Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (08/2024): A Preview of Changes coming with Sailfish OS 4.6.0 and a report on Upstreaming by Megi
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Also in this one: Flathub improvements, join the UBports Foundation, a bunch of videos, and more!
We're also experimenting with the order - please comment on the announcement post on Mastodon or via e-mail on how you like it!
Commentary in italics.
Worth Reading
- Community News - Sailfish OS Forum: Sailfish Community News, 22nd February 2024 - 4.6.0 Update
- megis PinePhone Development Log: Some upstreaming and Pinephone Pro modem audio Awesome!
- Flathub: Improved build validation, increased moderation, and the long-awaited switch to libappstream This may sound boring, but libappstream alone is pretty cool! -LinuxPhoneApps.org: A Talk at FOSDEM 2024: 'The Linux Phone App Ecosystem' I hope to find the time to publish an extended video in early March after my travels!
Worth Watching
- Continuum Gaming: Continuum Gaming E405: Sailfish OS – Fileman
- UBports: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 134
- vantablack: Librem 5: A Practical Review -Twinntech: Is pine 64 done at last? pinephone update Feb 2024. Usual warning: Don't engage, it's a waste of time.
- Philip Christian: Debian Plasma Mobile on Pine64 PineTab2
- Prend Workbench: Gass gass gass until explode! #postmarketos #xiaomi #wt88047
- DHOCNET TV: the LazyDeck testing ...
- CyberPunkEdu: GNOME Shell on Mobile - postmarketOS - OnePlus 6t (fajita) 2024-02-21
Worth Noting
- @sohrabbehdani: im looking for a mobile client for lemmy on linux is there any? P.S: im running plasma mobile therefor its better be QT :D#LinuxMobile
- @Lehmanator: My phone, despite my best efforts, works against my wishes on behalf of others.
- Fiona: Mew, first #rtw8723cs push in a while
- Lemmy - linuxphones: Current state of Gnome mobile?
- Lemmy - linuxphones: Sailfish: iPhone and Android Alternative
- r/MobileLinux: Relocking the Bootloader
- PINE64official (Reddit): Who manages the content on pine64.org?
- Phones (Librem 5),- Purism community: Let's crowdfund some development to get PureOS Crimson ready for L5!
- @linmob@fosstodon.org: PSA/Q: Firefox customizations: CSS hacks/extensions?I love @user0's excellent mobile-config-firefox adaption (https://codeberg.org/user0/mobile-config-firefox/src/branch/fenix). Sadly, as these things go, upstream changes stuff, and with Firefox 123 the tab counter/switcher is broken: https://codeberg.org/user0/Mobile-Friendly-Firefox/issues/4I wonder, if integrating something like https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tree-style-tab/ could be a more sustainable approach? PS: Make sure to check the previous weekly for news on Lune OS, the continuation of webOS, in case you missed it then!
More Software News
Gnome Ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #136 New Papers
- carlosgc: A Clarification About WebKit Switching to Skia
- carlosgc: WebKitGTK and WPEWebKit Switching to Skia for 2D Graphics Rendering
Phosh
- Phosh (Mastodon): In preparation for the next #phosh release we've tagged gmobile 0.0.6 https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/gmobile/-/releases/v0.0.6This release adds a number of new devices contributed by @fakeshell
- Phosh (Mastodon): With some preparatory work to allow plugins to use objects from #phosh core and @arunmani 's nice work on custom quick settings already merged the often asked for caffeine toggle is within reach
Plasma Ecosystem
- Nate Graham: This week in KDE: real fake session restore
- Volker Krause: MOTIS support in KPublicTransport
- jbb: Call for feeds: Make your region available in our open transit router As this update is being composed on a OnePlus 6 on a NorthEastern Regional train taking me from Boston to New York City, I bet that there are some opportunities to contribute to this here (and home in Europe)!
- Carl Schwan: Kirigami Addons 1.0
- KDE Eco: Making way for Wayland in KdeEcoTest
Sxmo
- @pocketvj@fosstodon.org: ever wanted to have an application specific context menu in #sxmo #linuxmobile ?here a short howto:https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/User:Magdesign#Manage_Menu%27s_%28Volup_one%29#linux #postmarketos
Sailfish OS
- Community News - Sailfish OS Forum: Sailfish Community News, 22nd February 2024 - 4.6.0 Update
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 166
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 165
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 164
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 163
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 162
- #sailfishOS: https://sfos.scarpino.dev is a #Hound code search instance focused on #SailfishOS UI applications (750 different repos ATM). Have fun!
- #sailfishOS: After reading this praise I installed #SailfishOS and it's true: It exceeds my expectations by far. It feels very usable, complete and secure. Its @nextcloud and #XMPP integration are just the features I need.Probably the best mobile Linux we have right now. And yes, you need to pay for it. So it looks like quality arises when you pay people for their work.https://hachyderm.io/@cyberlyra/111986588062656305
Ubuntu Touch
- Ubuntu Touch Forums News: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 134 Blog and Audio available now
- Ubuntu Touch Forums News: Join the UBports Foundation Board of Trustees
- fredldotme: Tide on Ubuntu 24.04 with Lomiri Desktop
Distributions
- Manjaro PinePhone Plasma Mobile: Beta 15
- postmarketOS (Mastodon): we're happy to welcome Rob (@longnoserob) as the latest Trusted Contributor to join the #postmarketOS team!Rob has been helping folks out in our Matrix channels since 2022, as well as contributing to tegra development and testing.Welcome to the team :DIf you want to know more about becoming a Trusted Contributor, check out our two blog posts here: https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/01/28/how-to-become-tc2/
- postmarketOS pmaports Merge Requests: linux-postmarketos-qcom-sdm845: upgrade to 6.7.4
Kernel
- phone-devel: [PATCHv2 1/2] dt-bindings: usb: typec: anx7688: start a binding document
- phone-devel: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm632-fairphone-fp3: enable USB-C port handling
- phone-devel: [PATCH 0/4] Various fixes for the lm3630a backlight driver
Stack
- Phoronix: Sway 1.9 Released - Using New wlroots Rendering API For Better Performance
- Phoronix: Git 2.44 Released - Can Yield Faster Pack Generation & Faster Rebases
- Phoronix: KDE Plasma 6.0 Ready For Release Next Week, Plasma 6.1 Seeing Early Feature Work
- Phoronix: Mesa 24.1 Now Builds Zink By Default, Also Building D3D12 Driver By Default On Windows
- Phoronix: Mesa Looks At Making The Zink Driver Build By Default
- Phoronix: Proton 9.0 Beta Makes More Games Playable Under Steam Play, Updates VKD3D-Proton & DXVK
- Phoronix: SDL3 Introduces A Vulkan Renderer
- Phoronix: NetworkManager 1.46 Can Now Manage Ethtool EEE Settings, IPv4 DAD Default & 2FA VPNs
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2024-02-23
- Matrix.org: Launching the Matrix.org Website Office Hours
Thanks
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