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It feels like a lazy Sunday, but it's Thursday and a new Sailfish Community News is out. Read about TOH, 5.1 and great work on more low level stuff, like network, communication and telephony stack, Gecko web rendering engine and multimedia improvements.

#SailfishOS #SailfishCommunity #LinuxMobile @jolla

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-community-news-may-14-2026-ascension-day/29578

Apparently the Fairphone 5 microphone not working with automatic wireguard call profile switching was just a race condition with q6voiced:

https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/q6voiced/-/work_items/3

This means I now have calls working at a usable level with great quality on the Fairphone 5.

Since ArchLinux users must love the bleeding edge, I'm shipping this as default with my packages, so it should work out of the box going forward:

https://git.sr.ht/~undeadleech/catacomb_packages/commit/3150b440e4050516b180a17ce2b8244198e5c301

#linuxmobile #archlinux #fairphone #catacomb

We've - a bit later than usual - published the release candidates for the #Phosh 0.55 release. The final release is planned for 2026-05-17.

We also published releases of pfs 0.1.0, syncbus 0.1.0, feedbackd-device-themes 0.8.9 and gmobile 0.7.1 .

#LinuxMobile #linux #mobile #gtk #gmobile #feedbackd

@etbe Hey @furilabs you might (or might not) want to boost : )

#FuriLabs #FLX1s #FuriPhone #FuriOS #Droidian #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #linux_on_mobile #phosh #Debian #halium #libhybris

#1 Mobilní Hackday v Českých Budějovicích.

Už 17. 5. od 15 hodin!

Zahraniční hosté:
- Takashi Iwai - Linux ALSA subsystém
- Mathias Brugger - HWE team SUSE (ARM, #RaspberryPi atd.)

#LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Kernel #CeskeBudejovice

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (19/2026): Voices and Splashes

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-19-2026/

#LinuxMobile  #Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #postmarketOS #q6voiced #LinuxPhoneApps #Mobian #DanctNIX #Linux

Thanks to the great work done by @wrenix, @valpackett, and many others (certainly not me), I've finally gotten calls working on my Fairphone 5.

While there's some kinks left to be ironed out, call quality is excellent out of the box (certainly better than my PinePhone (Pro)).

I've pushed a `linux-sc7280-calls` kernel to my arch repo for anyone who wants to try it. The following PR discussion should help set it all up:

https://github.com/sc7280-mainline/linux/pull/27

#linuxmobile #fairphone #archlinux #arch

Today at 16:05 CEST @devrtz  will showcase at #minidebconfhamburg2026 what you can expect when running #Phosh and (close-to) mainline Linux on your mobile phone. There will be a live stream at https://hamburg2026.mini.debconf.org/schedule/venue/1/

#LinuxMobile #Debian #Mobian

Some fantastic news! Late this afternoon Jolla made an Early Developer release available of SFOS 5..1. The build comes with plenty of low level updates and improvements...

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-os-5-1-developer-early-access/29515?u=frankps

#SailfishOS @jolla #LinuxMobile

Apart from supported devices, what are the deciding factors to choose between @mobian and @postmarketOS ?

Building for Mobian is easy in docker (we use https://tangled.org/me.webbeef.org/beaver/blob/main/support/docker/Dockerfile.arm64), not sure if pmbootstrap is also usable in CI? Ideally we would create updatable images with cage (https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage) as the wayland compositor and Beaver as the user environment.

#linuxmobile #mobilelinux #mobian #postmarketos

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (18/2026): Shift to Convergence

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-18-2026/

#LinuxMobile #UbuntuTouch #Jolla #SailfishOS #FuriLabs #Catacomb #postmarketOS #Mobian #Shiftphones #Shift6mq #Librem5 #libcamera #PinePhone

I posted this on Lemmy, but think it's worth reposting here. With the news that Google is locking down Android more, and making it more difficult to install apps of ones own choosing, there is likely going to be more interest in alternatives to Google branded Android.

The best general resource for instructions on how to unlock your phone's bootloader and flash alternate AOSP ROM's or non-Android OS's is https://xdaforums.com/

Please note that not all carriers and oem's allow you to unlock the bootloader though, so choose your device carefully for this.

You will also most likely need a PC (desktop or laptop) with adb & fastboot on it. These are apps used in the terminal, but you only need to copy and paste a few commands into them to use it.

