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Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (37/2026): September Lull

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-37-2026/

#Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #postmarketOS #PlasmaMobile #Jolla #BengalOS #DanctNIX #KDEGear #GNOME #LinuxMobile #Linux

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (35/2026): Funded Flatpaks

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-35-2026/

#LinuxMobile #flatpak #Phosh #PlasmaMobile #Sxmo #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #DanctNIX #postmarketOS #Debian #NixOS #BengalOS #Librem5 #PinePhone #Fairphone6 #Mobian #Shift6mq #pixel9a

I worked on improving my #Blokus app Pentobi (https://pentobi.sourceforge.io) to support #postmarketOS better. It should now work a lot better on both #Phosh and #PlasmaMobile. The new version will be released on Flathub once Debian/Sid made the transition to Qt 6.11 (hopefully in a few weeks)..

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

Looking at where we are with #NFC for #LinuxMobile in general, and for #KDE applications and #PlasmaMobile in particular: https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/08/15/kde-nfc-integration.html

The kernel level seems reasonable, anything in userspace is in a less convincing state unfortunately. Fixing and completing this shouldn't be too hard, but needs a few decisions on the direction.

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (32/2026): Sensor Bonanza

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-32-2026/

#PlasmaMobile #Phosh #Sxmo #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #postmarketOS #Fairphone #Fairphone6 #Pixel9a #porting #Linux #Mobian #LinuxMobile

Installation de #mobian sur le OnePlus6t mais cette fois avec #plasmamobile comme DE.
A tester ce week-end 😄

#linux #linuxphone #kde #oneplus6

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (31/2026): Reported Progress

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-31-2026/

#Phosh #Sxmo #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #Librem5 #PureOS #Jolla2 #PlasmaMobile #GNOME #MechaComet #LinuxMobile

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (30/2026): 24.04-1.4 and -2.0

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-30-2026/

#UbuntuTouch #Jolla #SailfishOS #postmarketOS #FairPhone6 #PinePhone #PinePhonePro #PlasmaMobile #Phosh #Sxmo
#LinuxMobile

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (29/2026): Jolla Shipping

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-29-2026/

#Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #PlasmaMobile #postmarketOS #UnifiedPush #PinePhonePro #Catacomb #Mobian #DanctNIX

Question of the day.

If I flash an older mobile ROM with something like PostmarketOS, am I also going to lose existing files in the storage system i.e. photos?

#mobileLinux #postmarketOS #plasmaMobile

I wish there was a crowdfunding campaign somewhere to get a reasonably modern phone up and running reliably with real Linux.

I'm talking something with PostmarketOS / Mobian + Phosh/Plasma Mobile / Gnome Mobile and the basics made reliable:
* wifi
* mobile data
* calls
* suspend/wake
* camera

Maybe make Waydroid integration a stretch goal, but not a core requirement.

I would gladly throw a bunch of money at something with the promise to get the basics to work reliably.

Maybe the issue isn't money, but it sure seems like pooling funding for some of the highly talented people working in the space couldn't hurt.

Anyone know of anything like this?

#MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #PostmarketOS #Mobian #PlasmaMobile #Phosh #GnomeMobile #FOSS #OpenSource #Waydroid

So I'm a pretty big fan of my new phone so far. #FuriOS wouldn't be my first choice of Linux Mobile operating systems, but it's fine. I would prefer #PlasmaMobile to #Phosh, but Phosh is also fine ( I prefer a clean desktop to an always present app list; always present app lists render wallpaper pointless) .

All that said… I miss my #Android keyboard. The predictive text was better, it auto-capitalized the start of sentences, it auto capitalized the word "i" and previously entered proper nouns, and while the autocorrect was sometimes annoying , it turns out that not having it is worse. For this Owlbear it is, at least.

Also, it auto-spaces after punctuation, which The Owlbear is having trouble getting used to and seems like a really stupid feature for a keyboard intended to be used ( at least sometimes) in a terminal. Not auto-capitalizing letters makes sense for a terminal keyboard, but auto spacing after punctuation ( including parentheses ) doesn't.

So the keeb isn't great for either.

I took this picture with my #pocophone f1 today running #Postmarketos with #plasmamobile on kernel 7.1

#oxygen on #plasmamobile is just so cool :))

shame that the oxygen icon pack is not complete for new applications and other stuff, but its better than nothing.

