Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (9/2023): Phosh 0.25.0, a first service pack for postmarketOS 22.12, and new modem firmware!
Table of Contents
Also: Another PINE64 Community Update summing up progress and informing us of PineTab2 pricing,
Commentary in italics.
Software progress
GNOME ecosystem
- This Week in GNOME: #85 Preferred Installations
- feborg.es: GSoC 2023: GNOME Foundation has been accepted as a mentoring org!
- Phoronix: GNOME's Mutter Lands Experimental Code For HDR Modes
- Phoronix: GNOME Shell & Mutter Complete Their Migration Away From GTK3
- Phosh.mobi: Phosh 0.25.0. Lot's of nice improvements, starting with a visual refresh for Quick Settings, but also including more usable lock screen widgets thanks to Mobile Settings!
Plasma ecosystem
- Nate Graham: This week in KDE: Plasma 6 begins
- Qt Blog: What’s new for QML Modules in 6.5
- MauiKit: Maui Release Briefing # 1
- KDE Announcements: KDE Gear 22.12.3
- KDE Announcements: KDE Plasma 5.27.2, Bugfix Release for February
- Volker Krause: OSM Hack Weekend Karlsruhe 2023
Ubuntu Touch
- UBports News: The Post-Fosdem Newsletter edition!. This newsletter is definitely worth your time, as it's not only a summary of what happened in Ubuntu Touch, but also offers a glimpse into the future beyond 20.04!
Distributions
- postmarketOS Blog: v22.12 SP1: The One With A Photo Of A Librem 5 Taking A Photo Of A Librem 5 Taking A Photo
- Breaking updates in pmOS edge: Changes to camera apps installation and packaging
- Breaking updates in pmOS edge: Bugs related to pbsplash
- Manjaro Blog: February 2023 in Manjaro ARM
Linux
Non-Linux
- Lup Yuen: NuttX RTOS for PinePhone: Exploring USB
Matrix
- Matrix.org: This Week in Matrix 2023-03-03
- Matrix.org: Synapse 1.78 released
Modem Firmware
- biktorgj Modem Firmware: 0.7.4: Dirty Patching (let's try again...)
- biktorgj Modem Firmware: 0.7.3: Define dancing (Testing!)
Worth noting
- With this MR merged in systemd, it seems we'll have GNOME Clocks working with Alarms!
- Mobian Wiki: organicmaps - Add -es Option
- Giving Voice to the Future: Support OpenVoiceOS in establishing a non-profit association.
- LinuxPhoneApps.org: "Sad news: Two apps had to be marked as archived…"
Worth reading
- PINE64: February update: things are taking shape
- PINE64official (Reddit): February update: things are taking shape | PINE64
- Purism: My Top 10 Lapdock Kit Tips
- Purism community: New Post: My Top 10 Lapdock Kit Tips
- Liliputing: PineTab2 Linux tablet will sell for $159 and up
- Martijn Braam: Sensors and PCB design
- Purism (Reddit): The good, The Bad, and The Ugly: A few months w/ Librem 5 WARNING - this is a book.
Worth watching
- PINE64: February Update: Things Are Taking Shape
- FOSSfrog: A simple Rucky like app for PinePhone
- qkali: Pinephone Pro - February 2023 Sxmo on DanctNIX, everybody!
- Continuum Gaming: Microsoft Continuum Gaming E353: Sailfish OS Micro G – What is it and how to get it?
- MrNicetux: [#Linux #Jolla #European smartphone OS] Sailfisch x86_64 port on a notebook (German, no sound)
- Timur Moziev: postmarketOS on Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (GT-N8000) Test Run
- neochapay: fixed pulse volume control on nemomobile
Thanks
Huge thanks again to Plata for the nifty set of Python scripts that speeds up collecting links from feeds by a lot.
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