#n900 — Public Fediverse posts

@ev @FrOSCon I assume a #n900 is too rare and slow to be useful?

#SSH be like:

> WARNING: connection is not using a post-quantum key exchange algorithm.

Dude, that's my #N900 with an OS from 2007. It's using #rsa and I had to make an exception in two places to even make you connect. On a private network.
#Quantum computers are the least problem here.

#cryptography

I'd like to connect a usb ethernet dongle to my nokia #n900 on #PostmarketOS

If I connect the dongle to other computers, it uses the module r8152. So I configured and compiled the kernel for pmos.

Now I can load the module, but the eth device still doesn't show up.

In the wiki https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Nokia_N900_(nokia-n900) , there's a quote:

"With some work, it most likely should work with manual activation."

How do I do this?

#fediHelp

@opensourceopenmind @d1 @tinker @signalapp The #n900 was/is no linux phone to you, too?

Nokia N900 Necromancy – giving a new life to a classic Linux smartphone

https://yaky.dev/2025-12-11-nokia-n900-necromancy/

#HackerNews #Nokia #N900 #Necromancy #Linux #Smartphone #RetroTech #Revival

New wifi card for my desktop PC - TP Link N900

https://makertube.net/w/sBxfz9ZEf5kutiMTN3qvxe

It's pretty crazy, but you can successfully run Gemini CLI on Nokia #N900 running #postmarketos. Sure, you'd better run it on top of bash, otherwise Gemini is getting very confused with results, but it's working and it can actually do things!

Sicelo brought #phosh to the venerable #N900 using #wlroot's pixman renderer as backend. It's not snappy as the device is too underpowered for that but awesome that it works !

#LinuxMobile #gtk

someone shared his #n900 with #postmarketos installed encourages me to buy that phone and do the same as he did. still, one problem i have before i buy is battery lifetime. is it worth it?

Picked up an old #Nokia #N900 for cheap, turned out to the micro USB port was broken.

So I had the opportunity to learn SMD soldering. Both harder and easier than expected, does require proper tools.

The plan was to install #PostmarketOS or #maemoleste and use it as a portable mini-computer.

Might still try but I kind of remembered why I don't play around with Linux on old hardware...

It takes too much time and I have too many other things I want to do, and in the end there is always compromises when working on old undocumented hardware.

But it's type II fun so I always come back to it after :-)

Geekiest nostalgia dream ever, playing with the #nokia #N9 and #N900. Damn I miss those.
#maemo #meego

The more I play around with the #N900 the more I realize how much I want to buy a MNT Pocket Reform from @mntmn and co. <3

Last night at Skúli Craft Bar waiting for #hakkavélin people to show up. #tangara on the left and #n900 on the right running i3wm #postmarketos

#openstreetmap started blocking the mapping app I am using on my Nokia #N900 :(

"user-agent": "CloudGPS for N900"

I realize there's maybe 5 of us so no one's going to notice the suck we suffer :P

I wrote a proxy to lie about user agent. Annoying.

But free, public, mutual #Web is dying. How are kids going to learn if they have to jump through advanced hoops to access anything? Where will the new generation come from?

Maybe we should create an overlay network for nerds only.

#osm

:-( https://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1576628
And web browsers on #n900 are to retro to access InternetArchive well.

You place an order for a Furilabs #FLX1. Roll a D20:

• 1-6: The Deutsche Bank PhotoTAN app doesn't work, rendering the phone useless. You throw it in the bucket of shame with the other Linux phones.
• 7-14: Several important apps don't work and you have to find terrible workarounds. Many things suck. You struggle on out of bloody-mindedness. At least you have a decent terminal.
• 15-19: It is actually an adequate replacement for your iPhone.
• 20: It is actually an adequate replacement for your Nokia #N900.

so does this whole thing with #apple mean we will finally be getting a fully functional #linux phone that doesn't suck? it would be great if fxtec started selling phones again. the last legitimate linux phone was the nokia #n900 running #maemo and i really wish we could get back to those days.

Thank you @fosdem for keeping the Pentabarf XML format of the schedule!

I'm still using ConfClerk on the #N900 .
I hope one day #LinuxMobile phones will become pocket sized and only need charging every 5 days, but until then, I'm only carrying my museum piece.

#FOSDEM #fosdem2025