Hello everyone after a long time! Hope you're all doing great, I've missed this community :)

My internet is finally back to a relatively stable state, which means I can jump back into my old passion projects!

I recently saw that a native ARM64 beta port of the Steam client was released, and I knew it was the perfect time to test it on my Linux phone.

I'm currently running #postmarketOS with #PlasmaMobile on my PocoPhone F1. Since pmOS is based on Alpine, it uses musl libc, which doesn't support running these binaries natively. To bypass this, I set up an Ubuntu 24.04 #Distrobox container and installed the ARM64 Steam client along with box64 and box86. The process wasn't as straightforward as some guides suggest (like the one below); I had to do some extra tweaking. I'll definitely write a detailed blog post or a postmarketOS wiki entry about it soon!

🔗 https://interfacinglinux.com/community/sbcsoftware/native-steam-client-for-arm-linux/

I managed to boot Steam into Big Picture mode and went straight to setting up Proton.

Note: The Proton 11 ARM64 mentioned in the link didn't work for me, so I used Proton Experimental instead.

I paired my PS4 controller via Bluetooth, and it worked flawlessly out of the box! For the gaming test, I downloaded Crab Game (kept it lightweight due to my strict data limits).

Against all odds, it actually launched! Running via Proton Experimental + Box64/86 inside Distrobox on my phone, I managed to get a relatively playable 20-30 FPS. Linux mobile gaming is getting wild! 🐧🎮

#LinuxMobile #SteamARM64 #GamingOnLinux #AlpineLinux

Reading a bit on #PostmarketOS, #PlasmaMobile, #Halium etc.

There are lots of pieces in that puzzle, and I'm not likely to spring for the PinePhone hardware. But PlasmaM may be a viable option for a side project – I could pick away at it to vent frustrations with Android. I even see one of my old phones mentioned - the MotoG6 on which some have had some porting success.

(GrapheneOS sounds nice, but it's all Google Pixel hardware :frownyFace )

I'm daily driving #postmarketOS with #PlasmaMobile now! :blobcatuwu:

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

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

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (12/2026): Immutable Ambitions

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-12-2026/

#Phosh #Catacomb #Amazfish #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #PlasmaMobile #postmarketOS #Duranium #GNOME #LinuxMobile #PureOS #Librem5 #PinePhonePro #FuriLabsFLX1

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (09/2026): Sovereign Stacks

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-09-2026/

#Modal #Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #ModalCollective #postmarketOS #Catacomb  #LinuxMobile #LinuxOnMobile #PlasmaMobile #FuriLabs #FuriOS #Droidian #Mobian

Open poll, please just reply (and mention your OS): What is your favorite #LinuxMobile app?

#SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #postmarketOS #Mobian #Droidian #danctnix #PlasmaMobile #GNOMEonMobile #Phosh #LinuxonMobile #MobileLinux

Lilbits: iPad-style multitasking on iPhones, and maybe Lenovo didn’t leak any Android PC plans after all

Last week news started to make the rounds that Lenovo has published a web page spelling out the pros (and many cons) of PCs running Android. But Lenovo has since removed that website and claimed that it had nothing to do with Google’s plans to bring Android to PCs in the future… although it’s unclear why Lenovo published that page in the first place.

In other recent tech news from around the […]

#androidPc #exploit #fosdem #furilabsflx1 #ipados #iphone #iphoneos #jolla #lenovo #lilbits #linuxmobile #linuxphoneapps #linuxsmartphones #marathonos #megapixels #mobileLinux #mobilelinux #phosh #pinephone #plasmamobile #postmarketos #pureos #sailfishos #ubuntutouch

Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-ipad-style-multitasking-on-iphones-and-maybe-lenovo-didnt-leak-any-android-pc-plans-after-all/

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (46/2025): Plasma Mobile 6.5 and new Jolla hardware

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-46-2025/

#LinuxMobile #Jolla #SailfishOS #PlasmaMobile #Phosh #UbuntuTouch #postmarketOS #LinuxPhoneApps #FOSDEM #MarathonOS #Megapixels #PureOS #FuriLabsFLX1 #PinePhone #Librem5

