Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (30/2026): 24.04-1.4 and -2.0
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Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4 are both out, Jolla Phone batch #1 is shipping with Sailfish OS 5.2 notes published, huge Fairphone 6 postmarketOS advancements, Pixel 9a porting progress, PINE64 released the full PinePhone 3D files, and Plasma Mobile has a working Orca screen reader and more!
Collected on Sunday, July 26th 2026, 19:31 UTC and edited (in multiple tiny chunks) on Monday, July 27th. It's likely that I'll move the Update from Sunday to Friday or Saturday going forward to better fit my schedule. Commentary in italics.
Worth Reading
- PINE64: Full PinePhone 3D File Released
- UBports News: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4 release
- Ubuntu Touch Forums News: UT 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4 released.
- maroš grego: Using ThinkPad T480 as a mobile phone
- nondescriptpointer: Experimental Linux support for the Fairphone 6 wide camera
- Drew DeVaults blog: AI in Linux
Worth Watching
Note: This video section is based on select feeds only and thus very likely incomplete. See the "Personal Note" in 25/2026 for reasons.
- Continuum Gaming: BeaconDB & Stumblefish – Speed up GPS & help with the free location DB (Continuum Gaming E531)
- oleksiidn: Tuba app with unifiedpush implementation. - NorthTube
- UBports: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 195. Info on the two releases (24.04-1.4 and 24.04-2.0) and a lot more!
- Ramble PDSN: Ubuntu Touch 24.04‑2.0: Major Upgrade with Chromium 134, Printing & Screenshot Tools
- maupuo: #ubuntutouch desktop-mode + #fairphone 4 + snap-store
- phosh: Cell Broadcast History and Channels in Phosh, see also Phosh Quick Settings playlist, Phosh On Screen Keyboard Tips and Tricks playlist
- Casey Tunturi: SouveraineOS Alpha. Not for me, but maybe for you? (via r/MobileLinux).
Worth Noting
- craftyguy: "If you've ever wanted to give #postmarketOS device development a try, we're looking for help saving quite a few device ports from being archived: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/work_items?sort=updated_desc&state=opened&label_name%5B%5D=maintainership-statusI have mad respect for folks who maintain and test device ports in pmOS, they're soo important to the continued development of #postmarketOS. For example, I rely on my Pixel 3a to help develop and test #duranium and other (hopefully) neat OS things, but I can't do those things if the device is not maintained and gets archived."
- Camden: "For some reason I have decided that daily driving the PinePhone Pro for a month is a good idea. With encouragement from the PINE64 community chatrooms, I am prepared to endure this potential pain. For science!!!…"
- Lemmy.ca - linuxphones: Juno Computers begins work on a Qt-based OpenStreetMap navigation app
- Lemmy.ca - linuxphones: Plasma-mobile working orca screenreader!
Hardware (enablement)
- mntmn: in other good news: we recently passed the 25 preorders threshold on the MNT Quasar 6490 processor module and put in our order with Atlantik/Thundercomm for the QCS6490+RAM/UFS component. i'd say now is a good time to reserve your spot if you're interested in this upgrade for Pocket Reform: https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-quasar-6490-processor-module?taxon_id=13
- The Mighty Cat: Fairphone 6 + PostmarketOS working audio calls!!! - ani.social
- Lemmy.ca - linuxphones: Fairphone 6 + PostmarketOS working audio calls!!!
- Lemmy.ca - linuxphones: Experimental Linux support for the Fairphone 6 wide camera
- sd: Just did the first phone call (via a custom CLI tool, not wired to ModemManager yet) over the simpler 2G circuit switch path with audio in both directions! #mobilelinux #pixel9a
- sd: "Wired up to ModemManager. The audio needs some extra plumbing (right now I need to run a separate CLI tool to enable it), but call control for both outgoing and incoming calls works. Accepting calls, hanging up. Switches from 4G to 2G automatically and back. No VoLTE (yet) #mobilelinux #pixel9a"
- r/MobileLinux: Turn a OnePlus 6T into an Arch Linux ARM phone with a guided installer Fingerprint sensor working on OnePlus 6t (at least with a custom distro)
- @linmob@linuxmobile.social: Looks like #postmarketOS edge on #Pixel3a has a working focus driver for the back camera now: #shotonmainline #libcamera #go...