If you have a Google Pixel then best option is Graphene - https://grapheneos.org/

For other devices you can use a "degoogled" Android ROM and get apps from the open source F-Droid app store - https://f-droid.org/

Some choices for this are:

Lineage - https://lineageos.org/

crDroid - https://crdroid.net/

/e/os - https://e.foundation/e-os/

Iode - https://iode.tech/iodeos/

OR use a a true alternative mobile OS. Options for this are:

Ubuntu Touch - https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/

Sailfish OS - https://sailfishos.org/

Mobian - https://mobian-project.org/

Postmarket OS - https://postmarketos.org/

Plasma Mobile - https://plasma-mobile.org/

Droidian - https://droidian.org/

You can also purchase devices with alternative OS's already preinstalled from:

Volla - https://volla.online/en/devices/

Jolla - https://jolla.com/

Fairphone - https://fairphone.com/

Murena - https://murena.com/

Furilabs - https://furilabs.com/

Brax - https://www.braxtech.net/

I posted this on Lemmy, but think it's worth reposting here. With the news that Google is locking down Android more, and making it more difficult to install apps of ones own choosing, there is likely going to be more interest in alternatives to Google branded Android.

The best general resource for instructions on how to unlock your phone's bootloader and flash alternate AOSP ROM's or non-Android OS's is https://xdaforums.com/

Please note that not all carriers and oem's allow you to unlock the bootloader though, so choose your device carefully for this.

You will also most likely need a PC (desktop or laptop) with adb & fastboot on it. These are apps used in the terminal, but you only need to copy and paste a few commands into them to use it.

If you have a Google Pixel then best option is Graphene - https://grapheneos.org/

For other devices you can use a "degoogled" Android ROM and get apps from the open source F-Droid app store - https://f-droid.org/

Some choices for this are:

Lineage - https://lineageos.org/

crDroid - https://crdroid.net/

/e/os - https://e.foundation/e-os/

Iode - https://iode.tech/iodeos/

OR use a a true alternative mobile OS. Options for this are:

Ubuntu Touch - https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/

Sailfish OS - https://sailfishos.org/

Mobian - https://mobian-project.org/

Postmarket OS - https://postmarketos.org/

Plasma Mobile - https://plasma-mobile.org/

Droidian - https://droidian.org/

You can also purchase devices with alternative OS's already preinstalled from:

Volla - https://volla.online/en/devices/

Jolla - https://jolla.com/

Fairphone - https://fairphone.com/

Murena - https://murena.com/

Furilabs - https://furilabs.com/

Brax - https://www.braxtech.net/

I posted this on Lemmy, but think it's worth reposting here. With the news that Google is locking down Android more, and making it more difficult to install apps of ones own choosing, there is likely going to be more interest in alternatives to Google branded Android.

The best general resource for instructions on how to unlock your phone's bootloader and flash alternate AOSP ROM's or non-Android OS's is https://xdaforums.com/

Please note that not all carriers and oem's allow you to unlock the bootloader though, so choose your device carefully for this.

You will also most likely need a PC (desktop or laptop) with adb & fastboot on it. These are apps used in the terminal, but you only need to copy and paste a few commands into them to use it.

If you have a Google Pixel then best option is Graphene - https://grapheneos.org/

For other devices you can use a "degoogled" Android ROM and get apps from the open source F-Droid app store - https://f-droid.org/

Some choices for this are:

Lineage - https://lineageos.org/

crDroid - https://crdroid.net/

/e/os - https://e.foundation/e-os/

Iode - https://iode.tech/iodeos/

OR use a a true alternative mobile OS. Options for this are:

Ubuntu Touch - https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/

Sailfish OS - https://sailfishos.org/

Mobian - https://mobian-project.org/

Postmarket OS - https://postmarketos.org/

Plasma Mobile - https://plasma-mobile.org/

Droidian - https://droidian.org/

You can also purchase devices with alternative OS's already preinstalled from:

Volla - https://volla.online/en/devices/

Jolla - https://jolla.com/

Fairphone - https://fairphone.com/

Murena - https://murena.com/

Furilabs - https://furilabs.com/

Brax - https://www.braxtech.net/

Happy Digital Independence Day! Diesen Monat habe ich mein #Fairphone 5 befreit von Android zu #PostmarketOS. Dank @[email protected] kann ich sogar ein großes Display anschließen. Es gibt aber auch noch einiges zu tun, aber es fühlt sich sehr nah an. #DUTgemacht #DIDit #phosh #linux #linuxmobile

Our April development summary is out! 👀

Catch up on the latest improvements, fixes, and what else is cooking:
https://phosh.mobi/posts/development-news-2026-04/

#LinuxMobile #Phosh #gtk #linux #mobile

After about 3 hours, I'm finally done migrating all Catacomb projects over from GitHub to SourceHut:

https://sr.ht/~undeadleech/catacomb

I was surprised to realize that GitHub did not automatically subscribe me to many of my own projects, finding some open issues in the process.