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (44/2025): Night Lights

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-44-2025/

#LinuxMobile #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #FuriOS #FuriLabsFLX1 #Mobian #Droidian #Phosh #Sxmo #PlasmaMobile

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (43/2025): Plasma 6.5 and more

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-43-2025/

#Plasma #KDE #PlasmaMobile #postmarketOS #Mobian #FuriOS #FurilabsFLX1 #MNTReform #UbuntuTouch #Lomiri #Debian #SailfishOS #Fairphone #LinuxMobile

Bin gerade am experimentieren mit dem #pinephone . Nachdem mein Provider 3G und 4G abgestellt hat und (erst in der allerletzten Mail wurde diese Tatsache erwähnt) nur noch 4G VoLTE unterstützt, muss ich mich leider von der eingesetzten #danctnix software verabschieden und #postmarketos nutzen. Mit der #plasmamobile Version kann ich nun wieder telefonieren. Leider geht das Senden von SMS nicht (ausser man antwortet auf eine erhaltene), Kontakte können ootb nicht mit nextcloud synchronisiert werden. USSD Codes zu senden geht, aber das Anzeigefenster ist viel zu klein, um die Antwort lesen zu können. Telefonieren und SMS empfangen geht. Aber das reicht nicht. Kontakte neu erfassen ist nicht witzig.

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (25/2025): Packed with Goodies
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-25-2025/

This week really was something: #postmarketOS ship 25.06 (which, among other things, adds systemd) and work to reverse-engineer #VoLTE, #FuriOS 13.1.0 lands with Open-Store support (for #UbuntuTouch apps) and plenty of other improvements, #PlasmaMobile share detailed log of all the fixes and improvements they managed to land in the past year (and what's to come), Jolla announce free #SailfishOS updates for all #JollaC2 customers, I managed to interview #Liberux about their Nexx phone - but there's way more still, including a packed Apps section. Enjoy!
#FuriLabsFLX1 #PureOS #Librem5 #LiberuxNexx #PinePhone #Phosh #LinuxMobile #LinuxOnMobile

Weekly GNU-like Mobile #LinuxUpdate (21/2025): Librem 5 5G and other fun stuff

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-21-2025/

#LinuxMobile #LIbrem5 #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Phosh #PlasmaMobile #ALTLinux #postmarketOS #PinePhone #FuriLabsFLX1

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (18/2025): Mobile Overlord adds Desktop Mode

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-18-2025/

#LinuxMobile #postmarketOS #Mobian #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Phosh #PlasmaMobile #FuriLabsFLX1 #PinePhone #Librem5

The #librem11 is great so far, I've been giving #pureos a shot since it is #purism flagship distro -- there are things that I think need improvement -- like (a) some of the pureos apps are not as good as their #flatpak counterparts -- like for example flathub has #geany 2.0 while pureos is still 1.38 0 -- or (b) the native `gnome-calculator` app for some reason doesn't respect "Dark Theme" mode in #phosh -- same with #gedit -- the flatpak version needs to be installed by console (same with #epiphany).

I'm writing this from #tuba and i much prefer it to android #fediverse apps. #parabolic #xournal++ #gnome-maps #libreoffice #krita #gimp #discord #gimp #krita #mypaint all seem to be working just fine.

Having had no prior experience with #tablet sized devices with a keyboard, it wasn't obvious to me how the magnetic cover snaps to the back of the tablet in a λ kind of shape.

Contact sync with #nextcloud works as expected, and #geary email seems like a good fit for this size device, though I typically prefer #thunderbird -- I'm going to give that a try later.

#chatty seems clogged up when I try to login to my #matrix -- though I had a lot of rooms and person to person chats. I am thinking of installing the #flatpak version to see if that fixes it, but then that would seem odd to not use pureos version. It sometimes shows my rooms and contacts double in the left sidebar. Though I have been impressed when using my #librem5 and #postmarketos version of the app as I am new to it. It's a bit rough but seems to have come a long way.

Overall the device is pretty snappy, I have 6 apps open as I write this and it is doing just fine.

#cheese takes photos and videos just fine. I tried to get the #gnome "snapshot" "camera" app running but it doesn't automatically detect the cameras. I am not sure if this is because it is a flatpak or not. I enabled the permissions in #flatseal

I strongly recommend a wireless bluetooth mouse. I am using a inexpensive logitech m535 and it works great. Wifi, no complaints there.

I do think that the default apps in the pureos repos should either be updated or omitted as the default software source, suchas the #libreoffice package when intalled has a theme that makes it look like it's from the 1990s whereas the flatpak version is very nice.

I've been watching #linuxmobile over the last decade and I am presently surprised how far purism and the #linux and #foss people have come. Excellent work @ all. I think this is a great device to do development on as it runs much faster than my #pinephone and even my librem5. And it's not qemu, and the device seems easy enough to reflash -- one thing I especially like about the librem5 aswell when compared to other processes like fumbling through pmbootstrap to reflash #android to #lineageos
I am still trying to figure out what the best music app for this device is -- I do like #lollypop

Internal sound quality isn't amazing, but I wouldn't call it bad either when comparing to some of the other small form factor devices with mobile speakers I've owned. It's fine as a fallback but you are better off with a bluetooth headset to complement it or a tiny portable bluetooth speaker.

Some options like "scale apps to fullscreen" are not easy to find so I had to set a few options in dconf-editor. I think there is a app called "Mobile Settings" that might have it. Not all apps have the dialogs constrained inside the screen dimensions like the Geany Open dialog for example (which is understandable as this app hasn't targeted mobile or tablet yet as far as I know.)

I use the device to watch online videos, for instant messaging via matrix via #element / #schildichat and it does just fine. I haven't tested it with #zoom or anything but from what I've seen I'm sure it'd do just fine.

Epiphany "Install Website as App" is a great feature -- I have several I've added to my App Menu, Epiphany has always had trouble though being on the lean side. I do wish that I had this option on #firefox ESR, in any case I've just switched to #librewolf again as I prefer it.

I am interesting in comparing phosh to #gnomemobile as I might want to use that instead someday. I have used #plasmamobile and it's hard to put into words in some ways I like it more than phosh, and in other ways I am just not used to the apps -- some apps are just better out of box like their notes app, I like that they have a flashlight button in their top menu. Their UX scaling and fluidity is really good. I am glad that everything is doing such a good job and friendly competition will drive each side to keep improving.

I wasn't sure what to expect when I ordered this device on day 1, but I am glad I did. And as I don't have a laptop or like laptops or conventional smartphones very much for me this device is kindof a big deal that I can do basic #linux and #it things on the go along with communication and such without all the headache of android, ios or windows which is not a option for me as linux is just better.

If you think about the #privacy space -- the #libremboot #codeboot is pretty revolutionary to start to see these kinds of firmwares in all in one hardware. And of course this automatic disk encryption is a nice bonus though not something I need as a enthusiast unless maybe I want to travel with the device and protect my data.

People will have different criticisms, and opinions, and I may be easy-going but overall my opinion is that I am pleased with the utility the device offers and I think any rough edges will only get better in the software over time. I may switch the default distro eventually to do some more research and exploring in the linux mobile space -- but it's a little unclear who the big names are worth checking out. I did postmarketos for a while but I feel like the QA is a little all over the place and their package manager is a little difficult to use when I want to check the available software versions, and the phone space is such a mess to try to document and navigate if you are trying to use a previously android device.

I'm also interested in how the #starlabs #starlite5 will compare and contrast in the future. Having used this device I can't recommend something in this size without a keyboard and mouse for more complex usage, I didn't really undestand that the Librem11 keyboard is wired at first, but now that I have figured it out I prefer the simple tech vs overcomplication.

All in all, I think they have a winner, and I expect to get a lot of use out of this as a side rig to my main desktop. Would buy again, and excited to see all the software improvements coming downstream.

KDE Connect
Multi-platform app that allows your devices to communicate

Connect all your devices with KDE Connect! Share files, control music and videos, read and send SMS from your laptop, and more.

- Download -
Android: https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=org.kde.kdeconnect_tp
Desktop/Laptop: https://kdeconnect.kde.org/download.html
iOS: https://apps.apple.com/app/kde-connect/id1580245991

#foss #Android #kdeconnect #KDE #Privacy #Security #Media @kde #OpenSource #oss #FLOSS #filesharing #foss_android #foss_lovers #iOS #Windows #macOS #plasmamobile #sailfishos #Linux