand, that this device is not ready yet as hardware enablement is not fully done (see <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@linmob/107605215463739200">also</a>), go get one. <em>I ordered one.</em></li>
<li>Also, PINE64 have <a href="https://www.pine64.org/2021/12/31/happy-new-year-the-keyboard-and-cases-are-here/">finally made the PinePhone accessories available</a> (the keyboard<sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#2">2</a></sup> and various backcovers: LoRa, Wireless Charging and Fingerprint sensor) , shortly after LinBits 77. I've ordered all the things and received them yesterday but have not really tried them out extensively.<sup class="footnote-reference"><a href="#3">3</a></sup> <a href="https://linmob.net/weekly-update-1-2-2022/#pinephone-keyboard-first-impressions-and-fixes">Read some PinePhone keyboard first impressions below</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="hardware-enablement-news">Hardware enablement news</h3>
<ul>
<li>The <a href="https://twitter.com/joelselvaraj95/status/1478971761127350275">Xiaomi Poco F1 is about to get support for audio calls soon-ish</a>! <em>Looks like Snapdragon 845 phones are going to be fully viable mainline Linux phones relatively soon (soon as in later this year).</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="software-news">Software news</h3>
<h4 id="gnome-ecosystem">GNOME ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li>This Week in GNOME: <a href="https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/01/twig-25/">#25 The Big 1.0</a>.</li>
<li>This Week in GNOME: <a href="https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2022/01/twig-26/">#26 Contact Me</a>. <em>Contacts and Secret sound very promising! And boy do I look forward to alphanumeric passwords for Phosh!</em></li>
<li>Alexander Mikhaylenko: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/alexm/2021/12/31/libadwaita-1-0/">Libadwaita 1.0</a><em>Libadwaita 1.0 is a big deal, for packaging in distributions alone. This should increase distro adoption of GTK4/Libadwaita applications, many of which running fine on Linux Phones.</em></li>
<li>Allan Day: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/aday/2022/01/13/human-interface-guidelines-libadwaita-1-0-edition/">Human Interface Guidelines, libadwaita 1.0 edition</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="plasma-maui-ecosystem">Plasma/Maui ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li>Maui Project: <a href="https://mauikit.org/blog/maui-report-17/">Maui Report 17</a>.</li>
<li>Volker Krause: <a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2022/01/08/kde-pim-november-december-2021.html">November/December in KDE PIM</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="ubports-ubuntu-touch">UBports Ubuntu Touch</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dalton Durst for UBports: <a href="http://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-21-release-3798">Ubuntu Touch OTA-21 Release</a>. <em>While this release is "just" for the non-mainline devices (not for PinePhone or PineTab), it's great to see so much feature work continuing while the transition to an Ubuntu 20.04 base is happening.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="sxmo-1-70">Sxmo 1.70</h4>
<p>Sxmo 1.7.0 is out, delivering multiple improvements including visual voicemail support. Make sure to <a href="https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-announce/%3C20220107164241.u7q5uaok5wkw37y6%40worker.anaproy.lxd%3E">read the announcement</a> for more details.</p>
<h4 id="others">Others</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nemo mobile: <a href="https://nemomobile.net/pages/put-your-hand-to-the-work-on-nemomobile/">Put your hand to the work on Nemomobile</a>. <em>A bug list, so if contributing more is on your list of new year resolutions, you can get to work here.</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-reading">Worth reading</h3>
<h4 id="kernel-work">Kernel work</h4>
<ul>
<li>Phoronix: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Hantro-VP9-Linux-5.17">Hantro Media Driver Adds VP9 Acceleration With Linux 5.17</a>. <em>This is relevant for both the Librem 5 and the PinePhone Pro.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="postmarketos-awesomeness">postmarketOS awesomeness</h4>
<ul>
<li>Martijn Braam: <a href="https://blog.brixit.nl/why-installers-are-needed-for-fde/">Why installers are needed for disk encryption</a>. <em>Great explainer. I hope that more distributions adopt similar installers.</em></li>
<li>TuxPhones: <a href="https://tuxphones.com/postmarketos-linux-live-usb-fastboot-network-boot/">You can now live-boot postmarketOS on Android phones</a>.</li>
<li>TuxPhones: <a href="https://tuxphones.com/draft-automating-the-little-things-might-actually-be-a-bad-idea/">Automating the little things</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="firmware-management">Firmware management</h4>
<ul>
<li>Dylan van Assche: <a href="https://dylanvanassche.be/blog/2022/pinephone-modem-upgrade/">Upgrading your PinePhone modem easily</a>. <em>This is huge news, and a great way to solve the modem firmware conundrum: PINE64 can't ship the open source firmare, which is a security risk. Dylan's approach does not reinvent the wheel, but works with minor changes to existing, established projects - this is going to be great once it lands!</em>
<ul>
<li>Phoronix: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Fwupd-1.7.4-Released">Fwupd 1.7.4 Supports More Hardware For Firmware Updating On Linux</a>. <em>Quectel EG25-G is in there!</em></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="long-term-support">Long Term Support</h4>
<ul>
<li>UBports: <a href="http://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-and-the-10-year-smartphone-3799">Ubuntu Touch and the 10 Year Smartphone</a>. <em>The idea of keeping devices usable (and at least somewhat secure to use) for really long time frames is something that drives my excitement about Linux Phones, as I believe the "every two years a new phone" model is not sustainable at all. *Pretends he does not own way too many smartphones.*</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="purism-news">Purism news</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purism: <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/2021-year-in-review-design/">2021 Year in Review: Design</a>.</li>
