#mobile-linux — Public Fediverse posts

I have code that automatically marks postmarketOS as bootable, but if someone forgets to do that, it can quickly end badly.

If anyone works on Pixel devices, keep this caveat in mind. Always ensure you have at least one slot that is marked bootable.

https://git.deusch.me/pixel-mainline/pixel-boot-control

https://git.deusch.me/pixel-mainline/pmos-pixel-boot-control

#mobilelinux #pixel9a

I’ve heard from another person working on a Pixel 9 Pro XL that bricked their device in an unexpected way:

When a Pixel 6 or later boots and its active slot is not marked as successful, it will mark the slot as unbootable and switch to the other slot. It turns out that if the other slot is marked unbootable as well, the phone bricks. It will show up as Pixel ROM recovery or Pixel BL1 recovery and there is no way to get out of that, you have to send the device in. 1/2

#mobilelinux #pixel9a

@hanscees @purism @okias @agx @pine64

Also, maybe you could consider adding the "supporting Linux #hardware" to the mindmap as well. By buying native Linux hardware you also provide financial support to the #MobileLinux ecosystem.

And also there are several ways to financially support #Linux #software development for mobile phones.

See for example:
- https://opencollective.com/postmarketOS
- https://ev.phosh.mobi/donate/
- https://shop.puri.sm/?s=PureOS+subscription

Probably there are more, but these are the ones I know of.

@hanscees @purism @okias @agx @pine64

Nice mindmap. Notice that the #Librem5 is also pretty #repairable. For more details and instructions see: https://docs.puri.sm/Hardware/Librem_5/maintenance.html

#Repair components are for sale here: https://shop.puri.sm/accessories/

#repairability #mobilelinux

Gestern im 📬 gelandet. Eine kleine Überraschung vom Phosh @ev 😍

Vielen lieben Dank dafür.

#linux #phoshev #phosh #mobilelinux #linuxonmobile #tshirt #sticker

@juliavithoria

That's interesting! Now I'm curious:

What effect does #Pix have on #privacy? When paying #cash, it's only between two parties, vendor and client. What does know Pix about financial transactions?

Could Pix lock out people from their system and making their life hard? Foreigners visiting #Brazil cannot use it, I guess?

It seems, that an Android or iOS smartphone is required for most or many use cases, right? No chance with a #mobileLinux phone, e.g. #postmarketOS or #Mobian?

@stepan I'm glad that more and more people are into #MobileLinux. What kind of device do you have?

It's irony, that least responsible apps on #MobileLinux are those written using web technologies running in #Electron environment.

So there we go, first picture taken on postmarketOS with decent colors. There are a lot of issues still, for example, the camera app gets stuck after taking a couple of pictures. The preview jumps around weirdly and despite using GPU debayering, the CPU is quite busy, which means the phone gets pretty warm quickly. Also, the code is a mess. I am amazed it works at all though. As mentioned at the beginning, it’s mostly Claude coding #mobilelinux #pixel9a

The development version of #Meshy got a significantly improved QR code scanning. It supports camera enumeration and switching between cameras which should be particularly useful for #mobileLinux users.

If you have more than one camera in your device, we would love to hear how it works for you.

#meshcore

The first picture taken (with a very crude script, no libcamera) on the Pixel 9a ultrawide camera. #mobilelinux #pixel9a

@dos Wow, this is very, very cool! I can't wait to test #Dawn on one of my #Librem5's. Thank you for all your great work! And of course also all others who contribute to #MobileLinux.

#Linux #phone

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (33/2026): NFC in Plasma

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-33-2026/

#Plasma #KDE #PlasmaMobile #NFC #LinuxMobile #Phosh #GNOME #Dawndrums #DawndrumsDivineD #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #postmarketOS #Mobian #Droidian #PINE64 #PinePhone #Catacombing #Sxmo

Kernel 6.18 available for testing in #PureOS.

It is already running on my #Librem5, and all good until now.

See: https://forums.puri.sm/t/kernel-6-18-available-for-testing/31104

"Once 6.18 becomes the default, the soon-to-be-released-upstream 7.2 kernel will be made available as well..."

Thanks to all who worked on this, or provides support in any other way, like donating via the PureOS subscriptions!

#MobileLinux #LinuxPhone #Linux #opensource #phone #FOSS #kernel

@joepie91 Yes there's exciting work going on which we should support if we want freedom software and hardware in the near future. Check out @dawndrums and @mechasystems for example.

#degoogle #degoogled #deapple #deappled #BigTech #freedomtech #mobileLinux #LinuxMobile #LinuxOnMobile #gnuLinux #freesoftware #softwarefreedom #opensource #Linux

We treat mobile #Linux as a first-class citizen. We have phones with Linux that we have for more than just testing; we use #Meshy on them regularly.

#MeshCore #mobilelinux #postmarketos

'My experience daily driving postmarketOS during the past month' - new blog post by mattp

#mobilelinux #duranium #linux #postmarketos

https://blog.senderolinux.com/daily-driving-postmarketos-summer-2026/

Gnome Maps (51-beta) auf Mobian (Forky) hat jetzt Offline-Karten Support. Sehr praktisch! Vielen Dank an die Entwickler:innen #gnome #linuxmobile #mobilelinux #phosh #op6 #linux

Wahooo a smooth 60fps thanks to @agx sugggestions on how to implement this with the #phosh @phosh compositor on #pocketblue and #postmarketos #mobilelinux #linuxmobile

This is a bit annoying: the phone doesn’t have a working RTC at the moment, so each time I flash @postmarketOS the system time falls back to the build time of systemd (?). The problem is that even when connecting to WiFi/mobile data, NTP won’t sync because it can’t resolve the NTP pool‘s IP because DNSSEC validation fails - due to the wrong time. A working RTC time source should usually fix that, but any device without a valid time has a 🐓🥚 problem. #mobilelinux #pixel9a

#eclipse #ShotOnLibrem5 #Netherlands #Linux #MobileLinux #phone #photo #Librem5

#eclipse #ShotOnLibrem5 #Netherlands #MobileLinux #Linux #phone

Samsung Kepler iGNSS sent its first position to geoclue! Not assisted yet, so the first fix takes a couple of minutes. #mobilelinux #pixel9a