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
Thanks to the awesome work of @alexeymin, Discover now supports #apk (the Alpine Linux package manager)! Coming soon in a @postmarketOS edge upgrade near you, and also the upcoming v21.03 release!
📱 Instant messaging clients. Choose wisely what you use to communicate.
A visualization by @niboe under CC BY SA license.
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#postmarketOS now boots on ASUS Zenfone 2 Laser (720p)! #Linux
New blog post: "Purism Librem 5: First impressions" https://linmob.net/2021/01/28/purism-librem5-first-impressions.html
... and new video: "Unboxing the Purism Librem 5 Evergreen"
https://devtube.dev-wiki.de/videos/watch/66ea3360-2b2a-4e3e-8796-de7ae271ac1b // https://ytprivate.com/watch?v=5WdnPw537nU
📰 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
Phosh Overview
"phosh is graphical shell for mobile, touch based devices like smart phones. It’s the default graphical shell on Purism’s Librem 5 (and that’s where it came to life) but projects like Postmarket OS, Mobian and Debian have picked it up putting it into use on other devices as well and contributing patches."
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
#postmarketOS now boots on Samsung Galaxy A8 (2018)! #Linux
⚡ Plasma Mobile gets major UI improvements, several bugfixes
https://tuxphones.com/plasma-mobile-linux-mobile-desktop-status-end-2020/ #linux #kde #plasmamobile
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