Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (22/2023): #Phosh 0.28.0 and an #U-boot boot menu for the #PinePhonePro
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-22-2023/
#LinuxMobile #Librem5 #PinePhone #SailfishOS #flatpak #postmarketOS
@adilarif But you're right that we want GTK4 at some point to have GPU accelerated animations *within* the toolkit (GTK) itself (e.g. for scrolling). It's just that we want to improve some other things that can possibly block adaption of Linux based mobile phones like the Librem 5 first.
@adilarif Switching to GTK4 isn't a top priority for phosh atm as we have accelerated animations in the compositor and there's relatively few UI bits in phosh (compared to other things shell, compositor and OSK need to do and that we want to improve first to make linux mobile phones more pleasant to use). We'll switch eventually to take advantage of some of the GTK4 goodies.
phosh 0.28.0 is out 🚀📱:
There's quality of life and visual improvements both in phone and docked mode.
Check the release notes for details: https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.28.0/
#phosh #librem5 @purism #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux
git-buildpackage 0.9.31 is out:
http://lists.sigxcpu.org/pipermail/git-buildpackage/2023-May/000488.html
If you use --upstream-vcs-tag and have projects with repacked tarballs then this release should make this use case simpler (thanks to a patch by Richard Laager). There's some bugfixes as well.
@devrtz @coucouf 0.0.3 doesn't have --skip-download. We want that in stable due to the `--stable` flag. `--skip-download` will be part of 0.0.4: https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/librem5-flash-image/-/merge_requests/21
@nielsdg @sonny @Purism @tbernard
In order for 4k external displays to work well on the Librem 5 the imx8s mainline display stack needs to support TS buffer sharing and DEC400. This needs work in the gpu drivers, kernel display stack drivers and (to a lesser extend) phoc.
The reason phosh already works well in docked mode and for giving presentations is that it isnt' t that noticeable in lower resolutions like lapdocks or presenters.
This is what this point mostly refers to.
@danctnix any idea why that is? There's also https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/5628 which makes apps launch look slow (as GTK drops the xdg-activation token)
@gregoa_ tunnel röhre unter der elbe ?
once more for the peanut gallery
nvidia _choose_ to not support the wayland stack. or well more generally, the new linux kms+egl gpu stack, since there's a lot other cool things you can built on top of it that aren't wayland
nvidia _choose_ to implement crypto locked down fw in a way that blocks open drivers (even apple got this right!). and no one else can fix it, because it's actual real crypto
nvidia _choose_ to not fix any of this
don't buy nvidia if you don't like this
The Call for Proposals for the Debian Reunion Hamburg (https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2023/DebianReunionHamburg) closes this Sunday - if you are attending or plan to attend, submit a talk! Anything Free Software related is fine, bonus points for a #debian related talk. The CfP is here: https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEvents/de/2023/DebianReunionHamburg#Call_for_Proposals
The artwork is by @francois . Sorry for forgetting that yesterday but after 20m of a phone hotline melody my brain melted.
Testing the new merge request to set lockscren wallpapers in #phosh while waiting for vodafone's hotline to *please* fix out internet connection (which they fail to do so for seven days in a row now).
@chrichri yay! I usually capture the interesting area using gnome-screenshot in the preview 😃 before pasting into e.g. matrix.
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (18/2023): Build your own phone, Phosh 0.27.0, and a Plasma Mobile progress report
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-18-2023/
#LinuxMobile #PinePhone #NuttX #Genode #LIbrem5 #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Shift6mq #Phosh #PlasmaMobile