LINux on MOBile

Tired after a one-day trip to Akademy: systemd on musl libc, Ubuntu Touch gets an alpha WPE WebKit powered browser, a Phosh bug fix release, and progress on cameras, OpenCL, and more!

Commentary in italics.

Worth Reading

• FuriLabs: USA Bands
• The Cat Fox Life: Porting systemd to musl libc-powered Linux

Worth Watching

• Continuum Gaming: Continuum Gaming E433: Sailfish OS - Jewel Rush & a couple of infos regarding the C2
• Anino Ni Kugi: Introducing Quick Actions | Lomiri Plus
• LagTech: Redmi 9C NFC Droidian Install Speedrun
• Yusuf İpek Kesitler: Ubuntu Touch
• mutantCybernetics: mutantc v5 with 18650 batteries #mutantc #18650 #handheld

Worth Noting

• fredldotme: "An alpha-grade release of Mimi Browser, the WebKit-based browser for Ubuntu Touch, is now available on the Open Store!Expected not to be on feature parity with Morph for now but it'll get there.https://open-store.io/app/mimibrowser.fredldotme"
• craftyguy: #systemd on #postmarketOS is getting a little closer every day... https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/5563
• mntmn: MNT September 2024 Update is out: https://mntre.com/media/reform_md/2024-09-05-september-update.html
• chris: "A problem is that the #fractal flatpak does not use #feedbackd yet to signal new messages and on #PureOS #Byzantium there's no way to define different sounds for different notification events. So I started testing a small script to read notifications and trigger feedback for messages coming from an account containing some string: ..."
• rmader: "I'm increasingly excited about what #opencl support coming together across the board in #mesa could mean for multimedia in the free ecosystem.Just some thoughts about what I think is on the table: - fluent/efficient AV1[1] playback across the board, maybe even on hardware like the Raspberry Pi4 - real-time AV1 encoding in reasonable quality for video chat, screencasting and camera recording - a GPU ISP, allowing reasonable image quality with any camera sensor1: or any other format?"
• adingbatponder: Anyone manage to get a #meshtastic node interfaced using a #linuxsmartphone ? Any ideas which one to chose to try this? Thanks!
• pavel: Moving closer to usable cameras. https://gitlab.com/megapixels-org/Megapixels/-/merge_requests/29
• piggz: Have made a slightly less hacky release of Ofono with better support for the modem rebooting or re-appearing on the @PINE64 #pinephone and pro. Just update with zypper to get the new version. #sailfishos
• praveen: We started a poll earlier at #debphoshfund to pick a maps/navigation app. @agx suggested we come up with a list of desired features and check with the maintainers of the app we pick that they are in alignment and open to accepting contributions for those to avoid conflicts later or having to fork. See if we missed listing any important features.https://codema.in/d/lvQjiUo6/ideal-maps-navigation-app-features#maps #osm #mobian #debian #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
• okias: "I sent MR for improving #OpenCL on ARM #Panfrost #FOSS #GPU driver. Hopefully, #PinePhonePro becomes 1st class citizen for playing with small LLM models.So far got from:Pass: 741, Fail: 278, Crash: 431toPass: 2649, Fail: 588, Crash: 106, Timeout: 4Another part of the MR is setting up a nightly job to monitor regressions, so we can be sure no new bugs sneak up."
• r/MobileLinux: Android App Containers - A Functional Overview by the Creators of the FLX1 Linux Phone Make sure to read PureTryOut's comment on Android Translation Layer, a Wine like approach for that.

Akademy

• carlschwan: "In 40min in room 2 of Akademy, I will talk about KDE app ecosystem and what we can do to improve it.https://conf.kde.org/event/6/contributions/215/#Akademy2024 #kde #linux", Talk page Excellent talk!
• carlschwan: "And before me, in the same room Javier Cordero is talking about why you should use KDE Frameworks in your application.https://conf.kde.org/event/6/contributions/214/", Talk page These two talks are definitely worth watching once recordings are out!
• Akademy 2024 (7-12. September 2024): Daily driving Plasma Mobile and what's still lacking · KDE Events (Indico)

More Software News

Gnome Ecosystem

• This Week in GNOME: #164 Updated Translations
• Marcus Lundblad: Maps and GNOME 47
• Phoronix: GTK 4.16 Released With Vulkan GSK Renderer By Default On Wayland

Phosh

• Phosh.mobi: Phosh 0.41.1
• Guido Günther: …and here are my #FreeSoftware bits for August:https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Free_Software_Activities_August_2024.html#LinuxMobile #phosh #debian #gnome
• #phosh: @me Good news: Fractal (and other clients) don't need to use feedbackd directly. They just needs to set the im.received category on the notification: (https://specifications.freedesktop.org/notification-spec/latest/categories.html) and #phosh handles the details.This is supported by about all notification client libs (libnotify, glib/gio (https://docs.gtk.org/gio/method.Notification.set_category.html)Maybe file an issue with Fractal for that? Given that Fractal uses glib/gio it's a one line change.

