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Poll here, feel free to comment if not on list:

A quick poll to #Linux phone users: what desktop do you use on your #PinePhone / #Librem5 / ..., and what are the main drawbacks you found in it?

This would be useful to know what projects our readers would be most interested in following.

Manjaro ships Plasma Mobile 5.21, adds initial setup for PinePhone [fixed]

https://tuxphones.com/manjaro-mobile-initial-setup-ui-plasma-mobile-5-21-pinephone/ #linux

📰 #Google just made sideloading Android Wear apps harder

"Android Wear smartwatches are an extremely common breed of wearables. Being full of features and comparatively cheap, it is increasingly common to spot them on people's wrists. While the OS is far from flawless, partly due to the heavy Java-based software stack..."

Read more:
https://tuxphones.com/android-wear-to-be-locked-in/ #linux #android

"Masks and vaults: how anonymity overshadows real online privacy"

My latest opinion article projects my concerns about the fundamentally different concepts of privacy and anonymity being used interchangeably in many contexts. Slightly longer and more intense read than usual, but in the hope you will find it helpful.

https://tuxphones.com/opinion-when-privacy-overlaps-anonymity/ #linux #privacy #anonymity

📰 New, ambitious project aims to bring Linux mobile devices back to the consumer market

"A project that has recently got the attention of many FOSS journalists is the JingOS Linux distribution, coming from China and offering an explicitly "iPadOS-style" user interface according to its website. However, this is just the beginning of the project.

The fil rouge connecting the varied target market (now x86_64, to be expanded..."

Read more: https://tuxphones.com/linux-distro-jingos-phone-qt-touch-friendly-jingotab/ #linux

#Linux knows no limits

https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/kvmsfd/success_iphone_7_booting_ubuntu_2004_to_full/

🎄 Pssst. Christmas is near, remember to donate to the open source projects you use or developers you like to make them happy and their projects bigger and more useful 🎅 :)

New GNOME "Text Editor" app is a mobile-friendly, #GTK4-ready alternative to Gedit (updated)

https://tuxphones.com/gnome-text-editor-mobile-friendly-libhandy-gtk4-gedit/ #linux

New #GNOME "Text Editor" app is a mobile-friendly, #GTK4 alternative to Gedit

https://tuxphones.com/gnome-text-editor-mobile-friendly-libhandy-gtk4-gedit/ #linux

Can the #Apple M1, used in the new ARM MacBooks, run #Linux? Here's our analysis:

https://tuxphones.com/can-arm-macbooks-apple-m1-run-linux/

⚡ Plasma Mobile gets major UI improvements, several bugfixes

https://tuxphones.com/plasma-mobile-linux-mobile-desktop-status-end-2020/ #linux #kde #plasmamobile