Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (15/2024): A WebKit browser for Ubuntu Touch and status updates on postmarketOS and LinuxPhoneApps.org
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Also: KDE Frameworks 6.1.0, a Ubuntu Touch Q&A, an update on Replicant, Mobian servers are down, don't upgrade postmarketOS edge until Python 3.12 has been sorted out, PinePhone audio improvements in Sailfish OS and more!_
Commentary in italics.
Worth Reading
- postmarketOS blog: postmarketOS // in 2024-04: Grant applications and again, more TCs!
- fossphones.com: Linux Phone News - April 10, 2024
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: New Listings of Q1/2024
- Replicant: Replicant status and report of the 37C3 and FOSDEM 2024 conferences.. Anonymous contributor: The Replicant project intends to abandon the current development devices due to the shutdown of the 2G/3G networks and switch to the PinePhone (unfortunately not Pro, which is incomprehensible) as the main development device. However, the progress of the Replicant project seems to have been heavily sabotaged in the past, as it is still based on Android 6.0 and the decisions of the main developer regarding development priorities were often incomprehensible. It is also unclear to what extent a collaboration with the GloDroid project is intended. This post was published March 1st, sorry for missing it earlier - thanks Anonymous!
- quickfix.es: The Sour Taste of Entitlement. Sad but true.
- LINux on MOBile: Libreboot on the ASUS Chromebook Flip C101P: Disable write protection
Worth Watching
- UBports: UBports Q&A 138 An experimental WPE WebKit based-browser, progress with Lomiri in Debian, Updates to the websites, and more!
- dumbcomputing: Ubuntu Touch OS on OnePlus 6T: is it a viable Android alternative?
- Diego Jurado: Maemo Leste Linux distro on Android: Blackberry Keyone.
Worth Noting
- fiona: "The firmware #rtw8723cs needs is now in linux-firmware. :neocat_floof_happy: https://gitlab.com/kernel-firmware/linux-firmware/-/merge_requests/189"
- caleb: "some people seem to be under the impression that postmarketOS somehow owes the "alternative init system community" our continued support and advocacy.…"
- caleb: "appstream is so cool, the fact that you can have a magic link open in gnome software or KDE discover that let's you install an app via any available source (flatpak, distro package, whatever) is just so neat.…"
- Martijn Braam: "Added an actual error message now to Megapixels instead of crashing on launch on unsupported phones :D …"
- @justsoup: Got #Flatpak apps launching on #Lomiri (mostly) correctly with (partially) working app icons! Enjoy a neofetch and a lack of portal support.#MobileLinux #postmarketOS
- PINE64official (Reddit): Pinephone vs Pro for non-phone use cases?
- Purism (Reddit): Is it possible to install an Android-based OS on Librem 5?. Fun idea!
- Phones (Librem 5),- Purism community: Experiences with Mobian / PostmarketOS / Kupfer on the L5. Call for user reports!
- @pocketvj: anyone a recommendation for an offline speech-to-speech #translator running on #linux ?i'd like to have one on my #linuxmobile it would make my live so much easier.worst case i need to pipe #libreTranslate output to a speech synth.. but i am sure some bright person already built something!?
Hardware
- New Products from MNT—MNT Research GmbH
- AnberDeck mod turns Anbernic RG353V game system into a handheld Linux terminal - Liliputing
More Software News
Gnome Ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #143 Circle Updates
- haeckerfelix: Fragments 3.0
Phosh
- Phosh.mobi blog: Build Your Own Quick-Setting or Lock-Screen Widget
- Adam Honse: "Yay! This was pretty easy to modify from the example and test, though calling wlr-randr with system() probably isn't the best way to do scaling.…"
- @isyourbrainFOSS: @haui For anyone wondering of a way to save the screenshot in #phosh , just paste the content to a file. Using wl-clipboard:wl-paste > /home/purism/screenshots/$(date +"%Y-%m-%d_%H-%M-%S").pngJust make an alias or ctrl+r in the terminal so you don`t have to type it in
Plasma Ecosystem
- Nate Graham: This week in KDE: Explicit Sync
- KDE Announcements: KDE Ships Frameworks 6.1.0
- KDE Announcements: KDE Gear 24.02.2
- KDE Eco: Ensuring KEcoLab Stability: Introducing Dedicated CI-Test
- KDE Eco: How Selenium Helps Build Sustainable Software (And More)
Sxmo
Sailfish OS
- adampigg: #SailfishOS #Ofono Day 20 Rework and Resend + some Pinephone audio fixes https://www.piggz.co.uk/sites/pgz/blog/sailfishgx-ofono-20
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 215
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 214
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 213
- flypig's Gecko log: 212
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 211
Ubuntu Touch
- Ubuntu Touch Forums News: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 138 Call For Questions
- fredldotme on twitter: Reading more and more comments on Phoronix of how Canonical should reinvest in Touch. The same forums (among others) that killed it in the first place, because they didn't and still don't know how Mir operates, didn't understand the Unity concept, etc. Cannot make this shit up.
