Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (22/2024): Multiple layouts in libadwaita and an Update on Nemo Mobile progress
Table of Contents
Also: News from the Maui project and KDE Itinerary, quirky touchscreens hopefully becoming easier to deal with, and many more little things. Enjoy!
Commentary in italics.
Worth Reading
- William tries...: ... to flash postmarketOS for the LAST time. · William tries... Nice write-up, I agree with the recommendation to go with stable for a daily driver! I would love some details on the Thunderbird setup.
- Jozef Mlich: Nemomobile from March to May 2024. Nice to see another report!
- Guido Günther: Free Software Activities May 2024. Great work! Just in case you agree: Click here
- spv.sh: my perpetual notes on the PinePhone Pro
- Phoronix: Linux 6.10 Is Making It Much Easier To Deal With Quirky Touchscreens
- Phoronix: Google Enabling PowerVR Rogue GX6250 Open-Source Support With The MediaTek MT8173 PowerVR ... mainline... wow. Did not expect this.
Worth Watching
- 99degree: Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 pro camera with PostmarketOS. Nice!
- Linux Stuff: GPS Driving using PureMaps - Juno Tab 3 (Mobian/Debian). Yet another Juno Tablet, see also this post on Xitter!
- Continuum Gaming: Continuum Gaming E419: SFOS Jolla Love Day 2 Summary
Worth Noting
- Maarten van Gompel (proycon): "Just got back from the local #tdose conference. I might have gone a bit overboard in preparing some #sxmo material to go in style.…"
- caleb: "regarding uclamp: for the mobile side we're actually enabling this in GNOME shell (mobile for now), it make a HUGE difference in reducing "jank"…"
- PocketVJ: "@delta any plans to make deltachat usable in #linuxmobile ?…"
- Marvin W: "That's not quite correct. #Mobifree subgrant projects must be related to the #Mobifree partner projects, that doesn't rule out projects useful to #LinuxMobile. Some ideas: …"
- erebion: "I don't think I've ever compiled the kernel as often on a single day as I have today, but my Mobian port to the Pixel 3a / 3a XL is making progress.…"
- r/MobileLinux: Gnome Search on a smartphone is a killer feature. You can do so much useful stuff and customize everything to your liking.
- Purism community: Setting Up a Librem 5 Application Development Environment
- Purism community: Application Development for Librem 5
- Lemmy - linuxphones: Here's a way to support linux mobile development even if you're forced to use android or ios
- Lemmy - linuxphones: The Road to systemd - postmarketOS blog
- #LinuxMobile: Alright, that's it! I've had enough! I'm flashing #postmarketOS for the LAST time!Wait! What? But that would mean.....https://www.williamtries.ovh/pmoslastflash/#oneplus6 #pmos #gnomemobile #LinuxMobile
- #LinuxMobile: My fellow fedizens, i have done it.I have applied #BitRitter to https://nlnet.nl/propose/ in the category "Open Call". Well at least 2 features i want to implement.Wish me luck.If you have an awesome Mobile FOSS Project, maybe you want to apply too? Deadline is 2024-06-01 so this friday. Application process took me about half an hour, so that's doable.@NGIZero #LinuxMobile #Relm4 #gtk #rbw #BitWarden #Vaultkwarden
- #MobileLinux: Gnome Search on a smartphone is a killer feature. You can do so much useful stuff and customize everything to your liking.Some tips: https://itsfoss.com/gnome-search/#gnomemobile #postmarketos #mobilelinux #gnome #linux
More Software News
Gnome Ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #150 Multiple Layouts. ...even better apps? Awesome!
- Planet GNOME: Exciting Updates on the GNOME Development Initiative and Sovereign Tech Fund
- Planet GNOME: Workbench News
Phosh
- Phosh.mobi blog: Don't unblank in my back pack please
- Phosh (Mastodon): There's finally a mobile data quick setting in Phosh (will be part of 0.40.0). Not everybody needs it so you can enable/disable it via Mobile Settings:#phosh #gtk #LinuxMobile
Plasma Ecosystem
- Nate Graham: No TWiK this week
- Volker Krause: April/May in KDE Itinerary
- Carl Schwan: KDE Apps Initiative
- KDE Eco: Opt Green: KDE Eco's New Sustainable Software Project
Maui Project
- MauiKit.org: Maui Report 23
Sxmo
- #sxmo: And in case anybody else wants to print #sxmo merch. The sources for these are here: https://git.sr.ht/~anjan/sxmo.org/tree/main/item/src/img/sxmo_pmos_merch_dark_on_light.svg and https://git.sr.ht/~anjan/sxmo.org/tree/main/item/src/img/sxmo_pmos_merch_light_on_dark.svg . Partially derived from earlier work for postmarketOS by @cas , @ollieparanoid and @martijnbraam (CC-BY-SA)
- #sxmo: @RL_Dane How do you feel about #SXMO's gestures? The system looks like it would be nice apart from that bit which just feels over-complicated...
- @pocketvj@fosstodon.org: @delta any plans to make deltachat usable in #linuxmobile ?[if you need an alpha tester, here i am..]
Sailfish OS
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 250
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 249
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 248
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 247
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 246
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 245
- flypig's Gecko log: Day 244
Ubuntu Touch
Nemo Mobile
- Jozef Mlich: Nemomobile from March to May 2024
Kernel
- phone-devel: [PATCH v7 0/5] initial support for Marvell 88PM886 PMIC
- phone-devel: [PATCH] arm64: dts: qcom: sm8550-samsung-q5q: fix typo
- phone-devel: [PATCH v3 0/3] Add TCPM support for PM7250B and Fairphone 4
- Phoronix: Linux 6.10 Is Making It Much Easier To Deal With Quirky Touchscreens
- Phoronix: Google Enabling PowerVR Rogue GX6250 Open-Source Support With The MediaTek MT8173
Non-Linux
Stack
- Phoronix: Autodafe 1.0 Released For Freeing Projects Of Autotools
- Phoronix: Vulkan 1.3.286 Released With One New Extension
- Phoronix: Yocto 5.0 LTS Released - Now Powered By Linux 6.6 LTS, Boeing Joins The Project
- Phoronix: Servo Web Engine Continues Advancing But Seeing Just $1.6k In Monthly Donations
Distributions
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2024-05-31
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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