Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (14/2025): Wallpapered Lockscreens

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-14-2025/

I'd like to understand how Android handles some QMI bits and found tooling by @joelselvaraj for that on the @postmarketOS wiki (https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Qualcomm_Modem_Debugging). That needs a patched Android kernel, so I took some notes how I got that to work on a Pixel 3a. Just in case this is useful to others: https://honk.sigxcpu.org/con/Booting_an_Android_custom_kernel_on_a_Pixel_3a_for_QMI_debugging.html

phosh 0.46.0 is out :

There's fixes and improvements, check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.46.0/ for details or see for a short

to everyone who contributed to this release.

#phosh #librem5 #pinephone #gtk #wlroots #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile

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Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (13/2025): Crossing Platforms, Breaking Barriers

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-13-2025/

Nice, just a small fix and #phosh's compositor #phoc runs with #wlroots #vulkan renderer on the OnePlus6T. This needs some more work regarding e.g. alpha blending but it's already usable.

Dear distro maintainers and "i build my own stuff" people:

In case you want to check out 0.46 relesae upfront: we've tagged the first releases candidates (0.46~rc1) of #phosh and related components today.

Release is planned 2025-03-31 (https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Phosh/phosh/-/wikis/Releases)

The bulk of the changes landed already so hopefully it's only bugfixes from here on.

In preparation for the upcoming phosh release we've released new versions of #gmobile 0.2.0 and #feedbackd 0.8.0. Feedbackd is now more flexible regarding haptic feedback for events so if e.g. feedback is too intrusive (or too weak) you can consider submitting adjustment for your device to https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/feedbackd-device-themes/

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (11/2025): #Libadwaita 1.7 and news from #Sxmo

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-11-2025/

A limitation of using #phosh in docked mode (having an external , attached to your ) was that #phoc wouldn't support multiple workspaces. There's an MR that adds initial workspace support now (which might even land for 0.46) :

I didn't get the memo that there is "Landesweiter #Warntag" in RLP today and was surprised by the sirens. The #pinephone I use for testing catched the #cellbroadcast message :

[/org/freedesktop/ModemManager1/CBM/4] new cbm: received
4383: TEST ALERT for Rheinland-Pfalz Thu 2025/03/13 - 10:00 am - Test alert - for Rheinland-Pfalz - There is no danger. - Further information: https://warnung.bund.de/m/VzsFymNy9PEW - Published by: Lagezentrum Bevölkerungsschutz Rheinland-Pfalz

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#phosh #phoc #mobilelinux #linuxmobile

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (09, 10/2025): Too much to put in a title

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-09-10-2025/

so yes the rumors are correct (this was leaked on reddit a few days ago, oh well)

the #FLX1 will be getting support for hooking up to external displays. the difference here compared to other approaches is that it will be running full #GNOME shell instead of #Phosh desktop mode (with some integration). as much as we love Phosh, GNOME shell simply provides a superior experience on a large display (and our community members voted for this too)

The initial draft MR to put a wallpaper on #phosh's lockscreen is now >1.5y old but it's not draft any longer (I'll spare you the details why this took so long).

@benedikt reported some issues with #xwaylandvideobridge and #phosh and it turned out it uses _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY which was proposed > years ago to be added to the wm-spec (https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xdg/2003-December/001413.html) but never landed although Qt, GTK and others use (or used) it.

That just changed (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xdg/xdg-specs/-/merge_requests/97) and we also already have #wlroots support now too so phosh can happily use it too.

But maybe I'm the only person that finds this kind of archeology exciting .