Distributions
- Mobian (Mastodon): Our servers have recently gone belly up, so if you have been trying to reach our images, website, or blog and haven't, that is why.We don't have an ETA for when it will be back up, but we are trying to do it ASAP.Sorry for the inconvenience.
- postmarketOS blog: postmarketOS // in 2024-04: Grant applications and again, more TCs!
- Breaking updates in pmOS edge: postpone your upgrades: Alpine shipping Python 3.12 Don't take this lightly, I broke one of my edge installs earlier today.
- postmarketOS pmaports issues: device-pine64-pinephone: cannot reliably receive calls in suspend
- Phoronix: GCC 14 Compiler Adds AArch64 GNU/Hurd Support. GNU Hurd on PinePhone when?
- Phoronix: Ubuntu Maker Canonical Announces New Collaboration With Qualcomm
Apps
- @chfkch: News from #BitRitter:https://codeberg.org/Chfkch/bitritterAccount creation is now possible via the app, no need to store credentials on disk.This was a huge step towards the release of the first beta.Basic usage is covered in my eyes, now i have to polish things up a bit and test integration in distros and on devices.Got a lot of help from the community and the #Relm4 channel. If you want to try now, hit me up if you have problems.#LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #RustLang
- @chfkch: Does anyone want to help me design a logo and/or icon for #BitRitter?If i draw it myself, i'd rather have no icon haha.It is a password manager frontend for #MobileLinux (and desktops aswell).Boosts welcome. #FediArtIf there is a hashtag for such things, let me know aswell.
- @fdlamotte: At least, they provide an API, with some documentation ...I took some time to write a python script to retreive and upload schedules for my home ... https://git.sr.ht/~fdlamotte/NAScheduleI don't know if it is ok for visualy impaired people, but for #linuxmobile users it should do the job ;)
- Krille-chan ☑️ [FluffyChat]: "FluffyChat v1.19.2 will be released soon for Desktop Linux (and web) only to fix the database problem with flathub. Thanks to everyone who has helped investigating this problem! 💕 💕 💕…"
Kernel
- phone-devel: [PATCH v3 0/4] MSM8976 MDSS/GPU/WCNSS support
- phone-devel: [PATCH v2] dt-bindings: mfd: qcom,spmi-pmic: Add pbs to SPMI device types
- phone-devel: [PATCH v2] media: dt-bindings: qcom,sc7280-venus: Allow one IOMMU entry
- phone-devel: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: qcm6490-fairphone-fp5: Add USB-C orientation GPIO
Stack
- Phoronix: Mesa 24.1 Zink Lands "Super Fast" Merge Request To Optimize IO
- Phoronix: SDL 3.0 Will Now Prefer PipeWire Over PulseAudio
- Phoronix: APT 2.9 Released: Debian's APT 3.0 To Have A New UI With Colors, Columnar Display & More
- Phoronix: XWayland 24.1 Planned For Release Next Month With Explicit Sync & Other Features
- Phoronix: KDE Frameworks 6.1 Released With Many Improvements & Fixes
- Phoronix: Dbus-Broker 36 Released For This Fastest D-Bus Implementation
- Phoronix: Wayland 1.23 Planned For Release Around The End Of May
- Phoronix: X.Org Server Change Allows GLAMOR To Fallback To Software Rendering For Obsolete GPUs
mobile-config-firefox
- LINux on MOBile: MCF12: Scarce Time, Even at Night(ly)
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2024-04-12
- Phoronix: Lavapipe CPU-Based Vulkan Driver Implements Ray-Tracing Pipelines
Thanks
Huge thanks to Plata for the nifty set of Python scripts that speed up collecting links from feeds by a lot.
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