Events
- modal: Some more details for #BoilingTheOcean 12 on August 22/23 in Berlin!You can now sign up and register your topics and talks here: https://pad.gnome.org/C6FAHLFkQUSmujkvSGz2tQ#localfirst #p2panda #gnome #gtk #gobject #p2p #linuxmobile #postmarketOS
- Phosh e.V.: Diesen Sommer kehren die vergessenen Telefone aus den Schubladen zurück.Ihr habt ein altes Smartphone in der Schublade, benutzt es nicht mehr und kommt zur #froscon2026? Wir nehmen viele Modelle gerne um ihnen neues Leben einzuhauchen. Danach benutzen wir sie als Vorführmodelle mit #Phosh oder geben sie an unsere Entwickler weiter um damit #LinuxMobile voran zu bringen. Bringt sie gerne bei unserem Stand auf der @FrOSCon vorbei.Modelle wie OnePlus 6(T), Pocophone F1, SHIFT6mq und andere Modelle mit SDM845 Prozessor sind prima. Gerne auch das Pixel 3A (XL). Falls ihr euch nicht sicher seit, einfach hier fragen oder auf Verdacht mitnehmen.#Phosh #LinuxMobile
More Software News
Gnome Ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #259 Color Management
- Zelda's Coven: GUADEC 2026 Report. Includes notes about GNOME (Shell) Mobile.
- Michael Catanzaro: Some Changes to GNOME Security Tracking
- Jiri Eischmann: How AI Is Changing Open Source
- Laureen Caliman: Intern Experience at GUADEC
Phosh
- Phosh.mobi e.V.: Back from the drawer campaign
- Jc00qe: "Here's my main project, my Modded version of Phosh v0.1.1 . The idea is to use the benefits of Phosh while having a Gnome-mobile UI, but getting to a Gnome-mobile UI is just the start.#phosh #gnome #linux #linuxmobile #novaraos"
Plasma Ecosystem
- Nate Graham: This Week in Plasma: Auto-Lock and Unlock for Remote Desktop Sessions
- Nate Graham: Legal obligations vs social contracts
- sandroandrade: Minuet 26.08: call for testers. Exciting!
- Kaidan: Kaidan 0.16.0: Media Viewer and Convenient Voice Messages
- Lemmy.ca - linuxphones: Plasma-mobile working orca screenreader!
- tsdgeos: Qt Project Goals - call for submissions now open
- cryptomilk: Self-Hosting voice services (TTS, ASR, Wake Word)
- KDE Eco: Opt Green Has Ended. Long Live Opt Green!
- Phoronix: KDE Plasma 6.8 Introducing New kscreenctl Tool
Sxmo
- Willow Barraco: Status update July 2026
- jan_wagemakers: I stumbled upon #seeqie , a terminal-based image viewer that uses Sixel Graphics. Written in #bash. It works fine with #foot #wayland on my desktop, but also on my #postmarketOS #sxmo phone. Nice!https://cocz.net/seeqie/
Sailfish OS
- Announcements - Sailfish OS Forum: [Release notes] Finlayson 5.2.0.15 - Jolla Phone only
- jolla: "The Jolla Phone is shipping, and we're thrilled to see the first devices making their way to customers! Every shipment marks another step in bringing our vision to life, and we're grateful to everyone who's been part of the journey.Now it's the Sept II batch's turn! ❤️ We've started to send out final payment links. If yours hasn't arrived yet, don't worry—it's on its way. Once you receive it, choose your colour, your preferred accessories, and complete your order by August 16 to lock in your September delivery.#Jolla #SailfishOS #DigitalSovereignty #PrivacyFirst #CommunityPowered #European"
- Lemmy.ca - linuxphones: SailfishOS App Compatibility Database
- #sailfishOS: Sometimes #Android app updates may cause issues on #SailfishOS. You can downgrade to an older version if that happens. Some developers deprecate old app versions rather aggressively, which can be problematic if new versions don't run correctly on SailfishOS.28/30
- #sailfishOS: The new #Jolla Phone also comes with #MicroG which allows running Android applications that depend on Google Play services. This improves the usefulness of #Android support in #SailfishOS greatly.20/30
- #sailfishOS: #Jolla's commercial version of #SailfishOS has always been bundled with an #Android runtime. This applies to the new 2026 Jolla phone as well. As we live in a Android/iOS duopoly you need Android app support for things like banking applications, messengers and such.19/30
- #sailfishOS: The native #SailfishOS app selection is nowhere near that of Google or Apple, but is generally good enough for normal productivity and multimedia apps. Many apps have just one developer with limited resources.The quality of apps varies a lot and most of them are quite simple.16/30
Ubuntu Touch
- UBports News: Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4 release
- Ubuntu Touch Forums News: UT 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4 released.
