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⚡ Ubuntu Touch is coming to the Google Pixel 3a

https://tuxphones.com/ubuntu-touch-linux-google-pixel-3a/ #linux

⚡ The status of camera on the PinePhone: drivers, autofocus, color curves and more

https://tuxphones.com/pinephone-camera-ov5640-linux-support-driver-autofocus-color-calibration/ #linux #pinephone

⚡ Official #PinePhone back cover will add a hardware keyboard, wireless charging, NFC and more

"Days after announcing the PineCom PDA, the PINE team has released another blog post announcing their progress for October 2020. This includes several plans, such as the PineTime budget smartwatch finally starting shipping with the Infinitime firmware, more details on the Pinecil RISC-V soldering iron and more on the SOEdge (AI) and PineCube...."

Read more:
https://tuxphones.com/pinephone-cover-qwerty-external-keyboard-wireless-qi-charging-nfc-5000mah-battery/ #linux

Poll: if the #PineCom PDA (see latest article) was already available for sale (hypothetically around $100), which one between it and the #PinePhone would you rather buy, and why?

🔥 PINE64 to launch PineCom, a cheaper, modem-free PinePhone-like PDA

https://tuxphones.com/pine64-pinecom-launch-cheaper-linux-pda/ #linux #pinecom

📰 PINE64 to launch #PineCom, a cheaper, modem-free #PinePhone-like PDA

"The first PinePhone, initially launched (more or less) as a cheaper alternative to the Librem 5, gained enormous success thanks to continuous efforts by both software developers and the team, releasing several variants, upgrading specifications and making this $150 Linux phone probably much better than most people would have expected, to the point of having several..."

Read more:
https://tuxphones.com/pine64-pinecom-launch-cheaper-linux-pda/ #linux

⚡ Official "Fedora Mobility" project targets #PinePhone (and more)

https://tuxphones.com/fedora-mobile-mobility-team-targets-pinephone-linux-phones/ #linux #fedora

Teracube 2E is an affordable, sustainable smartphone with modest specs and a 4 year warranty

https://www.xda-developers.com/teracube-2e-is-an-affordable-sustainable-smartphone-with-modest-specs-and-a-4-year-warranty/

⚡ WhatsApp and Anbox: the most popular messaging app now runs on Linux phones

https://tuxphones.com/whatsapp-on-linux-phones-anbox-ubuntu-touch-pinephone/ #linux #anbox #ubuntutouch

Updates on #Nexus5: GPU is much stabler on kernel 5.9! Also battery indicator support is finally being merged into the upstream Linux tree, fingers crossed for how soon this will happen though: https://lists.sr.ht/~postmarketos/upstreaming/patches/14013 #linux

I have been testing several Linux flavours on my Google Nexus 5 for a while, and have condensed my general thoughts on it in this article, where I also tried to compare it with the more popular "true Linux" smartphones on the market.

https://tuxphones.com/google-nexus-5-as-linux-phone-2020-ubports-postmarketos/ #linux

Purism announces Android app support for the Librem 5

https://tuxphones.com/purism-librem-5-run-android-apps-anbox-linux-fdroid/ #linux

📰 Puri_sm announces Android app support for the #Librem5

"With the Purism blog featuring frequent updates about both the internals and the software development progress of this "pure Linux" phone, several changes are occurring under the hood all the way up to the Evergreen batch, which is supposed to be the first "production ready" hardware revision. The latest change arrives with the in-depth integration of Anbox in the Debian-based PureOS..."

Read more: https://tuxphones.com/purism-librem-5-run-android-apps-anbox-linux-fdroid/ #anbox #linux

A critical bugfix for the #Librem5 is on the way, for a much smoother experience:

https://twitter.com/dos1/status/1300891021035929602 #linux