LINux on MOBile - Librem 5 USALINMOB.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.Zola2022-05-15T14:20:00+00:00https://linmob.net/tags/librem-5-usa/feed.xmlWeekly #LinuxPhone Update (19/2022): OpenSUSE on Volla Phone, Phone calls on Nemo Mobile with a caveat, and another Modem Firmware release!2022-05-15T14:20:00+00:002022-05-15T14:20:00+00:00https://linmob.net/weekly-update-19-2022/<p>It's the 15th, but <a href="https://twitter.com/LukaszErecinsk1/status/1523952982118834176">PINE64 had to delay their community update</a>. So let's at least get this weekly roundup out! <em>It's a bit boring though.</em></p>
<span id="continue-reading"></span>
<p><em>Commentary in italics.</em></p>
<h4 id="firmware">Firmware</h4>
<ul>
<li>biktorgj published <a href="https://github.com/biktorgj/pinephone_modem_sdk/releases/tag/0.6.5">release 0.6.5</a> of their open source firmware for the PinePhone (Pro) modem! <em>Call +22 33 44 55 66 77 now to talk to your modem! On a more serious note: Do read the release notes, there have been more changes than the small version bump may suggest!</em></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/2022/05/twig-43/">#44 Foundation News</a>. </li>
<li>chergert: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2022/05/14/builder-gtk-4-porting-part-iv/">Builder GTK 4 Porting, Part IV</a>.</li>
<li>Marcus Lundblad: <a href="http://ml4711.blogspot.com/2022/05/maps-spring-cleaning.html">Maps Spring Cleaning</a>.</li>
<li>oleaamot: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/oleaamot/2022/05/14/gnome-voice/">Voice</a>. <em>No, I don't know what a Voicegram is either.</em></li>
<li>Sophie Herold: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/sophieh/2022/05/15/pika-backup-0-4-released-with-schedule-support/">Pika Backup 0.4 Released with Schedule Support</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="plasma-maui-ecosystem">Plasma/Maui ecosystem</h4>
<ul>
<li>Nate Graham: <a href="https://pointieststick.com/2022/05/13/this-week-in-kde-something-for-everyone/">This week in KDE: something for everyone</a>.</li>
<li>Volker Krause: <a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2022/05/14/kf6-plasma-build-progress.html">Building Plasma for KDE Frameworks 6</a>.</li>
<li>KDE Announcements: <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/gear/22.04.1/">KDE Gear 22.04.1</a>. <em>Just a bugfix release for KDE's apps!</em></li>
<li>KDE Announcements: <a href="https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/5/5.94.0/">KDE Ships Frameworks 5.94.0</a>. </li>
<li>Albert Astals Cid: <a href="https://tsdgeos.blogspot.com/2022/05/the-kde-qt5-patch-collection-has-been.html">The KDE Qt5 Patch Collection has been rebased on top of Qt 5.15.4</a>. <em>Thanking the Commercial users for beta testing is a nice touch!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="distro-news">Distro news</h4>
<ul>
<li>Having audio issues on DanctNIX? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/web/@danctnix/108298691019946344">They've posted instructions that solved the issue for me</a>.</li>
<li>If all you ever wanted is to run Plasma Mobile on Mobian, <a href="https://wiki.mobian.org/doku.php?id=desktopenvironments#plasma">have at it</a>!</li>
<li>OpenSUSE's mobile effort supports an additional, halium based device: <a href="https://twitter.com/hadrianweb/status/1524449265103245312">The Volla Phone</a>. (via <a href="https://gnulinux.ch/opensuse-tumbleweed-v20220511-fuer-das-volla-phone">gnulinux.ch</a>) <em>Too bad I handed my compatible device to my brother! Although, considering my full schedule... it's alright. Let me know how it's going if you've tried this!</em> </li>
<li>As you all know, postmarketOS <a href="https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Category:Interface">support many UIs</a>. <a href="https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/3123">Now, it looks like Lomiri (of Ubuntu Touch fame) is going to be another option soon!</a> (<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@calebccff/108289639207111454">Thanks, caleb</a>!)</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="kernel">Kernel</h4>
<ul>
<li>Phoronix: <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Rockchip-VOP2-Linux-5.19">Rockchip VOP2 DRM Driver Coming To Linux 5.19 For Display Support With Newer SoCs</a>. <em>While this does not affect the chips in current Linux Phones, it's good news for future Linux Phones!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="non-linux">Non-Linux</h4>
<ul>
<li>Genodians: <a href="https://genodians.org/ssumpf/2022-05-09-telephony">Pine fun - Telephony (Roger, Roger?)</a>. <em>Fun read!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="worth-noting">Worth noting</h4>
<ul>
