Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (15/2026): Cameras and External Screens
Table of Contents
Camera enablement success Pixel 3 and SHIFT6mq (both sdm845-powered), FuriLabs demo their new dock that uses DisplayLink to drive external displays, news regarding the Dawndrums Divine D, help fund the Phosh Contributors Meeting in May, another postmarketOS podcast episode, updates by Jolla on shipping batches, and more!
Commentary in italics.
Worth Reading
- FuriLabs: FLX1s Meets the Big Screen. I like the app!
- FuriLabs: FLH1 Convergence Hub Review Promo Update
- LibreNews: I made the ultimate productivity device for less than 50 bucks
Worth Listening
- postmarketOS Podcast: #48 Hackathon 2026
- Lemmy - postmarketOS: #48 Hackathon 2026
- projetslibres_podcast: "New podcast episode: Put some privacy in your smartphone! 📣 🎧How can you use an Android smartphone while protecting your privacy? Who should you turn to for more privacy-friendly Android alternatives?Can you install Linux on your phone?With @fla from @Framasoft , we answer these questions!👉 https://www.projets-libres.org/en/podcast/smartphone-put-privacy-in-your-smartphone/#podcast #opensource #privacy #eos #iodeOS #calyxos #postmarketos #fairphone #commown #murena #ubuntutouch #grapheneos" French.
Worth Watching
- Continuum Gaming: SFOS Kids Mode: Limit access to settings, apps & notifications (Continuum Gaming E516)
- qkall: SXMO 2026 - Oneplus 6 PostmarketOS v25.12
- Furi Labs: FLH1 Convergence Hub Demo
- Adrian Ortega: Configure postmarketOS for multiple DEs / UI, PeerTube
- orailnoor: I Turned a Broken Phone Into Linux PC (Here’s How). Just Termux, still nice.
Worth Noting
- okias: "First picture from the dual front-facing IMX355 sensors on #Pixel3 📸Both lenses are now alive under mainline Linux — standard + wide, just like Google intended. Still early bring-up, but seeing real images come through makes it very real.Patch series:https://lore.kernel.org/phone-devel/20260411-pixel3-camera-v2-0-41b889abb14c@ixit.cz/T/#tYou can find already applied patches in the integration branch here:https://codeberg.org/sdm845/linux/#LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Mainline #Kernel #OpenSource #sdm845"
- okias: On a bit of a streak today 🔥Work in progress, but already a big milestone: the camera sensor on my SHIFT6MQ is up and running 📷Still a lot to refine, but seeing the first photo come through feels great. Sharing the very first shot taken on mainline Linux with it 👇#SHIFT #SHIFT6mq #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #WIP #sdm845 #mainline
- cnxsoft: "Bee Write Back – A Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W-based DIY writerdeck with 5.5-inch OLED and mechanical keyboardBased on Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W, the Bee Write Back writerdeck is another DIY project that should be relatively easy to reproduce, since it relies on off-the-shelf parts, including an OLED and mechanical key switches and caps, as well as a 3D printed enclosure. Simon (shmimel) had trouble falling asleep and found out that journaling helped him a lot, but he was not …https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/04/10/bee-write-back-a-raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-based-diy-writerdeck-with-5-5-inch-oled-and-mechanical-keyboard/"
- unifiedpush: "If you were waiting for some libraries to support UnifiedPush on your Linux app: you now have Rust crates, and GObject introspection bindings, tested with C and Python!🔔 🦀 🐍https://codeberg.org/UnifiedPush/unifiedpush-rs#UnifiedPush #rust #GTK #gnome"
- dawndrums: "Divine D Rev. 1.1: MainPCB Layout Complete.The layout phase has wrapped and the boards are now in production. Besides the changes previously mentioned here (https://docs.dawndrums.tn/blog/dd-rev1.1-arch), what's more making it into this revision: - RK3172 LoRa module- LG77L as a standalone GNSS receiver- Three chip antenna for WiFi, Bluetooth and GNSS, with high efficiency- Mechanical optimizations for a more compact 5.5" design.More updates once the fab house delivers.#dawndrums #divined #linux" "The estimated price is still around the range of 599-799 USD. We will communicate release dates after hardware validation, which is expected to be before July this year."
