#wlroots is putting out release candidates for 0.19.0 and I'm running my #phoc branch targeting that on my laptop since today and it didn't crash yet (
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Catch up with wlroots 0.19-x (!599) · Merge requests · World / Phosh / phoc · GitLab
Based on !528 this gets us up to 502eb38d ....
). That's a pleasant surprise. 🎉 I've also uploaded the wlroots RCs to #debian #experimental just in case. #phosh
Not much news on other mobile platforms but I needed a reliable clock that wakes me up even when the 📱 is suspended so I added some boottime clock support to #gnomeClocks. This together with #feedbackd support can be found in
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Guido Günther / Clocks · GitLab
Time for Clocks
 and #phosh's nightly packages.
The arguments brought forward by people saying #LinuxMobile can't be a thing sound about the same as why Linux on servers couldn't become a success back then. "Only for enthusiasts/hobbyists", "Look at the security/usability/[whatever]", "Google is the thing" (formerly Microsoft or proprietary Unix). This (as back then) fails to see already present upsides of the project and the enthusiasm of people willing to make it a success (independent from corporate money and product life cycles).
I'd like to understand how Android handles some QMI bits and found tooling by @npub18zja...3hz5 for that on the @postmarketOS (old account) wiki (
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). 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:
Booting an Android custom kernel on a Pixel 3a for QMI debugging
 #LinuxMobile #phosh #ModemManager
@Free Software Foundation Europe are you in touch with the EU regarding the digital wallet (
MEPs back plans for an EU-wide digital wallet | News | European Parliament
The new digital identity framework will provide EU citizens with cross border digital access to key public services.
) already? This will/can e.g. be used for the driver license in the future? I skimmed through the documents and didn't read anything on OpenSource/ #FreeSoftware there. Would be great if we could ensure first class support for #LinuxMobile. Is that on your list? Otherwise I could at least write the contact address there.
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) 🧵 :
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). #LinuxMobile image
@npub1y00x...hx98 reported some issues with #xwaylandvideobridge and #phosh and it turned out it uses _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY which was proposed > 2️⃣ 0️⃣ years ago to be added to the wm-spec (
EWMH proposal for _NET_WM_WINDOW_OPACITY
) but never landed although Qt, GTK and others use (or used) it. That just changed (
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) 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 🙃 .
Ever since adding the `Haptic` API to #feedbackd for games I wanted to make the `VibraPattern` available to feedback themes as well as this allows for more nuanced feedback. This allows us to e.g. use more subtle feedback for OSK button presses than for 📢 of incoming SMS. Opened MRs to make that possible and while at that I made the maximum strength for all events confiurable too. It's a bit hard to 👂 in the 📽️ but it's there. Hopefully this makes it into #phosh 0.46: #LinuxMobile