Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (5/2023): FOSDEM 2023, Sailfish OS 4.5.0 and Sxmo 1.13

Also: A new instance of Ubuntu Touch's newsletter, Phosh 0.24.0, progress with merging GNOME Shell on Mobile into upstream GNOME, and libcamera-powered photography on the PinePhone Pro!

Commentary in italics.

Software progress

Distributions

Pine64-Arch: Arch Linux ARM - 2023/02/03 Nice to see another release! BTW: In a way, Dang attended FOSDEM2023 - the PineTab2 prototype on PINE64's stand ran DanctNIX with KDE Plasma Desktop!

Stack

Linux

Phoronix: Linux 6.2-rc7 Released - Stable Kernel Coming In Two Weeks

Non-Linux

Lup Yuen: NuttX RTOS for PinePhone: LVGL Terminal for NSH Shell
Norman Feske for Genodians: First system image of mobile Sculpt OS

Matrix

Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2023-02-03
Matrix.org: Synapse 1.76 released

Worth noting

MNT Pocket Reform | Crowd Supply The crowdfunder will launch some time this months. Since the Linux on Mobile Stand was quite crowded (at all times I was there), I only have look and did not play with the prototype device, but it looked quite solid!
Robert Mader: "libcamera 0.0.4 "The FOSDEM Release" was just tagged with Pinephone Pro support. This includes support for both cameras and rotations \o/" Impressive! Make sure to check the relevant videos below!

Worth reading

Norman Feske for Genodians: First system image of mobile Sculpt OS. This is really neat. I've tried it - make sure to read the blog post first carefully.
Adrian Kingsley-Hughes for ZDNET: PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition: Great hardware, but the software is for patient Linux pros only Well, reading is a lost art.
- r/MobileLinux thread
Hamblinggreen: Framebufferphone on Arch Linux ARM Not for me, but still quite cool!
Camden Bruce: SailfishOS is my new prefered operating system for daily driving the PinePhone
Martijn Braam: Alpine Linux is pretty neat
LINux on MOBile: Looking forward to #FOSDEM2023 I am hoping to find the time to write a follow-up how things were.
OSOR: Interview: Jörg Wurzer of Volla Phone | Joinups
Purism: FOSDEM 2023 coming up in Brussels
Purism: Design 2022 in Retrospect
Purism: The Danger of Focusing on Specs
Purism: Purism Places Purpose Over Profit

Worth watching

Nicco Loves Linux: Daily Driving a KDE Linux Smartphone, YouTube. Good overview of the current state of Manjaro Plasma Mobile on the PinePhone Pro!
Lup Yuen Lee: Learning to shoot #PinePhone in 4K 🤔
Ausfaller: Playing Oregon Trail from a floppy on a Pinephone
libcamera: gnome-camera running on Pine Phone Pro with Pipewire and libcamera on Postmarket OS
Anino ni Kugi: Convergence - Made You Look (feat. Ubuntu Touch)
UBports: UBports Q&A 122
Oren Klopfer: Ubuntu Touch: PinePhonePro demonstration
Leszek Lesner: SailfishOS 4.5 EA - What's new!? Great release summary!
Novaspirit Tech: KDE Plasma Mobile on Juno Tablet Review

FOSDEM 2023

Luca Weiss: Mainline Linux on recent Qualcomm SoCs: Fairphone 4
Arnaud Ferraris: Mobian: to stable... and beyond!

The other recordings of the FOSS on Mobile Devices devroom have not been published yet, check the folder, maybe!

Kieran Bingham: Convergent camera applications for mobile Linux devices. This is so cool!

Thanks

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