Oliver Smith @ollieparanoid@fosstodon.org
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Loves hacking on Free Software. Mostly writes about @postmarketOS here.
Joined May 2021
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I don't post much on social media anymore. Why? It drains my attention and has a whole bunch of other negative side-effects: https://ledger.humanetech.com/
In fact, I think free software projects should rely less on social media and we should try with Linux Mobile to be the prime example of giving users not only control of their whole software stack but also of their attention.
For a 39 minute verbose version of this statement, see my FOSDEM talk: https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/mobile_social_dilemma/
@calebccff messed around with pbsplash for https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/2878, let me dump a video here.
I felt like the dots need to have something in common with the logo, so I added an outline and made circles instead of filled out dots.
"Loading..." text seems redundant, now that we have the animation and IMHO it looks better without it.
Also thought it would be nice to display pmOS version/kernel/device name at the bottom.
Patches are still WIP, I'll probably finish them up on the WE.
Thoughts?
I don't post much on social media anymore. Why? It drains my attention and has a whole bunch of other negative side-effects: https://ledger.humanetech.com/
In fact, I think free software projects should rely less on social media and we should try with Linux Mobile to be the prime example of giving users not only control of their whole software stack but also of their attention.
For a 39 minute verbose version of this statement, see my FOSDEM talk: https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/mobile_social_dilemma/
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Got a chance to talk to Miles Alan about his amazing projects:
* (Early days of) #Sxmo
* framebufferphone: new UI
* Mepo: new map app for Sxmo, fbp, Phosh, possibly PlaMo & more
* Why he likes #zig and #oilshell
https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/15-Interview-Miles-Alan-Sxmo-fbp-Mepo/
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It is refreshing and motivating to listen to @ollieparanoid reminding us of the "what" and the "why" of being involved with #linux on #mobile. It is easy to get lost in technicalities, bugs, performance issues, lack of applications and miss the point.
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Linux Mobile vs. The Social Dilemma
As FOSS on mobile community, let's do our part to fix the many negative effects of social media and its hostile design patterns. We could become the prime example of how to treat users with respect. To not only give them control over their phone, but also over their attention. From design choices in the operating systems and apps to the platforms we choose to communicate about development.
https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/event/mobile_social_dilemma/
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#fosdem is starting soon!
We're excited to have so many great talks coming up in the FOSS on mobile devices devroom \o/
#mobilelinux #mobile #linux
https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/foss_on_mobile_devices/
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Please join us in thanking Dalton Durst (UniversalSuperBox) for his work on
@ubports Ubuntu Touch, the #PinePhone and for all his contributions to the mobile Linux community.
Best of luck with future endeavors!
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The 77th edition of my weekly collection of news about #LinuxPhones (@PINE64 #PinePhone, #PinePhonePro, @purism #Librem5 and such), #LinBits, is out!
https://linmob.net/linbits-77-weekly-linux-phone-news-week51-52/
The end of the year in Linux Phones, let's have a last LinBits: A new #Maui Shell for phones and tablets, #postmarketOS v21.12, #Mobian on the PinePhone Pro, #GTK 4.6.0, an app-list replacement prototype and more!
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New article! Covering the @shiftphones SHIFT6mq and what it means for the future of #Linux phones
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After 6 long months of waiting, #postmarketOS v21.12 is live! This release contains 8 more devices, bringing our total number supported in stable releases up to 23! This time also featuring #ttyescape, a way to "escape" to a tty with graphical keyboard when things go bad.
Get it now while it's still hot!
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TuxPhones is now on LiberaPay! By supporting us, you help us cover hosting expenses and support new content, while letting us maintain an entirely privacy-respecting experience for our users.
Randomly seeing this classic #vlc easter egg on my #pinephone put a big smile on my face this week 😁 Happy holidays to everyone! 🎅 🎁 ☃️
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In E12 of the podcast we mostly discuss what will be in the upcoming v21.12 release. Such as pre-built images for the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 9.7 in this super cute picture (CC-BY-SA-4.0 by Nikita Travkin, one of the hidden gems you can find while browsing through the wiki).
Topics include:
* Plasma Mobile Gear 21.12
* More GNOME 41, less forks
* TTYescape 0.2
* mobile-config-firefox 3.0.0
* New devices in community
* Mainlining OP6/SHIFT6mq/Fairphones
* pmbootstrap news
https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/12-v2112-TTYescape-Mainline-OP6-SHIFT6mq-Fairphones-pmb/
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#osmocom OsmoDevCall tomorrow (Dec 10) at 20:00 CET: "osmo-dev and running Osmocom TTCN3 test suites locally" by osmith - as usual open to the general public - https://osmocom.org/news/155 https://lists.osmocom.org/pipermail/osmocom-announce/2021-December/000024.html https://meeting4.franken.de/b/har-xbc-bsx-wvs
7/ Download in progress!
Link to repo w/ updated README:
https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/mobile-config-firefox
Have fun with the new config, report issues or even better, send patches if you find bugs. Like previous versions, I've only tested this on the PinePhone (took long enough, but in the future I might test it on other devices too) and some of the hardcoded px values may not work well with other phones. But we can add media queries for those, just give editing the CSS a try.
6/ "Find in page..." in the menu opens this toolbar. That's right, you have all controls from Firefox desktop available. With this and the keyboard open, almost the whole page is covered. However when typing the query and then minimizing the keyboard, one can go through the results nicely.
4/ With searchbar results solved, navbar at bottom suddenly seemed feasible. At that point, I just had to give @linmob 's clever idea a try. He made the tab title bigger so it always shows the tab menu button and makes the tab selection menu usable on mobile.
Free space above the menu button is for consistency with private mode, so both can use the same tab size. Also it's convenient to tap there to close the menu.
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Loves hacking on Free Software. Mostly writes about @postmarketOS here.
Joined May 2021
