Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (4/2023): Unofficial Ubuntu Touch on the PinePhone Pro and a Plasma Mobile update
Table of Contents
Also: A video detailing the current state of GNOME Shell on Mobile, a monthly Nemo Mobile update, Maemo Leste gains GUI calling, and more!
Commentary in italics.
Software progress
GNOME ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #80 Different Locales
- feborg.es: Visit us in Brno for Linux App Summit 2023!
- jrb: Crosswords 0.3.7: Adaptive Layout, Animations, and Arrows
Plasma ecosystem
- Nate Graham: This week in KDE: Major bugfixing and screen recording in Spectacle
- Plasma Mobile: The Dev Log: January 2023
Ubuntu Touch
- u/oklopfer: I ported Ubuntu Touch to the PinePhone Pro, and you can try it out now! Grab the latest release here and give it a try!
Sailfish OS
- Sailfish Community News, 26th January, Home Automation
- Sailfish OS News Network: "#PureMaps 3.2.0 released for #SailfishOS. Available on chum (https://openrepos.net/content/olf/sailfishoschum-gui-installer) and the Jolla store."
Nemo Mobile
- Nemo Mobile UX team: Nemomobile in January 2023
- In case you want to try the latest stuff: Jozef Mlich: "I have updated #NemoMobile -git image. Fresh rebuild is for PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, PineTab, and CutiePi. The images are at https://nemo.mlich.cz/images/. Let me know if it boots into UI.…"
Maemo Leste
Capyloon
Distributions
- Breaking updates in pmOS edge: Crashes in GTK applications on the PinePhone
Stack
- Phoronix: PipeWire 0.3.65 Adds New Combine-Stream Module, Bluetooth MIDI
- Phoronix: MPV Player 0.35.1 Released With Wayland & PipeWire Fixes
Linux
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2023-01-27
Worth noting
- MobileLinux: WebKitGTK GPU Acceleration added to Droidian - @eugenio_g7 Impressive!
- If you've been wondering, why camera support is such a rare feature across devices supported by postmarketOS, here's a pretty good answer: Dylan Van Assche: "@rapto Yes, the camera stack i…" - Fosstodon
Worth reading
- TuxPhones.com: Linux phones are not automatically secure. Great write-up!
- Plasma Mobile: The Dev Log: January 2023. Great progress!
- Hamblingreen: Sxmo Customization. Nice write up!
- OMG Linux: New Video Gives Early Look at GNOME Shell for Mobile Devices
- Mobian Blog: Off-topic: The importance of efficient tooling. Guess who has such a RISC-Vy board ...
Worth listening
- postmarketOS Podcast: #27 Chromebooks, SDM845 Wakeup for Calls, Installing pmOS, dnsane
Worth watching1
- Cassidy Blaede: GNOME Shell on Mobile!
- Cassidy Blaede: “Done” from Flathub on GNOME Mobile (1/2)
- Cassidy Blaede: “Done” from Flathub on GNOME Mobile (2/2)
- Akademy: Plasma Mobile in 2022, YouTube
- phalio: PinePhone + Keyboard with Charger/Dock in Phone
- Ausfaller: Pinephone Pro Explorer Edition 1 Year later review
- fossfrog: USB Arsenal for PinePhone in Kali Linux
- Lup Yuen Lee: #LVGL Terminal for #PinePhone on Apache #NuttX RTOS
- DHOCNET TV: PostmarketOS Usage Test | Xiaomi Redmi 2 Prime | WT88047 2GB RAM 16GB ROM
- Continuum Gaming: Microsoft Continuum Gaming E349: Do the most popular Android apps work on SFOS with AD?
- Linux Guides EN: How to install Ubuntu Touch on Fairphone 2 - Overview
- Алексей П: postmarketOS Linux
- Novaspirit Tech: Checking out Plasma Mobile
Thanks
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Due to a lack of time, I have no idea whether these are actually worth watching. Sorry!