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  1. There is an upcoming conference in Dec in #London that would be great if we could get a talk about #GTK on android. It's a neat little 2 day conference.

    sessionize.com/droidcon-london

    CfP is open! Anybody interested in putting in a talk?
    #gnome #gtk #apps #android #phone #postmarketos

  2. @postmarketOS

    Hoping you'll get the videos of the PostmarketOS conference up on Peertube!

    #PostmarketOS #Peertube

  3. : : converting expressatt to a generic device

    i'm liking the idea of a generic device encapsulating all devices in an arch. there are now generic pkgs for x86_64 and ppc64le with aarch64 in the pipeline

    decided to open a pr (but more like an rfc) for how to do the same for armv7

    gitlab.postmarketos.org/postma

    input welcome!

    side note: there's also an idea to make an arch-agnostic generic device pkg. i think this is a great idea too

    gitlab.postmarketos.org/postma

  4. @linmob Seeing all the progress from TheMightyCat kind of pisses me off. They Vibe-mainline everything with AI and don't do it correctly. I've only looked at sensors but there they use bit-banged i2c to talk to the sensors directly instead of using the SLPI coprocessor which is made for this and already has mainline infrastructure.

    PostmarketOS has a AI policy that explicitly forbids it so these changes won't be merged and it just kinda sucks seeing someone build a vibe-coded project ontop.

    #LinuxMobile #Fairphone6 #postmarketOS
  5. 📸 Wow, rejoice! The Fairphone 6 now boasts a "working" main camera on PostmarketOS—because nothing screams innovation like finally catching up to 2010's camera quality standards! 😂 But hey, at least they're acknowledging the graininess; maybe one day they'll discover the magic of JPEG alternatives! 📷✨
    catcrafts.net/posts/fairphone- #Fairphone6 #PostmarketOS #CameraInnovation #TechHumor #JPEGAlternatives #HackerNews #ngated

  6. Как я починил энергосбережение OnePlus 3T на mainline ядре

    Первая часть закончилась тем, что телефон заработал, и какое-то время этим всё и ограничивалось. postmarketOS на mainline-ядре, сверху Docker, Tailscale и один небольшой сервис, которому от меня ничего не требовалось. Я убрал телефон на полку и перестал о нём думать — ровно этого я от него и хотел. Сервис работал. Заодно выяснилось, что процессор всё это время держался на 70 °C. Не под нагрузкой, а в покое, днём и ночью, на устройстве без вентилятора и без радиатора, где тепло уходит только через собственный алюминиевый корпус. Вопрос, который стоило задать сразу: чем он занят, что даёт такую температуру. Дальше — ответ на него.

    habr.com/ru/articles/1067224/

    #сервер #андроид #android #linux #mainline #pmos #postmarketos #телефон

  7. Как я превратил OnePlus 3T в домашний сервер на базе postmarketOS

    Я давно хотел захостить свой небольшой проект — бота, которым пользуюсь сам. Останавливал меня не код, а хостинг. Не хотелось арендовать VPS и настраивать всё удалённо — а потом обновлять и следить, чтобы не упало. Переплачивать за готовый хостинг, лишь бы этим не заниматься, тоже не хотелось. Так это и оставалось идеей. Зато был старый OnePlus 3T в ящике: флагман 2016 года, Snapdragon 821, 6 ГБ оперативной памяти — рабочий, но не включавшийся годами. Выбрасывать рабочий компьютер не хотелось, а для одного небольшого always-on сервиса это более чем достаточно: пара ватт в простое, своя батарея, никаких ежемесячных платежей.

    habr.com/ru/articles/1054142/

    #сервер #андроид #телефон #pmos #postmarketos #docker #linux #oneplus

  8. The Programmer’s Fulcrum: 15 May, 2026

    This article originally appeared on The Fulcrum.

    Welcome to this week’s The Programmer’s Fulcrum.

    It’s your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Fediverse development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism.