<li>According <a href="https://teddit.net/r/PINE64official/comments/ums0z3/psa_the_lora_pinephone_case_seems_to_drain/">to reddit user /u/The01player using the LoRaWAN backcover can badly drain the PinePhone's battery</a>.</li>
<li>Use Manjaro? Want Waydroid on your PinePhone Pro? Check out <a href="https://github.com/MadameMalady/Manjaro-Waydroid-Manager">Manjaro Waydroid Manager</a> by <a href="https://twitter.com/FOSSingularity">@FOSSingularity</a>!</li>
<li>Also, by the same developer: <a href="https://github.com/MadameMalady/PinePhone-Pro-Manjaro-Maui-Shell-Installer-MMSI">A script to try Maui Shell on Manjaro</a>!</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-reading">Worth reading</h3>
<h4 id="password-management">Password management</h4>
<ul>
<li>hamblinggreen: <a href="https://hamblingreen.gitlab.io/2022/05/07/my-love-hate-relationship-with-bitwarden.html">My Love-Hate Relationship With Bitwarden</a>. <em>This would have been one for last week, but I did not skim it carefully enough. See also: <a href="https://linuxphoneapps.org/backends/pass/">Pass UIs</a>.</em> </li>
</ul>
<h4 id="librem-5">Librem 5</h4>
<ul>
<li>Purism: <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/improved-delivery-time-for-librem-5-usa-may-2022-update/">Improved Delivery Time for Librem 5 USA: May 2022 Update</a>. _The <a href="https://forums.puri.sm/t/new-post-improved-delivery-time-for-librem-5-usa-may-2022-update/17236">comment thread</a> on Purism's forums is the usual.</li>
<li>The Arcology Garden: <a href="https://arcology.garden/librem5-first-impressions">First Impression of the Purism Librem5</a>. <em>Great write up!</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-listening">Worth listening</h3>
<ul>
<li>Linux Lads: <a href="https://linuxlads.com/episodes/season-7-episode-8/">Season 7 - Episode 8: Sailing New Waters</a>. <em>Featuring Adam Pigg, Sailfish OS enthusiast and porter (e.g. PINE64 devices).</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-watching">Worth watching</h3>
<h4 id="sxmo">Sxmo</h4>
<ul>
<li>Bosco Vallejo-Nágera: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1KWHSp41BY">Pinephone with sxmo (wayland) - thoughts after ~1 month of usage</a>. <em>Awesome in-depth video of Sxmo!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="nemo-mobile">Nemo Mobile</h4>
<ul>
<li>Jozef Mlich: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7z-WVSs0Rg">Nemomobile: phone call with PinePhone</a>. <em>Ok, audio does not work yet, but it's still an achievement!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="ubuntu-touch">Ubuntu Touch</h4>
<ul>
<li>Phonez Pop: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaoHBBLMups">Poco X3 Pro Running UBUNTU Touch 🔥 🔥 🔥 Features, First looks</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="keyboarded-handhelds">Keyboarded handhelds</h4>
<ul>
<li>mutantC: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFnMh2CevHU">Sony Vaio UX UMPC review with Debian Linux</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="shorts">Shorts</h4>
<ul>
<li>Baonks81: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/it-JM-GkJxw">Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS Nexus 7 2012 grouper mainline kernel-5.15.0-rc4-postmarketOS-grate</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="something-missing">Something missing?</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 get in touch via social media or email!</p>
LinBits 56: Weekly Linux Phone news / media roundup (week 30/31)2021-08-04T21:56:00+00:002021-08-05T17:05:00+00:00https://linmob.net/linbits-56-weekly-linux-phone-news-week30-31/<p><em>It's Wednesday. Now what happened since last Wednesday?</em></p>
<p>Sxmo, Chatty, Megapixels and others see new releases, Phosh & co move to GNOME GitLab, and more!<span id="continue-reading"></span> <em>Commentary in italics.</em> </p>
<h3 id="software-releases">Software Releases</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://git.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/megapixels/refs/1.2.0">Megapixels 1.2.0 has been released</a>. <em>Autofocus is now no longer blocking!</em></li>
<li><a href="https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/chatty/-/commit/7cbabfb1f6a1b0f63c683cd6430fe95bb313c199">Chatty 0.3.4 is out, bringing a number of bug fixes and enhancements</a>. </li>
<li><a href="https://lists.sr.ht/~mil/sxmo-announce/%3C20210801111149.kr3nlf3g4v6ybvml%40worker.anaproy.lxd%3E">Sxmo 1.5.0 has been released</a>. <em>Make sure to read Brad's post about it!</em></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/hadrianweb/status/1422187931620368392">OpenSUSE Tumbleweed for the PinePhone has also made some progress</a>!</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-noting">Worth noting</h3>
<ul>
