Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (45/2024): Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-6 and other updates
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Ubuntu Touch deliver their 6th 20.04 release, postmarketOS share what progress they've made in October, a new collection of Sailfish Community News, a build your own x86_64 'phone' guide, and more! Also, as we're already on that day in some parts of the globe: Happy 15th anniversary, Nokia N900!
Commentary in italics.
Worth Reading
- Anjan Momi Homepage: I will be at SeaGL 2024! Find the recording below!
- Purism: Freedom of Choice vs. Oppression of Big Tech
- LINMOB.net: LINMOB.net - MCF16: Counting tabs and countless options
Worth Listening
Worth Watching
- Anjan Momi at seagl: Introduction to postmarketOS
- Continuum Gaming: Continuum Gaming E442: SFOS – Camera Comparison between C2, Xperia 10 II / III & Lumia 950XL
- \ Alien Cipher /: Dualbooting Android and Linux (Droidian) on Redmi Note 11 (spes) without PC/emulators
- Dark1 Linux, Tech, Gaming: Fairphone 4 Ubuntu Touch Review - Just How Good is it?
Worth Noting
- pocketvj: anyone from #chile ?i need a #op6 or #pocof1 phone to run #postmarketos and keep developing and write docs/wiki...my #linuxmobile phone gave up on a bumpy road today... i have no idea of 2nd hand markets here in chile.please ❤️
- badrihippo: "Getting ready for my first long (2 days) outing carrying #Mobian on the #PocoF1! :debian: Battery is at 99% and I'm keeping it plugged in till I leave, in about 15 minutes. Also carrying a power bank as backup 🔋I'll be updating more on this thread as things progress, now that I can 😉️Where I'm going: to participate in the @prav related panel discussion at #FOSSDay in #Palai, #Kerala :xmpp:#MobileLinux #Mobian"
- gordoooo_z: "Just scored a huge quality of life win here. My biggest gripe with pmOS thus far has been the on-screen keyboards. I've tried squeek, stub, unfettered, and I feel like there's one more... but w/e, they all leave something to be desired, except for wvkbd, which I liked immediately, but it's not built for Phosh (does not implement the OSK0 dbus interface), and installing it before I knew that caused huge problems on my Poco F1.But, thanks to...#postmarketos #phosh #mobilelinux #linuxmobile"
- cas: wip but functional #postmarketOS installer for use on laptops https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/installer https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/5759
- julianfairfax: It is my pleasure to inform you that my original PineTab is now running Tow-Boot (for the first time) and Mobian (again)!
- praveen: "Results for first general mobile feature priority poll is now available.15 of 33 people who joined https://codema.in/debphoshfund/ have participated (45%)In the next phase of the project, we will look at each of the identified top priority features in depth and have clear technical requirements/explanations.Then we can look for developers and raise funds. #debphoshfund #FreeSoftware #Mobian #Debian"
- Lemmy - linuxphones: I'm considering switching to postmarketOS on my primary phone (Xioami A2 Lite)
- #LinuxMobile: Is there a way one might make a backup/system image of their working #PostmarketOS install, in the spirit of freely experimenting w/o too much worry of breaking anything? My instinct would be to use TWRP, but installing pmOS replaced TWRP, and my understanding is that if I were to reinstall it, it might not be able to run anyway?Please do correct me if I'm wrong. I don't remember exactly where I read that last bit (although I feel like it was in the pmos Wiki).#mobilelinux #linuxmobile
- danct12: Today is #Nokia #N900 15th anniversary.Nokia N900 was released on November 11th, 2009 and is one of the few last mobile Linux devices.It is also the last device to be shipped with the Maemo operating system.#mobilelinux #maemo
- r/linux: "I Tried Running Ubuntu on My Phone, Here's How It Went"
Events and Meet Ups
- devrtz: We have already received our first submission for the #FOSS on #Mobile Devices devroom @fosdem If you're working on #LinuxMobile read our Call for Participation: https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2024q4/003599.html Submit your proposal here: https://fosdem.org/submit Deadline is 2024-12-01.