    As usual, we aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each week. It has the additional […]

    https://newsletter.mobileatom.net/the-programmers-fulcrum-15-may-2026/ #ActivityPub #AI #ATProto #Beehiv #Buttondown #CastLab #Codeberg #CSS #Drupal #Elefeed #Emacs #Ente #FDroid #Faircamp #Fcast #Fedify #FediLab #FediProfile #fediverse #ForgeCMS #Forgejo #freebsd #Ghost #git #GitLab #Holos #HTML #HTTP #IndieWeb #javascript #LibreOffice #Librewolf #Linux #Mastodon #Matrix #MicroBlog #Movim #OMN #pckt #Pica #PostmarketOS #PureBlog #RSS #Silex #Snac #Substack #WebComponents #Webrings #WordPress #xPrivo #xWiki
  9. My Sunday challenge: installing #Devuan in place of #OpenBSD on my laptop so I can install #postmarketOS on an old tablet, because for some reason I only have a blue USB port on that laptop (my SFF PC has a whole bunch of USB ports, but none are blue). Let's see how well restoring the backup will work once I reinstall OpenBSD.

    I wonder how many years worth of work would it take to create a #NetBSD / #smolBSD based mobile distro after #postmarketOS has done more progress...

  10. Anyone have recent experience with the PineTab2?

    Usability when running pmos or some other distro?

    #pine64 #pinetab #pinetab2 #linux #tablet #rk3566 #rockchip #pmos #postmarket #postmarketos

  11. @rraggl @e_mydata @GrapheneOS @calyxos @LineageOS @shiftphones @jolla @postmarketOS
    The statement I made that you responded to stated "ONE of my hesitancies" in a preset smartphone, not "all".

    I am not just looking for a degoogled smartphone, I am looking for one without an AI, without any biometric ID scanners/sensors (like the fingerprint one's that are so common) with a physical keyboard, with the ability to get connected to service in my country (USA) and that meet military rugged standards for durability. *None of the preset OS options have a physical keyboard.

    #Volla states it pretty directly on their website that they use a digital assistant of an AI, but beyond that they're not connectable to service in my country. But they are the only option that comes with a preset OS, is degoogled & is durable enough for my needs.

    #Murena aka #fairphones/shiftphones (as they're sold in my country) are vaguer about it & yet it's pretty cleat they've got the same unwanted & unwelcome element on their devices. Beyond which at $800-$900, a fairphone/shiftphone is definitely too expensive for me, as I'm on disability benefits, those conditions barring me from paid work being the very same that make me need physical keyboards & durable devices!

    #Graphene only works with pixel, aka breakaway glass phones, so even if they didn't, it'd be a moot point for me.

    #Calyx & #postmarket don't have any phone sold with their OS on it, so beyond sandbagging me in your push for this, they are irrelevant to my argument that you are responding to.

    Jolla phones aren't sold in my country at all, so they're another element of said sandbagging.

    Now on realistic options & my considerations:

    #PostmarketOS I might also get with one of the 2 or 3 similar to blackberry phones that are out now, after that desktop is setup. (Price wise at around $400-$500 they're at the higher end for me but within a year or so I can likely save& budget in for this option.)

    If #pinephone brings back their devices with keyboards, as they used to have them, that'd be a 3rd and best option, as they have the kill switch on microphones & cameras.

    #Calyx in the Motorola phone acceptance might have at least similar durability to a Volla, have service connection in my country & I don't think they have an AI integrated into their OS but still don't have physical keyboards. This is why I'm considering getting a separate keyboard & Motorola phone, after I setup a desktop computer to use them, as even with paying for the added keyboard that's likely my most affordable option.($70-250)

    *I've not had an active smartphone for most of the past decade, especially as wherenever I leave my property it's rarely for under a 50 mile round trip drive of an outing, which has at times been problematic but it's also why unless I actually see something that I really can use & will improve things, I won't buy or even seriously consider things I can't.

