LINux on MOBile

Reports from the recent (GNOME) Mobile Hackfest, improvements to automatic high-contrast mode coming to Phosh, some Sailfish OS Community News and someone giving up (temporarily).

Commentary in italics.

Software

Gnome Ecosystem

• This Week in GNOME: #100 One Hundred
• Alice Mikhaylenko: Rethinking Adaptivity
• Tobias Bernard: Berlin Mobile Hackfest
• wingolog: parallel futures in mobile application development
• Planet GNOME: GSoC 2023: Week 1 & 2 Report

Phosh

• Guido Günther: It's summer on the northern hemisphere again 😎 so #phosh's automatic high contrast mode got two updates that are already merged and hence will very likely be in 0.29.0:1️⃣ /3️⃣
• Guido Günther: @devrtz added a sensor panel to mobile-settings that allows you to enable automatic HC and tweak the threshold at which ambient light intensity it kicks in:2️⃣ /3️⃣
• Guido Günther: The transition between the normal and HC theme is now supported by an animation making it less surprising (video is at 2 x speed):3️⃣ /3️⃣

Plasma Ecosystem

• Nate Graham: This week in KDE: nicer digital signing in Okular
• k3yss: GSoC-23 Week 1-2 | Adding Account Moderation Tool #3
• aakarshmj: GSoC with KDE: Coding Period Week 1 and 2

Sailfish OS

• Sailfish Community News, 15th June, Opal

Nemo Mobile

• Jozef Mlich on Fosstodon: Time to start implementing features because @devconf_cz conference is around the corner. Slides will have to wait until tomorrow.Join the talk about #NemoMobile in automotive in room E105 on Saturday at 1:15 pm. Don't forget to watch the live stream!https://www.youtube.com/@DevConfs/streams

Stack

• Phoronix: Firefox 116 Should Have Experimental PipeWire Camera Support
• Lemmy - linuxphones: A bunch of improvements landing for Firefox on Linux smartphones

Matrix

• Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2023-06-16
• Matrix.org: A brand new website

Worth Noting

• Chris: "I released new versions to vvm…" - Fosstodon
• Robert Mader: "Haven't seen anyone posting th…" - FLOSS.social
• Sonny: "Neat, someone made a Telepromp…" - FLOSS.social
• Phones (Librem 5),- Purism community: The current state of the Librem 5 is... actually pretty good?
• Phones (Librem 5),- Purism community: Squeekboard Gaming Layouts [Community Project]
• @linmob@fosstodon.org: Week-end fun with my #PinePhonePro!Running @danctnix with Phosh, #shotonlibrem5

Worth Reading

• Drew DeVaults blog: Throwing in the towel on mobile Linux
  • Lemmy - linuxphones: Throwing in the towel on mobile Linux

Worth Watching

• ?: manjaroonhalium
• Jozef Mlich: Day 2 | E105 - DevConf.CZ 2023 - Nemo Mobile in Automotive
• Contiuum Gaming: Continuum Gaming E369: Sailfish OS – PatchManager
• OSReviews: REVIEW: Sailfish OS - Linux Phone & Spiritual Successor to MeeGo! Android & iOS Alternative?
• yomboprime: Playing with Pinephone Pro Linux phone and Topdon TC-001 thermal image camera
• Purism: PureOS 10.3 Power Optimization

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