Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (49/2022): Fedora 38 Mobility Phosh Spin coming and Plasma Gear 22.12
Table of Contents
Also: Nemo Mobile is all in on #adventofcode, postmarketOS 22.12 is coming closer, autofocus coming to the Librem 5 camera.
Commentary in italics.
Software progress
GNOME ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #73 Removing Autotools
Plasma ecosystem
- Nate Graham: This week in KDE: New Spectacle
- Volker Krause: KDE Frameworks 6 Branching
- KDE Announcements: KDE Ships Frameworks 5.101.0
- KDE Announcements: KDE Gear 22.12 is Here!
- Nate Graham: Status of the 15-Minute Bug Initiative
Nemo Mobile
- While things are generally winding down a bit towards the end of the year, Nemo Mobile are doing the #adventofcode thing. Make sure to follow Jozef Mlich on the Fediverse!
Ubuntu Touch
Distributions
- Phoronix: Fedora 38 Cleared To Produce "Mobility Phosh" Spins
- PinePhone (Reddit): Kali 2022.4 officially supports Pine phone hardware...
Stack
- Phoronix: PipeWire 0.3.62 Released With Bluetooth Offloading Support
- Phoronix: Meson 1.0 Build System Nears With Stable Rust Module, Other Improvements
- Phoronix: Mesa 22.2.5 Released To End Out The Series
Linux
- Phoronix: The Most Interesting New Features For Linux 6.1
- Phoronix: Linux 6.1 Released With MGLRU, Initial Rust Code
Non-Linux
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2022-12-09
- Matrix.org: Synapse 1.73 released
Worth noting
- u/GuyWithMalePronouns: Librem 5 first impressions; comparison to Pinephones : Purism
- Autofocus in millipixels
- Must resist and not buy banana phone!
- hamblingreen: "#sxmo tip
- Guido Günther: "📱 Device maintainers and #phosh users (hopefully) rejoice: #feedbackd will soon support merging themes so you can e.g. chain up to the default theme and just replace the feedback for events you want to change. There's also a validator to check your changes (which is also used in CI).
Worth reading
- Chris Vogel: #MonkeyIsland on #Librem5 and #Pinephone
Worth listening
- postmarketOS Podcast: #26 Mastodon, Mailbag, v22.12, RISCV, pmbootstrap CI. Great episode, make sure to give it a listen!
Worth watching
- Bitter Epic Productions: PinePhone Pro Hardware Update! The Camera! The Keyboard! The Wireless Charging Case!
- CC Media: Install Ubuntu Touch Poco M3 or Any Devices
- Ubuntu OnAir: Ubuntu Summit 2022 | How we built open source Raspberry Pi tablets and survived the chipset shortage
- The Linux Experiment: That's what a LINUX TABLET is supposed to look like! FydeTab Duo
- ETA PRIME: FydeTab Duo Hands-On, An All-New Open-Source Arm-Based Hackable Linux Tablet!
Thanks
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