  12. This week's Linux and FOSS news:

    LINUX NEWS

    Arch Linux Powered CachyOS To Develop A Server Edition:
    phoronix.com/news/CachyOS-Serv
    (An Arch-based server OS? Well, good one for those who like their adrenaline rising while updating the system. New extreme sport found lol (Just joking, don't take it seriously))

    Parrot 7.0 brings KDE Plasma 6, Wayland support, new security tools, and RISC-V support:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

    Qubes OS 4.3.0 released with Fedora 41, Xen 4.19, updated templates:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

    postmarketOS 25.12 brings Alpine 3.23 base, GNOME 49, Plasma Mobile 6.5 & kernel updates:
    alternativeto.net/news/2025/12

    We Have Another New Linux Phone Before 2025 Ends - Void Phone VX1: An Enterprise-Ready Phone:
    itsfoss.com/news/void-phone-vx

    Proton Experimental brings improvements for CoD: Black Ops Cold War, Farlight 84, CHRONO TRIGGER and more
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/prot

    GE-Proton 10-27 brings fixes for Star Citizen, The First Descendant and more tweaks:
    gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/ge-p

    Phoenix: A New X Server Written From Scratch With Zig:
    phoronix.com/news/Phoenix-X-Se

    Wayback 0.3 Released For Advancing This X11 Compatibility Layer:
    phoronix.com/news/Wayback-0.3

    Weston 15.0 Alpha Released With New Protocols, Experimental Vulkan Renderer:
    phoronix.com/news/Weston-15.0-

    KVM Guest VMs Using Intel AMX Can Cause The Linux Host To Kernel Panic:
    phoronix.com/news/KVM-Guests-A

    Linux 6.19 Lands Fix For ARM64 EFI Systems Crashing On Boot:
    phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.19-F

    NVIDIA CUDA Tile IR Open-Sourced:
    phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-CUDA-

    Intel Open-Source Software Setback: IWD Development Hiatus:
    phoronix.com/news/Intel-IWD-De

    Wine 11.0-rc4 Brings 22 Bug Fixes:
    phoronix.com/news/Wine-11.0-rc

    (FOSS news in comment)

    #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #CachyOS #ParrotOS #Qubes #postmarketOS #VoidPhone #VoidPhoneVx1 #Proton #GEProton #Phoenix #XServer #X11 #Wayback #Weston #KVM #LinuxKernel #CUDA #NVIDIA #IWD #Intel #Wine #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #DistroRelease #DistributionRelease #LinuxDesktop #DesktopLinux #FosseryTech

  13. @Luigi311 There is also maui-shell that uses the from the developers of .
    I tried it 3 Years ago and found it really interesting.

    There is a feature branch for that one can try. But the branch has not seen any updates since 3 Years.
    Also the development of maui-shell seems to have slown down. As it has not seen any changes in the last 7 months.

    github.com/Nitrux/maui-shell

    wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Mau

  14. @privacyguides I think #LinuxMobile is the only real path forward for freedom.

    Instead of hoping in #Google, it would be better in the long run if concerned users rallied behind #Linux options (mainline or #Halium-based), and there are quite a few now, existing and upcoming.

    #MobileLinux #FLX1 #FLX1s #FuriLabs #Librem5 #LibertyPhone #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #Droidian #Brax3 #JollaC2 #LiberuxNexx #DawnDrums #DawnOS #Pinephone #Mobian #gnuLinux #LibrePhone #FreeSoftware #SoftwareFreedom #FreedomTech #LibreTech

  15. @ati1 @linmob Depends what the user wants from a personal device, how they use it and what their priorities are. If someone's priorities are a modern camera, running proprietary Android apps and their money is held hostage by banks requiring #Duopoly apps, they should check back later, perhaps when the Librem 5 "Fir" model is released.

    On the other hand, if #FreeSoftware, #privacy, #modularity, #repairability, #ecofriendliness, #decentralisation, #digitalindependence, etc. are valued above other things, the Librem 5 and the higher-spec model, the #LibertyPhone, can absolutely work in 2025 and beyond.

    I am daily driving a #Librem5 with #postmarketOS and everything important to me works: VoLTE calls and SMS (although I avoid them due to #SaltTyphoon), 4G data, Wi-Fi, camera with OK quality photos (see: #ShotOnLibrem5), GPS with #PureMaps, web browsing with #FirefoxESR, web apps (including banking) using #GNOMEWeb and #BraveBrowser, email using #Geary and #DeltaChat, audio calls on #SignalMessenger, #Matrix ( #ElementMessenger), #XMPP ( #DinoIM), #JitsiMeet, etc.