- Lemmy.ml - linuxphones: Because FOSS phones need an open and decentralised comms stack: XMPP Newsletter for March
Events
- modal: The third Reflection Developer Labs session is happening ✨ next week ✨Tuesday April 1415:00 UTCThis time we'll dive into an actual code example using the p2panda GObject bindings.Sign up here: https://pad.gnome.org/4uGYejbVSxO8LUPQRQZW-w#localfirst #gtk #p2panda #gnome #ReflectionDeveloperLabs
- chris: "#Linux auf dem #Mobiltelefon: Ich habe bei mir im Kalender stehen, dass ich am 21.04. ab 19:30 Uhr gemütlich mit Linuxmobiltelefonen im Strandhaus #Göttingen/#Weende sitze und mal schaue, ob andere Menschen Lust haben sich zu dem Thema auszutauschen und die Telefone auszuprobieren. Interesse? 🙃#postmarketOS #mobian #phosh #handy"
- eliasr: Please help fund the Phosh Contributors Meeting 2026! #phosh #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile https://ev.phosh.mobi/blog/pcm-funding-25-11/
- akademy: "Time to mark your calendars!🗓 19 to 24 September 2026#Akademy2026 is coming to Graz, Austria!Join us for a week of fun, ideas, collaboration, and community.More details: https://akademy.kde.org/2026/#Akademy #KDE #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #conference #TechEvent @akademy@lemmy.kde.social"
More Software News
Gnome Ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #244 Recognizing Hieroglyphs
- Bilal Elmoussaoui: goblint: A Linter for GObject C Code
- Phoronix: GNOME-Aligned Amberol 2026.1 Music Player Released, Phosh Improves X11 Support
Phosh
- Phosh Releases: Phosh 0.54.0
- Phosh (gotosocial): phosh 0.54.0 is out 🚀📱: There's 🐛 fixes, improvements and some new features this time. Check out the full release notes at ...
- phosh: We've just tagged and relesed phoc 0.55~alpha1 🥳. This is basically 0.54.0 but using the recently released #wlroots 0.20.0 instead of 0.19.3. Please give it a try!#phosh #LinuxMobile
- agx: Couldn't focus on much else so looked into brushing up an old MR to add tile margins and using the accent color in #phoc :#phosh
- e.V.: Die Teilnehmerliste für das Phosh Contributors Meeting 2026 steht. Unser Spendenziel für die Finanzierung haben wir noch nicht erreicht. Über Unterstützung würden wir uns freuen.Details zu beidem findet ihr hier: https://ev.phosh.mobi/pcm/pcm-2026/VIelen Dank an alle die uns bereits unterstützen.#phosh #pcm26 #LinuxMobile
- decorum: Sehr schön zu hören, wie bei @rebootpolitics vom @ev und dem #clt2026 erzählt wird. 🌀 https://podcasts.homes/@rebootpolitics/episodes/zuruck-zum-demokratieabbau#podcast #mobilelinux #mobian #phosh
- ev: Nach Anregungen vom #CLT2026 gibt es jetzt auch einen deutschsprachigen Matrix-Raum für Phosh: https://matrix.to/#/#phosh-users-de:phosh.mobi #phosh #de
Plasma Ecosystem
- KDE Announcements: KDE Ships Frameworks 6.25.0
- KDE Announcements: KDE Plasma 6.6.4, Bugfix Release for April
- KDE Mentorship: Season Of KDE 2026 Conclusion
- Nate Graham: Analyzing KDE Project Health With git!
- Akademy: Akademy 2026 Call for Proposals is Now Open
- Akademy: Akademy 2026: Registration Now Open
- broulik: Tighter KDE Connect Integration
- akselmo: Testing org.kde.Platform flatpak built in CI
- Renaud Guezennec: UI walker – UI Walk through in QML
- muqtxdir: Love the new Initial Setup Wizard in KDE Plasma Mobile#kde #plasmamobile
Sailfish OS
- Announcements - Sailfish OS Forum: Community meeting on 23rd April 2026
- Announcements - Sailfish OS Forum: Jolla Phone update - final payments status Batch 1, 2 and 3
- piggz: "Have made a fresh build of #SailfishOS to install on the @pine64 #pinetab2. Latest version 5.0.0.77, updated instructions here https://github.com/sailfish-on-dontbeevil/documentation/wiki/Installation . Make sue to update the flash-it script. Install can also be done from a barebones @danct12 danctnix running on SD, installing the required programs using 'pacman -S' instead of zypper."
