LINux on MOBile - UnboxingsLINMOB.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.Zola2020-09-06T17:50:00+00:00https://linmob.net/tags/unboxings/feed.xmlLinBits 9: Weekly PinePhone news / media roundup (week 36)2020-09-06T17:50:00+00:002020-09-06T17:50:00+00:00https://linmob.net/linbits9-weekly-pinephone-news-week36/<p><em>It's sunday. Now what happened since last sunday?</em></p>
<p>p-boot, a first Manjaro Lomiri image, upcoming camera support improvements and much more. <em>Commentary in italics.</em></p>
<span id="continue-reading"></span><h3 id="software-releases-and-improvements">Software releases and improvements</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://xnux.eu/p-boot/">megi has released code to his p-boot</a> PinePhone multi boot loader, which has a GUI to select an OS. <em>Make sure to watch the video linked below.</em></li>
<li>Manjaro have released a <a href="https://osdn.net/projects/manjaro-arm/storage/pinephone/plasma-mobile/dev/200906/">new dev image featuring Plasma Mobile</a> and their <a href="https://osdn.net/projects/manjaro-arm/storage/pinephone/lomiri/alpha0-20200816/">first image with Lomiri</a>.</li>
<li>Mobian <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mobian/104802333632393413">have announced support</a> for the Convergence Package PinePhones starting with the 20200903 nightly.</li>
<li>Nemo Mobile <a href="https://twitter.com/neochapay/status/1301801770126118912">have announced</a> that their next release will be on a Fedora. The migration progress can be followed <a href="https://build.opensuse.org/project/subprojects/home:neochapay:nemo">here</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/Mariogrip/status/1302410923383103488">Marius Gripsgard has shared progress on the PinePhone camera</a>, which looks quite impressive. Previously, <a href="https://twitter.com/LukaszErecinsk1/status/1301306880216707077?s=20">Lukasz Erecinski from Pine64 had shared his impressions with an experimental Qt 5.12 based UBports image</a>.</li>
<li>UBports <a href="https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-blogs-news-1/post/call-for-testing-ubuntu-touch-ota-13-3717">have announced a slight delay for their OTA 13 update</a>. It's going to be released on September 9th.</li>
<li>Also, postmarketOS developer Martijn Braam <a href="https://twitter.com/braam_martijn/status/1302301625265119234">has shared progress on supporting the front camera</a>. <em>Don’t miss the video linked below.</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="hardware-news">Hardware News</h3>
<ul>
<li>Pine64: <a href="https://www.pine64.org/2020/08/31/pinephone-manjaro-community-edition/">PinePhone Manjaro Community Edition</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-reading">Worth reading</h3>
<ul>
<li>Jason Evangelho for Forbes: <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2020/08/31/meet-the-new-manjaro-community-edition-pinephone-starting-at-149/">Meet The New Manjaro Community Edition PinePhone, Starting At $149</a>. <em>Just one article on the announcement, there have been a lot.</em></li>
<li>Fossbytes: <a href="https://fossbytes.com/meet-p-boot-a-new-pico-sized-bootloader-for-linux-based-pinephone/">Meet P-Boot: A New Pico-Sized Bootloader For Linux-Based PinePhone</a>. <em>Missed this one, but it is informative enough to add it.</em></li>
<li>5ilver on reddit: <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/PinePhoneOfficial/comments/ilfbwl/stuck_a_piece_of_paper_under_the_speaker_contacts/">Stuck a piece of paper under the speaker contacts to stop that horrible whining sound. Sweet relief at last!</a>. <em>Not much of a read, more a "look at", but.. I ran out of categories!</em></li>
<li><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24329900">Hacker News Comments on the announcement of the Manjaro Community Edition</a>. <em>Some are worth reading.</em></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-listening">Worth listening</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://popey.com/">Alan Pope</a> has shared his impressions of the PinePhone on the <a href="https://ubuntupodcast.org/2020/09/03/s13e24-acorn/">latest episode of the Ubuntu Podcast</a> starting at minute 20:23.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="worth-watching">Worth watching</h3>
<ul>
<li>DanctNIX: <a href="https://youtu.be/VGpfleG8TMg">DanctNIX Project Update - August 2020</a>. <em>A nice update.</em></li>
<li>Howto: Digital Privacy and Infosec: <a href="https://youtu.be/a7Of3deW9AE">Pinephone Howto: gPodder Podcast & App review</a>. <em>I usually prefer GNOME Podcasts and build it from source this weeks because of rumors of integrated directories (Nope!), but the gPodder desktop app definitely has more features.</em></li>
<li>Howto: Digital Privacy & Infosec: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qU62D65qrd4">Pinephone Ubuntu Touch Updates: Camera Works, Smooth performance, Apps, Security Enhancements & More</a>. <em>Nice overview of how Ubuntu Touch has progressed lately. Unfortunately I don't think the release used for this video is mentioned.</em></li>
<li>Martijn Braam: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlf8ZyfkwBw">Camera switching on the PinePhone</a>. <em>This is not released yet, but it is great to see progress on the camera front.</em></li>
<li>sadfwesv: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqyuKysK6ag">PinePhone - Multi-Boot of 9 distros on a single SD card</a>. <em>Short but nice.</em></li>
<li>ETA Prime: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlI14bb1zEM">Pine Phone First look, An Open Source Linux Powered Smart Phone!</a>. <em>The postmarketOS CE PinePhones are arriving internationally.</em></li>
<li>801 Labs: <a href="https://youtu.be/-z-NugbLH5Q">Pine64 PinePhone review by bashNinja</a>. <em>Calling the first use of a device a review is a bit of a stretch, but it is worth a watch nontheless.</em> </li>
</ul>
<h3 id="what-did-i-do">What did I do?</h3>
<p>I did not achieve much this week:</p>
<ul>
<li>I spent quite some time on a video showing Anbox on ArchLinux, which is being published as I write this,</li>
<li>tried to build Tinymail (and failed), but <a href="https://linmob.net/2020/09/05/pinephone-building-plasma-mobile-apps-from-the-aur.html">succeeded with Qt apps</a>,</li>
<li>no progress on the app directory :(.</li>
</ul>