Didn't think it was going to take this long, but there's been a lot of projects piling up. If someone finds some old GitHub links, please let me know.

#linuxmobile #catacomb #sourcehut

This is epic, first time camera is working in #Waydroid 🤩 Thanks to @supechicken and the WayDroid-ATV project!

#LinuxMobile #NixOS #postmarketOS

Kumo 1.8.0 automatically unloads inactive tabs, to preserve resources and enhance initial loading speed.

https://github.com/catacombing/kumo/releases/tag/v1.8.0

#linuxmobile #catacomb #servo #webkit #rust

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (17/2026): Slow Seventeen

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-17-2026/

#Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #FuriOS #FuriLabsFLX1 #FuriLabsFLX1s #postmarketOS #PlasmaMobile #Mobian #DanctNIX #LinuxMobile #Kumo #Servo

Ich habe die Woche etwas herumgespielt mit #MeshCore. Als App bietet sich Meshy an, welche gerade sehr aktiv entwickelt wird. In Kombination mit dem Tracker Sensecap T1000-E und meinem Linuxphone #OP6 mit #Mobian und #Phosh funktioniert das richtig gut.

https://meshy-app.org

Mehr zu MeshCore unter https://meshcore.io/

#LinuxMobile

Just released version 1.7.0 of Kumo:

https://github.com/catacombing/kumo/releases/tag/v1.7.0

The most significant change is the introduction of Servo as an optional rendering engine besides WebKit.

Originally wanted to give this some more time to cook, but my hand was forced after updating my WebKit fork to the latest version of WebKit.

Easiest way to try is Flatpak, it should be available there in a couple hours.

#linuxmobile #linux #catacomb #servo #rust

Over a year ago I tried adding Servo support to my browser and failed. A month ago I tried again, but some crucial things were still missing upstream.

After spending the weekend adding touch context menu support to Servo, I finally managed to get it in a spot where I'm willing to let other people try.

It's not quite ready for release yet, but if testing reveals no issues, I'll hopefully be able to publish a new version in the coming weeks.

#catacomb #servo #rust #linuxmobile

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (16/2026): 7 Cameras

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-16-2026/

#LinuxMobile #Phosh #PlasmaMobile #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #Linux #PinePhone #PineTab #LIbrem5 #FairPhone #FuriLabs

Acabo de volver a Ubuntu Touch y me encanta. Droidian fue excelente, pero su nueva actualización lo dejó inservible: incluso borró la app de configuración. Consejo: deberían integrar zram en el sistema para teléfonos con recursos muy limitados.
Hablando de Ubuntu Touch, al parecer ya arreglaron los errores que tenía —felicidades— aunque lo he probado muy poco.

#UbuntuTouch #Droidian #LinuxMobile #zram #OpenSource #MobileLinux #LinuxPhone #Privacy #FOSS #ARM @droidian @ubuntu @ubports

Z cyklu nocnych rozkmin, być może pozbawionych większego sensu... Jest pewien powód, dla którego sądzę, że Fairphony to przyszłość telefonów, na który mało kto zwraca uwagę, bo jest to rzecz nieoczywista, a w szczególności dla osób, które nie siedzą w tym zakątku Internetu. Otwartość tych telefonów, łatwy dostęp bo ich "bebechów" przyczyniło się do tego, że najnowsze modele Fairphone 4, 5 oraz gen. 6 w zasadzie to jedne z najnowszych (jak nie najnowsze) telefony dostępne w bazie postmarketOS, które zarazem większość funkcjonalności mają na wiki odhaczoną jako zaimplementowaną.

W szczególności piorunująco szybki postęp zaliczył Fairphone gen. 6, który w ciągu niespełna roku od wypuszczenia na rynek prawie doskoczył poziomem wsparcia do swojego poprzednika. A wsparcie to jeszcze w tym roku ulegnie znaczącej poprawie, gdyż poczyniono gigantyczne postępy z obsługą audio na Fairphone 5, gdzie status "broken" już teraz zmienił się na "partial" i znaczacej edycji uległa dedykowana strona na wiki poświęcona problemom z audio na Fairphone 5. Poprawa audio na FP5 będzie miała również wpływ na FP6, gdyż jak czytamy na wiki: "Fairphone 6 shares the same sound amplifier as the previous version, therefore, development might be related to Fairphone 5".

