Guido Günther @agx@librem.one

#librem5 docked day 1 (continued):
- a notification LED is great, even for desktop use
- I need a better keyboard/pointing device combination (so far i just grabbed an old one lying around): usb, preferably integrated touch pad, preferably integrated usb-port, preferably us-layout. Recommendations welcome.

#librem5 docked day 1 (continued):
- Besides issues i expected due to using the development version of the distribution things worked well. I keep the primary display on the phone so all notifications go there and don't disturb me.
- Until imx8mq's DEC400 4k output landed in the kernel is a bit sluggish so adding that needs to become a priority
- @merge started updated the byzantium kernel so one thing less to care about, thanks!

#librem5 docked day 1 (continued):
- settle in: apt install bash-completion offlineimap firefox emacs mutt hamster-time-tracker git-buildpackage build-essential ccache tootle vim-gtk krb5-config mutt ...
- Bring over first set of dot files (via git)
- Notice that offlineimap's Kerberos is still broken, fix that https://github.com/OfflineIMAP/offlineimap3/pull/45
- First mail sync:
*** Finished account 'puri.sm' in 420:55
- First time on device bulk mail reading using mutt (keeping #geary for on the road mail)

#librem5 docked day 1:
- librem5-base won't transition from PureOS #landing to #byzantium due to outdated python-apt. Fix that (https://source.puri.sm/pureos/core/python-apt/-/merge_requests/1) so I get current configs and meta packges.
- Notice that #phosh lets the compositor pick the output for notifications so they might end up no the non-primary one. Fix that as well: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/phosh/-/merge_requests/728
- #Luks encrypt the sdcard for mail and other storage

@mobian @debian I've you can't reach the mirror admins I'd try https://lists.debian.org/debian-mirrors/

@spaetz 🚀 I've been doing so for a long time running #phosh daiily since its first commit on my x86 laptop but it seems I now found a dock that has enough usb ports etc. to move to the #librem5 - all the other hubs were too clunky or needed an extra phone stand.

#librem5 docked day 0:
- Wire up dock, test HDMI out, USB-ports, charging speed (https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/firmware-tps6598x-nonfree/-/merge_requests/21)
- `apt install <needed-desktop-stuff>` (emacs, mutt, ...)

#librem5 docked preparations II:

- Notice GNOME Settings 3.38 failed to build in #PureOS #Byzantium. Fix that and add our patch to allow for 200% scaling (https://source.puri.sm/pureos/packages/gnome-control-center/-/merge_requests/1, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-control-center/-/merge_requests/942)
- Add Byzantium builds for librem5-base and other core packages.

#librem5 docked preparations: Get a #luks encryted image for #PureOS Byzantium:

- Get osk-sdl into #PureOS #Byzantium. Sync with #Debian's packaging and forward the fixes: https://source.puri.sm/librem5-apps/osk-sdl/-/merge_requests/3 https://salsa.debian.org/DebianOnMobile-team/osk-sdl/-/merge_requests?scope=all&utf8=%E2%9C%93&state=merged
- Notice SDL2 is broken on mxsfb (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=981722), check current SDL2 hg works and use an older version for now that also works.

Let's seen when I can run the whole day with the #Librem5 docked and don't have to turn the laptop on for any task:

@spaetz Thanks - if we're missing a dependency or something let me know!

@mobian can you link to the patch you used to fix that? Phosh doesn't detect physical keyboards on it's own (https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/phoc/-/issues/98) so i don't think that's the root cause.

@adam @okennedy thanks for the link. Interesting read!

@adam @zbrown whenver it comes to proress bars https://xkcd.com/612/ comes to my mind 🙂

@okennedy @adam exactly! The whole point is to demo that we detect the app launch correctly, come up with some animation and have a rough idea when to close that thing (which is the most complicated bit). Spinners, nicer graphics, etc are yet to come. It's all divide and conquer:separate UI representation from the lower level plumbing so design and plumbing can progress.

@bshah For what exactly?

This is no where near finished but here's some first bits of startup notifications in #phosh (i'm usually using #epiphany on the #librem5 but I needed something that takes longer to start up so i went for #firefox):

#phosh 0.8.0 is out 🚀 : https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/phosh/-/releases/v0.8.0

Changing output resolutions and scaling via GNOME Settings should now mostly work, system modal dialogs don't pop up on the lock screen anymore plus more fixes and i18n improvements. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this release!

#librem5 @purism #gnomeonmobile