    There are occasional bugs and quirks, and the device itself has limitations but nothing that I can't work around.

    Not sure if I missed anything. Let me know if you have a specific use case that you absolutely require and I'll see if I can test...

  16. CW: mobile-config-firefox, happiness, alpine

    @linmob This was unexpected for me, ancient Debian Bullseye-based #PureOS Byzantium getting the latest #FirefoxESR long before comparatively bleeding-edge Alpine-based #postmarketOS. I've been checking it's packaging status in #Alpine 3.22 every few days!

  17. @chocrates @DeathByBigSad If you're already used to Linux desktop, I'd even venture to say that Linux phones are daily drivable for you in this order: #FLX1s from @furilabs, #JollaC2, #LibertyPhone, #Librem5, #Pinephone.

    I'm daily driving a #Librem 5 with #postmarketOS and everything critical actually works for my use case.

  18. How Many Phones Sport a 5 and 1/4 Diskette Drive? This One. - It all started with a sarcastic comment right here on Hackaday.com: ” How many pho... - hackaday.com/2025/09/27/how-ma #internetargument #commodore1541 #postmarketos #phonehacks #51/4drive

  19. Thanks to the torch #GNOME extension by @vixalientoots I'm finally able to use the flashlight on my #postmarketOS OnePlus6 phone 🙏
    Hopefully upstreamed to gnome-shell soon github.com/vixalien/gnome-mobi

    #LinuxMobile #DailyDriving

  20. How to localize #postmarketos on #pinephone ?
    Especially the app to send SMS is not useable.
    You need a contact first. OK, that's fine.
    I enter a new one without countrycode, e. g. 071120062007 but in #spacebar it will show up as +1071120062007 or +49071120062007 depending on the locale setting. I live in Switzerland and sending a SMS with the wrong or the right country code does not work.
    I am happy that #postmarketos uses the 4G VoLTE mode my provider requires but without the possibility to send SMS it is useless.
    Has somebody solved this issue or are all #pinephone users in the US ?

  21. Lilbits: Europe’s new Ecodesign rules for smartphones and tablets, Samsung’s new Exynos 2500 processor, and postmarketOS 25.06

    The European Union’s Ecodesign rules for smartphones and tablets took effect on June 20th, which means that devices in those categories will need to meet certain repairability, upgradeability, battery life, and software update requirements. Some critics say the rules don’t go far enough, but we’re already starting to see some device makers announce updates in order to meet the new […]

    #dragonwing #ecodesign #eu #europe #europeanUnion #exynos2500 #lilbits #mnt #mntPocketReform #mntReform #mntReformNext #postmarketos #qualcommQcs6490 #samsungExynos2500 #securityUpdates #softwareUpdates #sustainability

    Read more: liliputing.com/lilbits-europes

  22. i’ve seen some people on here who use postmarketOS as their daily driver now that is has systemd. if that’s you i want to hear about your experience! i’m deeply curious as it seems pmOS has matured a lot now

    #postmarketos #pmOS #postmarket #linux

  23. I'm new to the game: can anyone tell me if #postmarketos runs on an Xperia 10II? Are there any alternatives? I just need Linux without any GUI.

    Thanks!

    Update: I've done my research before asking. I'm looking for hands on experience. Please don't #LMGTFY me 😅

    #fedihelp #postmarket #linux #boost

  24. Необычные способы хостинга

    Где разместить сайт? Оказывается, для хостинга необязательно покупать VPS или домашний сервер. Можно поступить более креативно: например, захостить сайт на смартфоне. Причём желательно извлечь из него аккумулятор, чтобы смартфон работал напрямую от сети. А есть ещё более оригинальный вариант: бесплатный хостинг в социальных сетях.

    habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/ar

    #ruvds_статьи #Bluesky #Android #Docker #postmarketOS #SSH #MagiskSSH #AT_Protocol #Public_Benefit_LLC #PBLLC #смартфон #SSHсервер #извлечение_аккумулятора #Alpine #USBC #Android_SDK #fastboot

  25. Lilbits: Install Google Play on Amazon Fire tablets, postmarketOS update, and a new color ePaper display kit

    This week a lot of folks have been unwrapping Amazon Fire tablets, setting them up… and figuring out that some of the apps and games you want to run on them aren’t available out of the box.