Również warto odnotować to, że modele FP4 i FP5 są najlepiej wspieranymi urządzeniami na innym systemie na bazie Linuxa, Ubuntu Touch oraz jest szeroka dostępność różnych dystrybucji Androida dostępnych dla wszystkich modeli (pomijając FP6, dla którego np. nie ma jeszcze oficjalnego builda LineageOS, chociaż da się zainstalować nieoficjalny społecznościowy build). W związku z tym wszystkim, Fairphone może mieć najbardziej otwarte telefony na rynku nie tylko pod względem hardwaru, ale także i oprogramowania. Przy czym sam hardware jest świeży, bo telefonów starszych, już dawno nie wspieranych, z w miarę dobrym wsparciem mobilnych Linuxów jest trochę.
#fairphone #fp6 #fp5 #fp4 #postmarketos #ubuntu #ubuntutouch #linux #linuxmobile #linuxphone

Es geht voran!

#PureOS #Crimson #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Librem5 #PoweredByRSS
PureOS Crimson Development Report: March 2026 – Purism

Es geht voran!

#PureOS #Crimson #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Librem5 #PoweredByRSS
PureOS Crimson Development Report: March 2026 – Purism

Es geht voran!

#PureOS #Crimson #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Librem5 #PoweredByRSS
PureOS Crimson Development Report: March 2026 – Purism

Es geht voran!

#PureOS #Crimson #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Librem5 #PoweredByRSS
PureOS Crimson Development Report: March 2026 – Purism

Es geht voran!

#PureOS #Crimson #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Librem5 #PoweredByRSS
PureOS Crimson Development Report: March 2026 – Purism

@aprilorg @nuts_espionnee

hey !

https://link.deezer.com/s/330JtOoGQYZ4tND3IL8Qj

ils y sont pas tous, vous savez pourquoi ?

#libre #linuxmobile #libreavous #podcast #audio #education #informatique #linux

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (15/2026): Cameras and External Screens

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-15-2026/

#LinuxMobile #DawndrumsDivineD #FuriLabsFLH1 #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #sdm845 #SailfishOS #Jolla #LInux #Phosh #PlasmaMobile #Mobian #FuriOS

We've just tagged and relesed phoc 0.55~alpha1 🥳. This is basically 0.54.0 but using the recently released #wlroots 0.20.0 instead of 0.19.3. Please give it a try!

#phosh #LinuxMobile

Guten Morgen! ☕️
Ich werfe heute mal eine Frage in die Runde, die mich schon länger beschäftigt: Das Thema alternative Betriebssysteme auf dem Smartphone. 📱✨
Ich schaue mir gerade verschiedene Wege an, um weg von den Standard-Systemen zu kommen. Dabei stolpere ich immer wieder über spannende Projekte wie #LineageOS, frage mich aber: Was nutzt ihr eigentlich im Alltag?
Nutzt ihr LineageOS (mit oder ohne GApps)?
Habt ihr Erfahrungen mit anderen Custom-ROMs oder Systemen wie #UbuntuTouch oder #SailfishOS?
Oder seid ihr doch beim klassischen Android/iOS geblieben, weil die Bequemlichkeit siegt?
Ich suche nach dem richtigen Weg für mehr digitale Souveränität, ohne dass der Alltag zur Bastelbude wird. Was sind eure Empfehlungen oder Warnungen? 🕵️‍♂️
Bin gespannt auf eure Meinungen! 👇

#Smartphone #CustomROM #LineageOS #Privacy #OpenSource #DeGoogle #TechTalk #LinuxMobile #DigitalSovereignty #AskMastodon

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (14/2026): NFC on mainline

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-14-2026/

#LinuxMobile #postmarketOS #Phosh #NFC #Mainlining #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #PlasmaMobile #MobileConfigFirefox #OnePlus6 #Snapdragon845 #PinePhone #Librem5 #FuriLabsFLX1

phosh 0.54.0 is out 🚀📱:

There's 🐛 fixes, improvements and some new features this time.

