LINux on MOBile - Raspberry Pi ZeroLINMOB.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.Zola2020-08-09T11:15:18+00:00https://linmob.net/tags/raspberry-pi-zero/feed.xmlLinBits 5: Weekly PinePhone news / media roundup (week 32)2020-08-09T11:15:18+00:002020-08-09T11:15:18+00:00https://linmob.net/linbits5-weekly-pinephone-news-week32/<p><em>It's sunday. Time for a short rounding up of the past week.</em></p>
<p>This is some the best stuff that happened around the PinePhone this week. <em>Commentary in italics.</em></p>
<span id="continue-reading"></span><h3 id="software-releases-and-improvements">Software: releases and improvements</h3>
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<li><a href="https://mamot.fr/@KekunPlazas/104648142113069390">libhandy 0.90 released</a>. <em>This is a bigger deal than the version might suggest: The API is now stable.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://social.librem.one/@agx/104624591847644767">phosh 0.4.3 released</a>. <em>Just a small release, but every release is progress.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://xnux.eu/devices/feature/modem-pp.html">megi has released a modem power management driver</a>. <em>While this effort is apparently unlikely to be upstreamed in this form, it is an important step for better battery life on the PinePhone.</em> </li>
<li><a href="https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-arm-alpha2-with-phosh-pinephone/157249">Manjaro ARM Alpha2 with Phosh</a>. <em>Moving forward, getting better bit by bit. Also: <a href="https://twitter.com/fkardame/status/1291736063682252800">More Lomiri Teasing</a>.</em></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/releases/tag/20200805">Arch Linux ARM</a>. <em>The big feature for me in this one is <a href="https://twitter.com/linmobblog/status/1290987799135563776">"Fix incoming calls not showing."</a></em></li>
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<h3 id="worth-reading">Worth reading</h3>
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<li>Purism: <a href="https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-june-2020-software-development-update/">Librem 5 June 2020 Software Development Update</a>. <em>These updates are always late, but still interesting.</em></li>
<li>amosbbatto: <a href="https://amosbbatto.wordpress.com/2020/08/05/advantages-of-phosh/">The strategic advantages of Phosh for mobile Linux</a>. <em>This post is long, but definitely worth reading. I think that the many PinePhone distributions and all the GNU/Linux software that works with Phosh show how great Purism's approach is working already.</em></li>
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<h3 id="worth-watching">Worth watching</h3>
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<li>anino207: <a href="https://invidious.13ad.de/watch?v=FM2RawI_iE0">Gearboy Color (GBC Emulator) on the PinePhone with Ubuntu Touch</a>. <em>One for the gamers!</em></li>
<li>GeoTech Land: <a href="https://invidious.13ad.de//watch?v=3pj-htOwGjM">Manjaro Phosh Impressions on Pinephone</a>. <em>A quick look at the current state of Manjaro on the PinePhone.</em></li>
<li>N-O-D-E: <a href="https://invidious.13ad.de/watch?v=wiJqUWfR90I">Trying to build the ultimate Raspberry Pi computer (Zero Terminal V3)</a>. <em>While a Raspberry Pi Zero Pocket computer sounds way less interesting to me now that the PinePhone is available, the keyboard build is quite interesting.</em></li>
<li>Purism: <a href="https://invidious.13ad.de/watch?v=rHO43kh6zN8">Librem 5 Web Apps</a>.</li>
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<h3 id="stuff-i-did">Stuff I did</h3>
<p>I was on holiday and took it easy. I played around with some more software on Arch Linux ARM, which now ̣— with incoming calls working — is definitely my favourite distribution. Also, I contributed a bit to the Mobian wiki and played with an Arch Linux ARM chroot on UBports but could not figure out Wayland support in the chroot.</p>