<li>Phosh has moved to <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh">GNOME's GitLab</a>, so have <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/squeekboard">Squeekboard</a> and <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phoc">phoc</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://social.librem.one/@agx/106670797835144343">Notifications are coming to Phosh's lockscreen</a>!</li>
<li>@powen00hsiao managed to get <a href="https://twitter.com/powen00hsiao/status/1421803816421257227/video/1">checkra1n running on PinePhone</a>.</li>
<li>There's a <a href="https://forums.puri.sm/t/librem-5-usa-read-before-ordering/14239">thread on the Purism forums</a> that you actually may want to read before ordering.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-reading">Worth Reading</h3>
<h4 id="expensive-unboxings">Expensive Unboxings</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amos B. Batto: <a href="https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2021/07/30/unboxing-the-librem-5-usa/">Unboxing the Librem 5 USA</a>. <em>A good, long read!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="alternatives-to-the-duopoly">Alternatives to the Duopoly</h4>
<ul>
<li>The Reboot: <a href="https://thereboot.com/cracking-open-the-android-ios-grip-on-smartphones-and-the-mobile-internet/">Cracking Open the Android/iOS Grip on Smartphones and the Mobile Internet</a>. <em>Rather boring.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="software-progress">Software Progress</h4>
<ul>
<li>Claudio Cambra: <a href="https://claudiocambra.com/2021/08/01/meeting-with-your-mates-kalendar-week-8-gsoc-2021/">Meeting with your mates — Kalendar week 8 (GSoC 2021)</a>.</li>
<li>Volker Krause: <a href="https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2021/08/01/kde-itinerary-june-july-2021.html">June/July in KDE Itinerary</a>. <em>Great progress, health certificate support really matters these days!</em></li>
<li>Martín Abente Lahaye: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/tchx84/2021/07/31/portfolio-0-9-11/">Portfolio 0.9.11</a>. <em>Another update to my favourite mobile file management application!</em></li>
<li>Philippe Normand: <a href="https://base-art.net/Articles/introducing-the-gnome-web-canary-flavor/">Introducing the GNOME Web Canary flavor</a>. <em>Not too mobile specific, but given the fact that I recently made GNOME Web my default web browser on Phosh, I am adding this so I don't forget to try it out eventually.</em></li>
<li>manugen: <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/manugen/2021/08/04/a-quick-update-on-libadawaitas-animation-api/">A quick update on libadwaita’s animation API</a>.</li>
<li>NxOS: <a href="https://nxos.org/maui/maui-report-14/">Maui Report 14</a>. <em>The 2.0 releases of the convergent Maui apps are going to be awesome!</em></li>
<li>Linux Smartphones: <a href="https://linuxsmartphones.com/sxmo-1-5-0-released-with-networking-screen-lock-and-ui-improvements/">Sxmo 1.5.0 released with networking, screen lock, and UI improvements</a>. <em>Brad wrote down the hightlights of the new Sxmo release. Well done!</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="documentation">Documentation</h4>
<ul>
<li>halting problem: <a href="https://www.bassi.io/articles/2021/08/01/documenting-gnome-for-developers/">Documenting GNOME for developers</a>. <em>I really like that new website!</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-listening">Worth Listening</h3>
<ul>
<li>postmarketOS Cast: <a href="https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/07-AGPS-Megapixels-Bluetooth-iPhone7-gPodder/">#7 v21.06, A-GPS, Megapixels, Bluetooth, gPodder, iPhone 7</a>. <em>Another great episode! And thanks for the kind words about PineTalk!</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-watching">Worth Watching</h3>
<h4 id="software-progress-1">Software progress</h4>
<ul>
<li>Martijn Braam: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DoxSQ_jZ0w">postmarketOS tweaks and Megapixels update</a>. <em>Nice updates!</em></li>
<li>Jozef Mlich: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV1uIGQxENY">Nemomobile on PinePhone July 2021</a>. <em>Nice video about what happens in Nemo Mobile. Also I must say that I am totally envious of that Nokia N950 lying there.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="ubuntu-touch-corner">Ubuntu Touch corner</h4>
<ul>
<li>UBports: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hwHwvbVhhc">Ubuntu Touch Q&A 105</a>. <em>This time, Dalton and Alfred discuss the changes of the past two weeks together, including, but not limited to: the updated Porting documentation, Waydroid and what it means, 5.13 kernel merged for PinePhone and PineTab, impressive Focal news. They ask for help with Pull Requests, as there are a 170 open PRs needing review.</em></li>
<li>Digital Wandering: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIY8w8qK_60">6 Reasons to Use Ubuntu Touch</a>. </li>
</ul>
<h4 id="usability-reviews">Usability reviews</h4>
<ul>
<li>Arbitrary Tech: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDUUm9Zr6Zk">Pinephone Usability Review 2021</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="software-comparisons">Software comparisons</h4>
<ul>
<li>PizzaLovingNerd: <a href="https://odysee.com/@pizzalovingnerd:5/phosh-vs-plasma-mobile-(side-by-side:8?">Phosh vs Plasma Mobile (Side by Side Comparison)</a>. <em>I always wanted to do a similar video, but given the differences between my PinePhones, I never did.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="tutorials">Tutorials</h4>
<ul>
<li>kdlk.de: tech: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jlweZLwWZA">PinePhone Development: How to Cross Compile to ARM - Setup #gtk #rust #AppDevelopment #Arch</a>. <em>All these difficulties make more happy with my bad habit of compiling on device.</em></li>
<li>kdlk.de: tech: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcibP3X9B_o">PinePhone Essentials: #Phosh Screenshots on the PinePhone #grim #scrot</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h4 id="unboxing">Unboxing</h4>
<ul>
<li>Amos Batto: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwcJnNrbxJA">Unboxing the Librem 5 USA</a>. <em>Make sure to read the video's description, it's quite verbose.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="getting-started-and-experimenting">Getting started and experimenting</h4>
<ul>
<li>Jacob David Cunningham: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx2UpCVmJ9o">My Pinephone experience</a>. <em>Technically it's not an unboxing, but it starts second after that, continuing much farther though.</em></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="jingos">JingOS</h4>
<ul>
<li>TechHut: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDxr8B8xibQ">This Linux tablet runs Android Apps!... kinda</a>. <em>Android apps on JingOS!</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="stuff-i-did">Stuff I did</h3>
<h4 id="content">Content</h4>
<p>I finally made another a video this week. It's called "PinePhone Software Progress: Phosh's App Drawer, Video Acceleration, Kasts and more". Go watch it on <a href="https://devtube.dev-wiki.de/videos/watch/095bc753-7cf3-42cf-94a6-8ee7c289377e">DevTube</a>, <a href="https://odysee.com/@linmob:3/pinephone-software-progress-phosh's-app:3">Odysee</a> or <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4RC3Miuo2A">YouTube</a>.</p>
<h4 id="random">Random</h4>
<p>Before writing this, I made some progress with regard to getting the prototype of LinuxPhoneApps.org ready for takeoff. I hope to get it online before the next update.</p>
<h4 id="linmobapps">LINMOBapps</h4>
<p>I have started to review app entries from the top onwards. Also, these apps were added in the past week, upping the App count to 306:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://invent.kde.org/rowdyninja/fokus">foKus</a>, a To-do application, designed for Plasma Mobile using Kirigami framework,</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Schmiddiii/tvtoday">tvtoday</a>, an application to inspect the television program of today, made for the PinePhone,</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/hongquan/LaTre">LaTre</a>, an assistant tool for GNOME Contacts, that does import contacts from VCard files,</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/M4rtinK/modrana">modRana</a>, a flexible GPS navigation system for mobile devices. <em>Great app, it really should be packaged in more distributions. To help with this, <a href="https://framagit.org/linmobapps/pkgbuilds/-/tree/main/modrana-git">I created a PKGBUILD script that builds the current state from git</a>.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://codeberg.org/tpikonen/satellite">Satellite</a>, which displays navigation satellite (GPS) information from ModemManager enabled devices (thanks to <em>tpikonen</em> for creating and adding this one!),</li>
<li><a href="https://invent.kde.org/pim/kalendar,,https://claudiocambra.com/category/kde/">Kalendar</a>, a WIP calendar application using Akonadi to sync with external services (NextCloud, GMail, ...).</li>
</ul>
<p>The easy <a href="https://framagit.org/linmobapps/linmobapps.frama.io/-/issues/4">backlog</a> is now almost done, but I have also added more apps that need to be tested and then added..</p>
<p><a href="https://framagit.org/linmobapps/linmobapps.frama.io/-/commits/master">Read here what (else) happened</a>.
Please <a href="https://framagit.org/linmobapps/linmobapps.frama.io/-/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">do contribute!</a></p>