Check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.54.0/ for details or see 👇 for a short 🧵

🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release:

#phosh #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile #Librem5 #PinePhone

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (13/2026): Spring Cleaning

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-13-2026/

#LinuxMobile #Phosh #PlasmaMobile #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Jolla #postmarketOS #Pine64 #PinePhone #Librem5

Powiem Wam szczerze, wkręciłem się w programowanie aplikacji pod @ubports. Sprawa jest o tyle ciekawa, że aplikacje na to środowisko można bez problemu programować w #QML. Można oczywiście korzystać z gotowych komponentów dla środowiska #lomiri, gdzie w ten sposób udało mi się już zrobić pierwszą prostą aplikację - konwerter walut. Jednak robi się ciekawie, jak sobie przygotujemy własne komponenty w QMLu, bazując na QtQuick. W ten sposób można w zasadzie robić ileś komponentów dla swojej aplikacji, a następnie tę aplikację pakować pod Ubuntu Touch w format paczki Click narzędziem Clickable czy w format Flatpak (i raczej także APK na Androida). Dzięki temu proste aplikacje można w zasadzie rozwijać w miarę prosto pod wiele różnych platform mobilnych, ale przede wszystkim raczkujące dopiero platformy linuxowe niebędące Androidem. Poniżej załączam przykłady gdzie mogłem łatwo zrobić komponenty z własnym stylingiem i czcionką i wykorzystać je zarówno na linuxowym desktopie jak i w aplikacji na Ubuntu Touch. Trochę się w to wkręciłem, nie ukrywam, więc pewnie napisałbym jakiś tutorial odnośnie tego. #ubuntutouch #ubuntu #linuxmobile #linuxphone

@fussballinguist "frei" und iOS in einem Satz? 😅 - Ich schaue mich gerade bei #sailfish #LiberuxOS (#LinuxMobile) usw um, weil Android immer unfreier wird. @kuleszdl

#Wayland and #input methods?
Yeah, I think I paid back for what I messed up.

I wrote a description of every feature I could remember – implemented or not yet implemented – on my #blog .

With this, I'm moving on and shuffling away from the stage.

https://dorotac.eu/posts/im-finished

Thanks @nlnet for support! Thanks @kde for the meetup!

#linux #CJK #linuxmobile #kde #nlnet #internationalization

#Wayland and #input methods?
Yeah, I think I paid back for what I messed up.

I wrote a description of every feature I could remember – implemented or not yet implemented – on my #blog .

With this, I'm moving on and shuffling away from the stage.

https://dorotac.eu/posts/im-finished

Thanks @nlnet for support! Thanks @kde for the meetup!

#linux #CJK #linuxmobile #kde #nlnet #internationalization

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (10/2026): Slow Spring

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-10-2026/

#Phosh #SailfishOS #Jolla #UbuntuTouch #postmarketOS #Mobian #ArchLinuxARM #Catacomb #LinuxMobile #PinePhone #Librem5 #FuriLabsFLX1

Catacomb's latest 1.3.0 release fixes an interesting issue:

Apparently on the PinePhone (Pro) when disabling `eg25-manager`, libinput generates a bunch of `XF86WakeUp` press/release events, ultimately ending up with the key permanently pressed. Since Catacomb supports multi-key bindings, it wouldn't trigger bindings anymore, since it only looked at the ones with `XF86WakeUp` active.

https://github.com/catacombing/catacomb/releases/tag/v1.3.0

#linuxmobile #catacomb #pinephone

Ubuntu Touch on the PinePhone — is this the best Linux mobile interface? Hands-on demo + comparison with Phosh & Plasma Mobile. If you love open-source phones, this is a must-watch for everyday usability and polish. Dive in and let us know what you think! #UbuntuTouch #PinePhone #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #OpenSource #Ubuntu #English
https://eloquer.de/videos/watch/e2533d4c-f783-4d5c-8f05-8694d58ea63a

Alte Technik, neue Freude

Oder wie es mir gelungen ist, einem alten Linux-Smartphone neues Leben einzuhauchen.

#PinePhone #linuxmobile #catacomb #Alarm #Arch_Linux_ARM #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/alte-technik-neue-freude

Sehr guter #Talk über ein ein sehr wichtiges Thema: #PushNotifiations in einem freien Ökosystem. Leider auch kein Garant für gute Laune...

#UnifiedPush #Android #DigitaleSouveränität #chaos #ccc #wicmp #PoweredByRSS #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Push
Pushbenachrichtigungen ein Blocker für freie Smarthphones

We just landed initial support for Chinese (via #pinyin) and Japanese (via #anthy / romaji) in #Phosh's on screen keyboard #stevia using #uim 🥳

As our current maintainers don't speak / write these languages we appreciate testing feedback and people joining development so we can improve things further in this important area.

#LinuxMobile

I finally did a little UI rewrite for Dippi 👀

#GNOME #Adwaita #libadwaita #Linux #LinuxMobile #OpenSource

phosh 0.53.0 is out 🚀📱:

There's plenty of 🐛 fixes, improvements and refinements of existing features this time.

Check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.53.0/ for details or see 👇 for a short 🧵

🙏 to everyone who contributed to this release.

#phosh #Librem5 #PinePhone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile