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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. #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.

  11. #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.

  12. 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!

    🔗 interfacinglinux.com/community

    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

  13. 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!

    🔗 interfacinglinux.com/community

    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

  14. 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 )

  15. 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 )

  16. 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 )

  17. 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 )

  18. 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 )

  19. This thread will be about my experiments with my new #pinePhonePro.
    I got it yesterday and had a few minor hurdles out of the gate. I followed instructions on the wiki but couldn't get it to boot into
    #sailfishOS. I don't remember what I did differently but after a few attempts it booted fine. I immediately wanted to replace sailfish but first checked that sms and calls worked fine and it did (though took a while to receive the first call).
    I flashed
    #postmarketOS with #PlasmaMobile to an sd card and tried booting from it but quickly realised I had missed a step ​:shinx_facepalm:​. The wiki said I had to install #towboot to the SPI so I did that. After following the instructions properly this time I installed the OS successfully. I found Plasma extremely sluggish and unresponsive so quickly moved on. The next OS I flashed was postmarketOS again but this time with #sxmo and I immediately fell in love with the interface.
    After that I went to sleep as it had been a long day and was getting late. This morning I flashed postmarketos with sxmo to the eMMC and will be tinkering with it today. Ill update this post with comments about my progress.

    #linuxphone #linuxmobile #FOSSphone #FOSS #OpenSource #tilingWM #pinePhone #pine64

  20. This thread will be about my experiments with my new #pinePhonePro.
    I got it yesterday and had a few minor hurdles out of the gate. I followed instructions on the wiki but couldn't get it to boot into
    #sailfishOS. I don't remember what I did differently but after a few attempts it booted fine. I immediately wanted to replace sailfish but first checked that sms and calls worked fine and it did (though took a while to receive the first call).
    I flashed
    #postmarketOS with #PlasmaMobile to an sd card and tried booting from it but quickly realised I had missed a step ​:shinx_facepalm:​. The wiki said I had to install #towboot to the SPI so I did that. After following the instructions properly this time I installed the OS successfully. I found Plasma extremely sluggish and unresponsive so quickly moved on. The next OS I flashed was postmarketOS again but this time with #sxmo and I immediately fell in love with the interface.
    After that I went to sleep as it had been a long day and was getting late. This morning I flashed postmarketos with sxmo to the eMMC and will be tinkering with it today. Ill update this post with comments about my progress.

    #linuxphone #linuxmobile #FOSSphone #FOSS #OpenSource #tilingWM #pinePhone #pine64

  21. This thread will be about my experiments with my new #pinePhonePro.
    I got it yesterday and had a few minor hurdles out of the gate. I followed instructions on the wiki but couldn't get it to boot into
    #sailfishOS. I don't remember what I did differently but after a few attempts it booted fine. I immediately wanted to replace sailfish but first checked that sms and calls worked fine and it did (though took a while to receive the first call).
    I flashed
    #postmarketOS with #PlasmaMobile to an sd card and tried booting from it but quickly realised I had missed a step ​:shinx_facepalm:​. The wiki said I had to install #towboot to the SPI so I did that. After following the instructions properly this time I installed the OS successfully. I found Plasma extremely sluggish and unresponsive so quickly moved on. The next OS I flashed was postmarketOS again but this time with #sxmo and I immediately fell in love with the interface.
    After that I went to sleep as it had been a long day and was getting late. This morning I flashed postmarketos with sxmo to the eMMC and will be tinkering with it today. Ill update this post with comments about my progress.

    #linuxphone #linuxmobile #FOSSphone #FOSS #OpenSource #tilingWM #pinePhone #pine64

  22. This thread will be about my experiments with my new #pinePhonePro.
    I got it yesterday and had a few minor hurdles out of the gate. I followed instructions on the wiki but couldn't get it to boot into
    #sailfishOS. I don't remember what I did differently but after a few attempts it booted fine. I immediately wanted to replace sailfish but first checked that sms and calls worked fine and it did (though took a while to receive the first call).
    I flashed
    #postmarketOS with #PlasmaMobile to an sd card and tried booting from it but quickly realised I had missed a step ​:shinx_facepalm:​. The wiki said I had to install #towboot to the SPI so I did that. After following the instructions properly this time I installed the OS successfully. I found Plasma extremely sluggish and unresponsive so quickly moved on. The next OS I flashed was postmarketOS again but this time with #sxmo and I immediately fell in love with the interface.
    After that I went to sleep as it had been a long day and was getting late. This morning I flashed postmarketos with sxmo to the eMMC and will be tinkering with it today. Ill update this post with comments about my progress.

    #linuxphone #linuxmobile #FOSSphone #FOSS #OpenSource #tilingWM #pinePhone #pine64

  23. This thread will be about my experiments with my new #pinePhonePro.
    I got it yesterday and had a few minor hurdles out of the gate. I followed instructions on the wiki but couldn't get it to boot into
    #sailfishOS. I don't remember what I did differently but after a few attempts it booted fine. I immediately wanted to replace sailfish but first checked that sms and calls worked fine and it did (though took a while to receive the first call).
    I flashed
    #postmarketOS with #PlasmaMobile to an sd card and tried booting from it but quickly realised I had missed a step ​:shinx_facepalm:​. The wiki said I had to install #towboot to the SPI so I did that. After following the instructions properly this time I installed the OS successfully. I found Plasma extremely sluggish and unresponsive so quickly moved on. The next OS I flashed was postmarketOS again but this time with #sxmo and I immediately fell in love with the interface.
    After that I went to sleep as it had been a long day and was getting late. This morning I flashed postmarketos with sxmo to the eMMC and will be tinkering with it today. Ill update this post with comments about my progress.

    #linuxphone #linuxmobile #FOSSphone #FOSS #OpenSource #tilingWM #pinePhone #pine64

  24. The twentieth edition of my weekly collection of Linux phone news (@PINE64#PinePhone, @purism and such), , is out!

    linmob.net/2020/11/15/linbits1

    New distribution releases, 0.6, a bigger battery for the , talks, ’s October Update and more!

  25. The twentieth edition of my weekly collection of Linux phone news (@PINE64#PinePhone, @purism #Librem5 and such), #LinBits, is out!

    linmob.net/2020/11/15/linbits1

    New distribution releases, #JumpDrive 0.6, a bigger battery for the #Librem5, #LAS2020 talks, #PlasmaMobile’s October Update and more!