<li>Purism: <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/throwback-to-2021-more-from-librem-5-in-2022/">Throwback to 2021, More from Librem 5 in 2022</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="pinephone-keyboard-first-impressions-and-fixes">PinePhone keyboard first impressions (and fixes)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Avery: <a href="https://avery.cafe/blog/pinephone-keyboard-first-impressions/">PinePhone Keyboard First Impressions</a>.</li>
<li>Avery: <a href="https://avery.cafe/blog/a-quick-fix-for-the-pinephone-keyboards-top-row/">A Quick Fix for the PinePhone Keyboard's Top Row</a>. <em>It's fine for me on my unit, but if it's you have problems, this might help!</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-watching">Worth watching</h3>
<h4 id="crazy-attempts-to-run-linux">Crazy attempts to run Linux</h4>
<ul>
<li>Thomas Triadi: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Doy8HzTko">JingOS Arm64 port running on Xiaomi Redmi Note 4x ( xiaomi mido )</a>. <em>A postmarketOS kernel, an Ubuntu rootfs, and JingOS Software. As <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@tuxdevices/107571057163406522">@tuxdevices points out</a>, this is not too fast, but it's still interesting.</em></li>
<li>Janus Cycle: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd1dpUUXrsw">Linux on the Windows 7 Phone</a>. <em>The Fujitsu F-07C phone in this video actually runs Windows 7 Home Premium by default and is about 10 years old, using an Intel Atom Lincroft chip.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="pinephone-unboxing-and-new-user-thoughts">PinePhone Unboxing and new user thoughts</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nick Shulhin: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qv3JGZsMwgY">I bought a PinePhone | Linux Mobile phone</a>. <em>Nice unboxing.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="pinephone-tutorials">PinePhone tutorials</h4>
<ul>
<li>Avisando: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgAnQKCYxQY">How to flash an OS on the PinePhone without a PC (eMMC or SD)</a>. <em>Step by step. I waguely recall doing a similar video about a year ago.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="ubuntu-touch">Ubuntu Touch</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nick Shulhin: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yZb7g5o97A">I love Ubuntu Touch! | PinePhone | Linux</a>. <em>As I commented: Don't run that ancient stable channel on your PinePhone, try something newer!</em></li>
<li>Linux Lounge: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujJnlsa06ZU">SuperTux on Ubuntu Touch! - Ubuntu Touch Game Review</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="xmpp-fun">XMPP fun</h4>
<ul>
<li>RTP Privacy & Tech Tips: <a href="https://tube.tchncs.de/w/86d8b6df-8000-41f6-a92c-1d8ba2501972">Dino (XMPP): Decentralized End To End Encryption Messenger/+ Chatroom Client (Linux/Pinephone Shown)</a>. <em>Please note: You don't have to run your PinePhone at 1x scaling to use Dino, just build and run the <a href="https://github.com/dino/dino/tree/feature/handy">libhandy-enabled branch</a> - postmarketOS even ships it, and there are relatively easy ways to install it on <a href="https://wiki.mobian-project.org/doku.php?id=dino&s%5B%5D=dino">Mobian</a> and <a href="https://framagit.org/linmobapps/pkgbuilds/-/tree/main/dino-mobile-git">Arch</a>.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="my-eink-runs-arch-btw">My eInk runs Arch, BTW</h4>
<ul>
<li>Danct12: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76uFrG3b-Y0">Phosh UI running on PineNote</a>.</li>
<li>Danct12: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5ynJENo0Y">PineNote booting Arch Linux ARM</a>. <em>For context: The eInk screen of the PineNote <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@PINE64/107566967950259308">is now working with mainline Linux</a>, which is just awesome!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="development-streams">Development Streams</h4>
<ul>
<li>caleb: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MJpcKvIcIs">OnePlus 6 camera shenanigans pt 2 #Linux #postmarketOS</a>.</li>
<li>caleb: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mp3lmVcXjo">OnePlus 6 camera shenanigans pt 3 #Linux #postmarketOS</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="jingos-progress">JingOS progress</h4>
<ul>
<li>JingOS: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw0iW3EtE7E">[Preview] JingOS V1.2 ARM - Screen Rotation - Fingerprint Unlock - JingPad A1</a>. <em>Flatpak support is a big deal.</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="something-missing">Something missing?</h3>
<p>If your projects' cool story is missing and you don't want that to happen again, please get in touch via social media or email!</p>
<div class="footnote-definition" id="1"><sup class="footnote-definition-label">1</sup>
<p>New dayjob!</p>
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<div class="footnote-definition" id="2"><sup class="footnote-definition-label">2</sup>
<p>The first keyboards shipped without a manual, if you're affected by this, <a href="https://wiki.pine64.org/images/1/12/USER_MANUAL-KEYBOARD-V2-EN-DE-FR-ES.pdf">here's the PDF</a>.</p>
</div>
<div class="footnote-definition" id="3"><sup class="footnote-definition-label">3</sup>
<p>I attempted an unboxing live stream, but had serious set-up woes. Firstly, Plasma's Wayland session is apparently not ready for OBS Streaming, and after that I messed with too many settings so that my video looked terribly (which I, due to a small stream preview window, only noticed after ending the second attempt to stream (on Plasma X11)<a href="https://youtu.be/l7kWqNhaEw0">.</a> To complete a full blown train wreck, the Keyboard as the only accessory I tried on camera, did not work with my postmarketOS CE running DanctNIX - luckily it works with the borked Plasma Mobile install on my UBports CE PinePhone. <strong>Update, January 15th, 2022:</strong> After cleaning the pogo pins, it works just fine with DanctNIX on my 3GB PinePhone, too – if only Phosh were better in landscape mode.</p>
</div>