- jolla: Yesterday we told you about Jolla appearing on Viiden Jälkeen by Finnish national TV channel MTV. Today they published the full story! 🎉MTV wrote about digital sovereignty and whether a Finnish mobile operating system could be the European alternative (article in Finnish 🇫🇮). There are only four mobile operating systems in the world: two American, one Chinese — and Sailfish OS. The only truly European one.Read the full piece here:https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/suomalaiskannykasta-turvallinen-vaihtoehto-jattifirmoista-irti-haluaville-entisten-nokia-insinoorien-jolla-tekee-paluuta/9321652#Jolla #SailfishOS #DigitalSovereignty #PrivacyFirst #CommunityPowered #European
Ubuntu Touch
- UBports News: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 187
- UBports News: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 186
- fredldotme: I have some news about upgrading Ubuntu Touch's display stack from Mir 1.x to Mir 2.x. We will, according to current plans, ship a mixed environment where the system compositor (the thing that handles the screen) will run with Mir 1 where as the user's shell would run Mir 2, both connected over a nested Wayland session.One major roadblock has been tackled and that is "Trust Prompts" permission dialogs, allowing to host the same permission UX as with Mir 1. Watch it in action here!
- franzopow: Let's revisit my experiences and feedback of my dailydriving experience with Ubuntu Touch!
- sd: "I spent the long weekend tinkering with #ubuntutouch #ubports on a Google Pixel 9a. Got Wi-Fi, Cellular Data and Audio working so far. (Disclaimer: Claude helped me a lot with debugging Android 16 compatibility issues)"
- #UbuntuTouch: It’s fun to play with #UbuntuTouch, though a better app already exists. https://youtube.com/shorts/HydEMYu4sD4 https://github.com/jmlich/SailTuner #GuitarTuner #SailTuner
Distributions
- postmarketOS Blog: postmarketOS in 2026-03: conference announcement
- Lemmy - postmarketOS: postmarketOS in 2026-03: conference announcement
- Lemmy.ca - linuxphones: postmarketOS in 2026-03: conference announcement
- postmarketOS (Mastodon): 🎙️ This year we did the 3rd post-FOSDEM hackathon in a row. We figured it was about time to sit in front of a mic and share our impressions of one of those! Thanks to all the amazing people who made this hackathon possible, we were not only very productive but in a great mood as well! 😄 Special thanks for editing this episode to @tgm ✂️https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/48-Hackathon-2026/#postmarketos
- postmarketOS (Mastodon): While we have talked about lots of events that we attended before, we are very excited to announce that we are hosting our own little conference later this year! This and more in our latest monthly blog post 🤩https://postmarketos.org/blog/2026/04/05/pmOS-update-2026-03/#postmarketos #linuxmobile
- postmarketOS pmaports Merge Requests: Draft: linux-postmarketos-rockchip: add rk3588-uconsole support
- postmarketOS pmbootstrap tags: 3.10.1
- Mobian mobian-recipes Issues: qcom: Enabling Encryption leads to build failure
Apps
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: Nocturne
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: GNFC
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: Gelly
- jmlich: Adding Icons to notifications in Amazfish
- unifiedpush: "If you were waiting for some libraries to support UnifiedPush on your Linux app: you now have Rust crates, and GObject introspection bindings, tested with C and Python!🔔 🦀 🐍https://codeberg.org/UnifiedPush/unifiedpush-rs#UnifiedPush #rust #GTK #gnome"
- nekohayo: @wook GNOME Calendar's list view is currently the same as implemented in 2022… It may become available as a switchable view even on desktop, but needs to be refactored and rewritten to go with the new designs and infinite timeline.* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/1403* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/1069* https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/1070As part of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/965 and https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/1332 and https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/1353We have plans within plans…#GNOMECalendar #GNOME #UX #linuxmobile #mobilelinux
- jarbus: GTK 4 apps are beautiful on #linuxmobile but the apps seem pretty inconsistent. on tuba i cant swipe left to pull up the left pane but on fractal i can.
- Lemmy.ml - linuxphones: eSIM: lpac now in Debian repos
Kernel
- phone-devel: [PATCH v5 0/3] media: i2c: lc898217xc: initial driver
- phone-devel: [PATCH v2 0/2] Add initial dual front camera and rear flash support for Pixel 3 / 3 XL
- Phoronix: TUXEDO Laptops Will Enjoy More Features With The Upstream Linux 7.1 Kernel
Stack
- Phoronix: Cage 0.3 Released With New Wayland Protocol Support
- Phoronix: Linux 7.0 Ready For Release With Many Exciting Changes
- Phoronix: Vulkan 1.4.349 Released With Data Graph Optical Flow Extension
- Phoronix: FEX 2604 Released With Better Memory Savings For Running x86_64 Apps/Games On ARM64
- Phoronix: Firefox 149 vs. Chrome 147 Web Browser Performance On Linux
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2026-04-10
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2026-04-07
- Matrix.org: The Matrix Conference 2026: See You in Malmö!
Thanks
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