- UBports Forums OS: Storage shows data in exabytes
- ubports: Rejoice! Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 and 24.04-1.4 are released. Full details in the release blog:https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-24-04-2-0-and-24-04-1-4-release-4007#Linux #Linuxphones #Ubuntu #OpenSource
- Ubuntu Touch Forums News: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 195 Saturday 25th July at 19:00 UTC
- UBports - Development - Issues: [Qt 6] webapp-container's --user-scripts= does not work
- UBports - Development - Issues: [26.04-1.x] decide the list of apps-facing APIs and add to ubuntu-sdk-libs{,-dev}
Distributions
- News for developers of postmarketOS: New dependencies, requirements, and recommended workarounds for kernels
- postmarketOS mobile-config-firefox tags: 5.4.1
- nima: Valve has done a lot for the Linux community, and this time they are working on an Arch Linux port for arm64, which is amazing!and I know "Arch Linux Arm" exists, but it's not in a very good state right now.#Linux #Linuxmobile
- Phoronix: Fedora Working To Establish Conflict of Interest Policy
- Phoronix: Debian Considering General Resolution Over LLM Usage In The Project
- Phoronix: Fedora 45 Atomic Desktops Look To Allow For Web-Based Remote Installations
Apps
- UndeadLeech: Charon 1.9.0 adds support for navigation TTS (using third-party apps) and improves distance calculation of the active navigation segments:https://git.sr.ht/~undeadleech/charon/refs/v1.9.0#linuxmobile #catacomb #navigation #linux
- tomenzgg: While (painfully slowly…) trying to work my way back from my burnout, I managed to rewrite an old app. (I'd originally written for #UbuntuTouch) in #GTK for use with #Phosh. Actually completing something feels nice; the fact that it has practical use I can easily utilize every day is so. And working with #Guile is always a joy.. This is the app.
- Kaidan: Kaidan 0.16.0: Media Viewer and Convenient Voice Messages
- vivi: I'll probably port musi-mi from Slint (Rust) to Slint (TypeScript). I'll explain the reasons in a devlog for the upcoming v0.2 release.…
- sandroandrade: Minuet 26.08: call for testers. Awesome!
- Jc00qe: "settings app to look exactly like Gnome settings, but will have everything Phosh settings has and more.#linux #linuxmobile #novaraos"
- r/MobileLinux: I built an open-source Bluetooth-first alternative to KDE Connect for Linux and Android
- matthewcroughan: Running the #mixxx DJ software on a OnePlus 6 at the @birkenhack village! It is running @nixos_org, using #phosh as a display manager. #emfcamp #emf2026 #emfcamp2026 #weeknotes #birkenheadisthenewberlin
Kernel
- phone-devel: [PATCH 0/2] PM8350B LDO support
- phone-devel: [PATCH v3 0/2] Initial QMP USB PHY support for SM8475
- phone-devel: Re: [PATCH v4 1/2] arm64: dts: qcom: sdm845-google: Add dual front IMX355 cameras
Stack
- katzenmann: Currently there is no way for applications to get or set the screen orientation on #linuxmobile #wayland. This results in things like not being able to take landscape pictures using the camera or games not having the correct orientation.I created a RFC wayland protocol to implement this. If you have ideas or opinions about this please leave them in the pull request below:https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/524#postmarketos #phosh
- Phoronix: GNU C Library 2.44 Released With /etc/tunables.conf, More Optimizations
- Phoronix: COSMIC Epoch 1.4 Released With More Fixes, Force Quit For COSMIC Monitor
- Phoronix: Imagination PowerVR Driver Marking BXM-4-64 MC1 GPU As Supported In Linux 7.3
- Phoronix: SDL Lands HDR10 Rendering Support
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2026-07-24
Thanks
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