- agx: "Am 16.11.2024 treffen wir uns in der @datenburg in #Bonn zum @phosh Meetup. Wir starten um 15:00 und hacken, diskutieren, flashen 📱 und was sonst noch so dazugehört.Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen.Details: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh/-/wikis/Phosh-Hackfests,-Get-Togethers,-%E2%80%A6#phosh-meetup-in-datenburg#phosh #LinuxMobile"
Hardware (enablement)
- RISC-V International Exploration of Productization of Android on RISC-V - Han Mao, Alibaba Damo Academy
- Lemmy - linuxphones: A guide on how to use the Gole 2 Pro device as a Linux phone Interesting!
More Software News
Gnome Ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #173 Text Annotations
- pwithnall: "The gnome-control-center panel I’ve been working on for the last many weeks is now ready for review, including a new chart widget for showing time spent using the computer screen (so you have some visibility into your compute use habits).Glad to finally have this off my plate and on its way to being reviewed and hopefully merged.#GNOME #DigitalWellbeing"
Phosh
Plasma Ecosystem
- KDE Blogs: This Week in Plasma: Everything You Wanted and More
- KDE Blogs: This Week in KDE Apps: Adopt an App
- KDE Announcements: KDE Ships Frameworks 6.8.0
- KDE Announcements: KDE Gear 24.08.3
- KDE Announcements: KDE Plasma 6.2.3, Bugfix Release for November
- Kontact blog: September and October in KDE PIM
- TSDgeos: KDE Gear 24.12 branches created
Sxmo
Sailfish OS
- Community News - Sailfish OS Forum: Sailfish Community News, 7th November, Support Day
Ubuntu Touch
- UBports News: Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 Focal Release
- Ubuntu Touch Forums News: OSM Scout Server app issue
- #UbuntuTouch: This week's donation went to Alfred E. Neumayer who is also known as "fredldotme" and "beidl". He's a developer who contributes to the Ubuntu Touch project and Halium among others. He has a website here:https://fredl.me/He has a profile at Github:https://github.com/fredldotmeHe has a presence on the fediverse:https://mastodon.social/@ fredldotmeIf you wish to help him financially he accepts donations through Paypal and Liberapay:https://liberapay.com/fredldotmehttps://www.paypal.com/paypalme/beidl#ubuntutouch #github #liberapay #paypal #fediverse
Distributions
- postmarketOS Blog: postmarketOS in 2024-10: Accepted Grants, Timelines and Tokyo
- Lemmy - linuxphones: postmarketOS Update: Accepted Grants, Timelines and Tokyo
- A new unofficial Fedora 41 image for the PinePhone (with Phosh) was announced in #mobility:fedoraproject.org. You can find it at ftp://pine.warpspeed.dk/nightly/pinephone/test/PP-Phosh-F41-2024-11-06.img.xz.
- danctnix: "Finally got it up and running again. Sorry for the inconvenience.BTW, phosh 0.42.0-2 should fix issue with new seatd version."
Apps
- postmarketOS Wiki New Pages: Dillo. Mobilized Dillo? Interesting!
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: Keypunch
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: Calligraphy
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: Community Remote
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: Apps: MailViewer
- postmarketOS: Apps by Category: LongnoseRob: update to gitlab.postmarketos.org
Kernel
Non-Linux
- jbz: FreeBSD on the Pinephone Pro https://www.freebsd.org/status/report-2024-07-2024-09/#_pinephone_pro_support#freebsd #pinephone #opensource
- Nothing CEO Carl Pei says Nothing could build its own operating system Anonymous Contributor: "I think it could be Linux based, but we'll see."
Stack
- Phoronix: Mesa 24.3 Code Branched, Mesa 25.0 Enters Development
- Phoronix: Mesa 24.3 Merges Vulkan FIFO Support On Wayland
- Phoronix: Debian 12.8 Released With Many Bug Fixes & Security Updates
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2024-11-08
- Matrix.org: Call for Participation to the FOSDEM 2025 Matrix Devroom
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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