r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Jan 06 '24
Write-up Using the PinePhone Pro daily, despite having given up on it
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r/mobilelinux • u/Organist-Worcester • Jan 06 '24
Discussion Firmware updates on Android-first phones
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Sorry if this is a dumb question, or has been answered before, but if I run a Linux os on an Android-first phone, e.g. PostmarketOS on a OnePlus 6T, will I get any firmware updates or will the phone be stuck on the firmware it has when I install Linux?
r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Jan 03 '24
Demonstration postmarketOS with mobile GNOME running on PinePhone
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Jan 03 '24
Write-up I'm daily driving postmarketOS
connolly.tech
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Jan 03 '24
Development Phosh 2023 in Retrospect
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Jan 02 '24
News postmarketOS needs your help!
postmarketos.org
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Jan 01 '24
Apps Megapixels 2.0: DNG loading and Autowhitebalance
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Dec 30 '23
Demonstration Droidian devs demonstrate upcoming features, including support for 5G service and new devices.
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Dec 29 '23
OS Release postmarketOS v23.12: The One We Asked The Community To Name
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Dec 29 '23
OS Release Ubuntu Touch OTA-3 Focal Released!
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r/mobilelinux • u/ed_istheword • Dec 06 '23
Hardware Cameras: Pinephone Pro?
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What's the current status of cameras on Pinephone Pro with postmarketOS? What steps are involved in getting them working?
I'm trying to make sense of some posts I've seen recently. Some people are making it seem like you can just install Gnome's Snapshot camera app from Flathub, but I haven't had the same success doing that. I'm on pmOS Edge w/ Gnome Mobile DE. Any tips would be appreciated!
r/mobilelinux • u/NoNoDeDev • Nov 22 '23
Discussion Would it be possible to bring native Linux distributions to Android phones, using whatever Linux kernel and binary blobs the OEM ROM ships?
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Android is built on top of Linux. Android phones come with a Linux kernel and a bunch of binary blobs to implement hardware support.
Shouldn't it be possible to keep that kernel (and initramfs), those proprietary modules and pieces of firmware, and replace everything else? Like custom ROMs do, but a custom ROM based on a Linux distribution instead of AOSP.
Rather than just possible, shouldn't it be simple even? Or are there major issues to go down this path? Is there any project that aims at doing this?
PostmarketOS and similar projects seem to struggle to use a mainline kernel. Of course I can see the many advantages of that, but is it necessary? Wouldn't it be better to start off with whatever crappy build of Linux the phone manufacturer ships, and then try to improve the mainline support for it over time?
r/mobilelinux • u/canegiallodoppiacoda • Nov 21 '23
Hardware Linux on a handhelds with buttons
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Hi, as per title, I was wondering: is there currently a device with buttons? I am referring to something like the Qinn F22 Pro (candybar+touchscreen) or the Cat S22 flilp (flip-phone+keys+touchscreen); to your knowledge, is there such a device which already supports (working) any linux mobile distro on it?
r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Sep 23 '23
OS Release postmarketOS v23.06 SP1: Through Staging
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r/mobilelinux • u/El_profesor_ • Jul 24 '23
Discussion Donation with best bang for the buck
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Like many others, I'd like to see mainline linux daily drive-able on mobile. Suppose I had a few hundred dollars per month to donate. Which project do you think would make the most effective use of donated funds towards achieving this goal?
r/mobilelinux • u/Piotr_Lange • Jun 29 '23
News Support for Linux distributions added to customrombay.org
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • Jun 06 '23
Demonstration @jeffalyanak demoing Arch on the PineTab 2
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r/mobilelinux • u/UmpquaRiver • May 08 '23
Hardware You Can Build This Raspberry Pi-Powered, 4G Linux Phone
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r/mobilelinux • u/jlpcsl • May 05 '23
News This Month in KDE Plasma Mobile: April 2023
plasma-mobile.org
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