The testing phase for the upcoming postmarketOS release v24.12 has started! πŸ§ͺ If you want to give it a spin and help with making it more stable, head over to... ✏️ Testing issue: πŸ’¬ Testing chat:
:terminal: pmbootstrap 3.1.0 is out! > This release allows using pmbootstrap with Alpine 3.21 / pmOS v24.12, adds support for ppc64le, adds code to install keyboard configuration based on chosen locale and has a bunch of fixes. Thanks to everybody who contributed!
#postmarketOS 24.12 is coming out, and we just can't pick a wallpaper.... can you guys help us? Poll in the replies.
:postmarketos: in 2024-11: * New RFC process * Selfhosted GitLab stability issues (should be better now, received a RAM & CPU upgrade today!) * LOTS of kernel packaging MRs, notably one of them enabling camera with (close to) mainline Linux for Fairphone 5 πŸ“Έ * iio-sensor-proxy using less power * Fix for fix poco f1 mic during calls * Pixel3: fix unl0kr * New ports: solidrun-cubox, asus-zenfone3, realme-x3 * generic MSM8953 port and xiaomi-elish -> community * and more!
Happy to announce that BarnabΓ‘s is now a trusted contributor in postmarketOS! He is maintaining multiple Qualcomm SoC kernels in pmOS, as well as related device ports and does important mainlining work! πŸ“œ TC page: https://postmarketos.org/trusted-contributors/#barnabas-czeman-barni2000
Heads up for postmarketOS edge users: doas-sudo-shim now needs to be explicitly installed:
πŸŽ™οΈ [@cas]( ) and [@pabloyoyoista]( ) had a great time as guests of the [@sustainoss]( ) podcast! We remixed the episode by adding some additional discussion at the beginning and end and put it into our feed as well. Topics: * the massive, refurbished phone market * structure of the project * growing organically * why we think upstreaming is important * funding pmOS * and more! Thanks to @Richard Littauer for doing the original interview!
our #FOSDEM stand is confirmed! this time we'll have our very own, with plenty of space to show off more amazing device ports and user interfaces. #LinuxMobile
mobile-config-firefox 4.4.0 is out! :firefoxnew: * More space in the urlbar (no ➑️, trimHttps, etc.) * More space for tabs * Touch screen fixes * Tab counter! * xdg-desktop-portal file-picker * Moving the navigation to the bottom / showing multiple tabs / tab counter is now optional via about:config options * PPA is disabled Big thanks to @LINux on MOBile, @user0 from #FriendlyFox (counter is based on her amazing work!), @Cédric Bellegarde from @Droidian Linux, @DrRac27, @npub15kr9...tlu7 ! #linuxmobile image
We are excited to announce that @Anjan is now a trusted contributor in postmarketOS! He is a maintainer of our favorite tiling WM based Linux Mobile interface Sxmo, maintains quite a few Alpine Linux packages, contributed some cool pmbootstrap patches and recently made a talk "Introduction to postmarketOS" at SeaGL! πŸ₯³ πŸ“œ TC page: https://postmarketos.org/trusted-contributors/#anjan-momi-anjandev πŸ“½οΈ SeaGL talk: https://www.youtube.com/live/wJfbS8f2Zio?feature=shared&t=3084 #sxmo #seagl2024