Plasma Ecosystem

• Nate Graham: This week in Plasma: Stabilization for 6.2
• KDE Announcements: KDE’s Annual report for the year 2023 is out
• Planet KDE: KDE Goals - A New Cycle Begins
• Kontact blog: July and August in KDE PIM

Sxmo

• #sxmo: @mntmn probably not exactly what u r looking for but cute little script by @fdlamotte https://mamot.fr/@fdlamotte/112650730673384593(background image changes when switching workspace #sxmo)
• #sxmo: @Blort sxmo comes with w3m which a text web browser, it can also be used to view any text file. But w3m is very versatile. You can install a script file that lets it access gemini sites via a web proxy. There's one for gopher too. So I can access both protocols from my phone.#sxmo #w3m #gemini #gopher

Sailfish OS

• flypig's Gecko log: Day 338
• flypig's Gecko log: Day 337
• flypig's Gecko log: Day 336
• flypig's Gecko log: Day 335
• flypig's Gecko log: Day 334
• #sailfishOS: Great news from @rainemak / @jolla on #Jolla Community Phone 2 deliveries: They're currently aiming for end of September for flashing the C2s with their partner and starting deliveries of the phone the following week! Looking forward to getting one in my hands and taking a look at the latest developments of #SailfishOS.https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/jolla-c2-community-phone-deliveries/19468/187
• adampigg: Hmm ... did I finally make something genuinely useful?? #sailfishos #pinephone @PINE64

Ubuntu Touch

• UBports News: Ubuntu Touch Q&A 147
• Ubuntu Touch Forums News: Q&A Blogs now available
• fredldotme: If you're interested in the changes that went in to support libhybris drivers and enabling CUPS and Docker, read here: https://github.com/fredldotme/snapd/commits/snapz0r-150/
• #UbuntuTouch: Staring to mull over the possibility of getting/making a #Linux #smartphone (probably #UbuntuTouch) but was rather surprised to learn there is no #Ubuntu Touch compatible Signal app? Seems like a pretty obvious match? And there’s no LINE, which means there’s no possibility of giving up my iPhone. On my iPhone, I use LINE to keep in touch with family and friends (those based in Japan, anyway), I use Signal to chat with my sisters, I use the Washington Post app, I use Mona for Mastodon, and I grudgingly use YouTube, though I hate YouTube intensely. That’s about it. (1/2)
• fredldotme: Hello from Mimi Browser
• fredldotme: "Just released Snapz0r 1.5.0 onto the world. New in this release:1.5.0:- Rebase on top of recent master, version "2.65.1+git697.g18a821c"- Ensure all setup steps are executed properly- Keep display on during setup- Mount more apt files into a tmpfs, leaving more free system storage (thanks fuseteam)https://open-store.io/app/snapz0r.fredldotme"

Apps

• LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: Goains
• jmlich: "I've added #Amazfish to #Weblate! Spanish and German translations are now 100% complete, and the Norwegian translation has begun. #OpenSource rocks! 🚀 https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/harbour-amazfish/#languages"
• #LinuxMobile: Pick and fund a maps app “We need to pick one maps app from available apps - Pure Maps, GNOME Maps, osmin, Organic Maps.“ https://codema.in/d/phU1JlaV/pick-and-fund-a-maps-app#Maps #Linux #LinuxMobile #OSM
• organicmaps: Want a more polished version of Organic Maps running on a Linux phone or desktop? Vote and share your opinion here: https://codema.in/d/phU1JlaV/pick-and-fund-a-maps-app

Kernel

• phone-devel: [PATCH 01/13] media: i2c: imx214: Use subdev active state
• Phoronix: AmpereOne Performance On Linux 6.11 Kernel, 4K vs. 64K Page Size Comparison

Stack

• Phoronix: Cairo 1.18.2 Collects A Year's Worth Of Fixes
• Phoronix: OpenSSL 3.4 Alpha 1 Released With New Features

Matrix

• Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2024-09-06
• element: "📢 After moving to AGPL for Synapse, we’re now finalising licence changes for related projects. We’re also switching the apps to (A)GPL. The intention is to ensure system integrators and other proprietary forks of our software support its dev. https://element.io/blog/sustainable-licensing-at-element-with-agpl/ See the blog for full details!"

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