howdy folks, after some deliberation we've decided to bridge the mastodon account over to bluesky, making it easier for people to discover and follow along with the project. Mastodon will always be our home, but we think it's important to reach more people. You can check us out at
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Some great backports landed in v24.12 thanks to the following amazing people! :postmarketos: * @npub169nw...tfyr figured out call audio regressions for sdm845 (bottom mic not working on xiaomi-beryllium (Poco F1), distorted audio on OP6 (and possibly OP6T)) and made a workaround:
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 * @johkra fixed pinephones with vccq-mod not booting:
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 * @Clayton fixed that boot-deploy failed when using a strictly POSIX compatible shell:
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Est-ce que des francophones lisent ceci ? We have a WIP translation of the postmarketOS flyer into French. Do you want to help out with reviewing it? Having more eyes on it would be great! πŸ‘€
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postmarketOS v24.12 is out now! ✨ :postmarketos: "The One With Androids & Cameras, But It's Mainline Linux" Read all about it on our blog:
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 Big thanks to everybody who has been contributing to this release, without you this would not be possible! ❀️ We would also like to thank [@nlnet](
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 ) and @npub1dk0y...k0wd for funding most of the infrastructure and maintenance work that went into this release. If you would like to get your project funded, consider applying for a grant! #linux
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:
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 πŸ’¬ Testing chat:
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: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!
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#postmarketOS 24.12 is coming out, and we just can't pick a wallpaper.... can you guys help us? Poll in the replies.
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: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!
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postmarketOS in 2024-11: pmbootstrap v3, RFC process and Seattle
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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:
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Conflict between sudo and doas-sudo-shim (UPDATE: keeping doas-sudo-shim requires manual intervention)
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