    Fortunately there are a bunch of ways to make an Amazon tablet more useful. You can sideload applications that aren’t available in the Amazon Appstore. Or you can even install the Google Play Store and add a custom launcher application to make an Amazon tablet feel more like a standard Android tablet… even though it’s running Amazon’s fork of Android called FireOS.

    In today’s tech news roundup, I’ve got links to some of the articles we’ve published over the past few years that describe how to hack an Amazon Fire tablet. And in more recent tech news, the latest release of the postmarketOS mobile Linux distribution brings camera support to some phones that originally shipped with Android, AOOSTAR has a new mini PC with discrete graphics, JSAUX has a new dock for handheld gaming PCs that includes built-in cooling fans, and there’s a new Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W-powered color E Ink display kit.

    Amazon Fire Tablet hacking roundup

    Amazon’s Fire line of tablets are some of the cheapest Android-based tablets that are worth buying. The Fire HD 8, Fire HD 10, and Fire Max 11 have decent displays, affordable price tags, reasonably good battery life, and performance that’s more than good enough for reading eBooks, streaming videos, surfing the web, or even light gaming.

    But while the tablets run an operating system that’s based on Android, Amazon’s FireOS is different in a few important ways. It has a custom user interface designed by Amazon that puts the company’s apps and services front and center. And it ships with the Amazon Appstore instead of the Google Play Store. Not only are fewer apps and games available in Amazon’s store, but if you already paid for an app or service on your Android phone, you’d have to pay again to get it from Amazon… unless you install the Google Play Store yourself. Because an open secret about Amazon’s tablets is that it’s possible to install Google’s app store on them. Keep in mind that there might be some compatibility issues – not all apps distributed in the Play Store will work perfectly on Amazon tablets. But many will.

    Here’s a roundup of some of Liliputing’s guides to making Amazon Fire tablets more useful:

    Inky Frame 7.3″ is a 7-color ePaper display powered by a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W [ CNX Software]

    Available now for about $94, this kit features a 7.3 inch, 7-color E Ink display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels, a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 W, microSD card reader, and battery connector.

    v24.12: The One With Androids & Cameras, But It’s Mainline Linux [postmarketOS]

    PostmarketOS 24.12 is a mobile OS with a mainline Linux kernel. It brings initial support for using cameras on some phones (Pixel 3A, Fairphone 5, and Pocophone F1), UI updates, an updated wallpaper, and other improvements.

    7-in-1 RGB Cooling Docking Station for handhelds [JSAUX]

    This $60 docking station is designed for handheld gaming PCs. Sit your handheld in the cradle and use a USB-C connector to add Ethernet, HDMI, and more USB ports… as well as two cooling fans that help keep the PC from overheating while docked.

    AOOSTAR GODX is a mini ITX mini PC with Ryzen 9 6900HX and Radeon RX 6600LE [AOOSTAR]

    While the hardware is a few generations old at this point, it’s still a lot of power for a compact PC, including discrete graphics and support for up to three 4K/120 Hz displays. Available now for $529 and up, the system also supports up to 64GB of DDR5-4800 dual-channel memory, and two M.2 2280 slots for PCIe 4.0 storage. It has two 2.5 GbE LAN ports as well as USB4, USB 3.2 Type-A, DisplayPort, and HDMI ports, and it measures 200 x 193 x 80mm. Update: The AOOSTAR GODX is available from AliExpress for $503 and up

    Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Bluesky or @[email protected] on Mastodon. You can also follow Liliputing on ThreadsFacebook, and X.

    #amazon #amazonFire #aoostar #aoostarGodx #dock #eInk #epaper #fireMax11 #fireTablet #fireToolbox #inkyFrame #jsaux #lilbits #miniPc #postmarketos #raspberryPiPico2W