Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (09/2024): Plasma Mobile 6
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The Megarelease is out: Plasma Mobile 6 is finally there! In other news, we have a new MauiKit release, a Nemo Mobile progress report and two short videos about it, another Ubuntu Touch Q&A to watch, Jolla is building an AI device and more!
Commentary in italics.
Worth Reading
- Plasma Mobile blog: Plasma 6 and Beyond!
- KDE Announcements: KDE MegaRelease 6
- TechCrunch: Mobile OS maker Jolla is back and building an AI device If you think "This makes no sense at all", then I agree, but remember: The money/funding is where the hype is.
- Guido Günther: Free Software Activities February 2024
Worth Watching
- Nicco loves Linux: How KDE Plasma 6 Was Made
- UBports: UBports Q&A 135
- ubuntumaniac: Redmi note 9S with Ubuntu Touch
- vlogize: Installing Ubuntu Touch on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 P3100
- neochapay: Some progress with ngfd in NemoMobile
- neochapay: NemoMobile keyboard navigation support
Worth Noting
- Drew DeVault: "Big kudos to starfive for main…"
- Codemaster Freders: "Another sneak peek into Lomiri on Ubuntu 24.04"
- Ibrahim 🇵🇸: "Couldn't find a video for Plas…"
- Fiona (@airtower): "Mew, first #rtw8723cs push in a while, just small changes requested in review."
- @matthewcroughan: "On the flight back home from thaigersprint.org, 100% Offline, learning some Rust on Mobile #NixOS." Awesome!
- Tobias Bernard: "The GNOME 46 release is coming…"
- musl libc: "musl libc 1.2.5 is now availab…"
- Robert Mader: "For those of you interested in…"
- hamblingreen: "i've never been much of a vide…"
- Phones (Librem 5),- Purism community: L5 and IOT a difficult future
- Lemmy - linuxphones: Linux Phone Penetration by Region B. S.
- Lemmy - linuxphones: Got Mobian (almost) ported to Pixel 3a / 3a XL
- Lemmy - linuxphones: Fairphone maximum lifespan?
- @eliasr: Just found out that it's possible to donate to Phosh here: https://liberapay.com/Phosh/Donations there go to the developers @agx and @devrtz If, like me, you appreciate that awesome #FreeSoftware project and rely on it everyday for your #MobileLinux device, you know what to do! 😉 #phosh @phosh #librem5 #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile #foss #floss #SoftwareFreedom
More Software News
Apps
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: GoForIt!
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: Melon
- Schmiddi on Mobile: "Railway 2.4.0 has now been released. Railway is now a part of GNOME Circle!…"
- Schmiddi on Mobile: "Flare 0.13.0 is now out on Fla…"
- Adam Pigg: "Released Amazfish version 2.2.…"
- PocketVJ: "finally an offline translator …"
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: "When you're following the #Lin…"
- Mishaal Rahman: "rquickshare is a Linux client …"
Gnome Ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #137 Second Legendary Saturday Edition
- Flathub docs: Introducing App Brand Colors
- Phoronix: Mutter Merges Experimental Variable Refresh Rate For GNOME 46
Phosh
- Guido Günther: I kept unlocking the 📱 a lot to check a cars charging status. Using #phosh's launcher-box lockscreen-plugin and the LauncherEntry DBus protocol we can simplify that and have the information easily accessible:#gtk #EV #gnome #LinuxMobile
- 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: #gtk #gnome #LinuxMobile
- Guido Günther: Free Software Activities February 2024
Plasma Ecosystem
- Nate Graham: This week in KDE: a smooth release
- Plasma Mobile blog: Plasma 6 and Beyond!
- KDE Announcements: KDE MegaRelease 6
- Volker Krause: OSM Hack Weekend February 2024
- redstrate: My work in KDE for February 2024
- Qt blog: Implicit Imports vs. QML Modules in Qt 6
- Qt blog: Qt Creator 13 Beta2 released
- jbb: Call for feeds: Make your region available in our open transit router
- #plasmamobile: Just tried Plasma Mobile 6 on a tablet and it's really really nice. This is definitely going to be how I use the tablet. Awesome work.#Plasma6 #Plasma6Mobile #PlasmaMobile #LinuxMobile
Maui Project
- MauiKit blog: Maui Release Briefing #5
Sxmo
- #sxmo: Did some tweakings on #sxmo Distinct appmenus for each workspace and flatpaks integration : https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/User:Fdelamotte/dogfooding#Application_menuShowing bookmarks in the appmenu for the web workspace : https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/User:Fdelamotte/dogfooding#BookmarksMy dogfooding page on #pmos wiki is starting to get messy, but if it helps ;)
- @pocketvj@fosstodon.org: me: complaining online that #libretranslate docker image is broken.me after 10 days:realizing that my isp is blocking docker 🤦libretranslate works great on #linuxmobile for offline translation. with all this #censorshit, offline becomes the new mobile internet state. next: replace search engine with a #llama model.
Sailfish OS
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 173
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 172
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 171
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 170
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 169
Ubuntu Touch
- Ubuntu Touch Forums News: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 135 Call For Questions
- fredldotme: Thanks to Mir 2.x we can finally say good bye to the "X11 support" icon. Patches incoming.
- fredldotme: Tide successfully building an Ubuntu Touch app, using the new Clickable Snap. Built and tested on Ubuntu 24.04 with Lomiri.This begs the question whether I should move forward with making it a primary offering for Ubuntu Touch development too. What's your opinion?
- fredldotme: Lomiri Desktop on Ubuntu 24.04 Noble. What do you think?
Nemo Mobile
- Jozef Mlich: Nemomobile in February/2024
Distributions
- Droidian (Mastodon): Time for some new devices!OnePlus 8, Pixel 6, and Pixel Tablet now can run Droidian at a near feature complete state!Including Pixel 6 and Lenovo Thinkphone, Droidian is now only a single generation behind the latest chips.All of these devices will soon be added to our installer, but nightly images are currently available.#LInuxMobile #Droidian #Phosh #FOSS #LinuOnMobile #Mobile #Linux #Debian
- postmarketOS (Mastodon): if like us you're a big fan of federated software, please take a few seconds to read this post and show some love on the associated GitHub issue.We have the potential for truly federated logins, let's not falter at the finish!https://wrily.foad.me.uk/sign-in-with-big-tech-only-or-sign-in-with-whom-i-prefer
- DanctNIX (Mastodon): We're cleaning up things for the new Plasma Mobile 6 update.The update should come soon when it's available.
- postmarketOS pmaports issues: Switch Phosh from Squeekboard to phosh-osk-stub (#2628)
- postmarketOS Wiki New Pages: Widevine
Kernel
Non-Linux
Stack
- Phoronix: Mesa 24.1 To Raise Limit Supporting More Than Eight Vulkan GPUs Per System
- Phoronix: Panthor DRM Driver Set For Linux 6.9, Arm Mali Gen10 Merged To Panfrost Gallium3D
- Phoronix: Musl libc 1.2.5 Released With RISC-V 32-bit & LoongArch 64-bit Ports
- Phoronix: WavPack Lossless Audio Compression Format Adds Multi-Threaded Encode/Decode
- Phoronix: The X.Org Foundation Needs More Candidates To Hold An Election
- Phoronix: Zink Lands Support For Partial Updates / Damage Handling
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2024-03-01
- Matrix.org: Opening up the Foundation
Thanks
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