Sebastian Krzyszkowiak @dos@librem.one

Adventures of porting postmarketOS to the Librem 5

"I’ve been longing to drop the shackles of Android ever since I made the decision to stop using my Nokia N900. Nokia had given up on Linux phones, and it was clear that there would be no further security patches for my favorite smartphone of all time. "

https://puri.sm/posts/adventures-of-porting-postmarketos-to-the-librem-5/

Guest post by @craftyguy

#privacy #freedom #security

For 4 years my personal website relied ENTIRELY on javascript to display anything 🤦‍♀️ and none of these 4 years show up on the wayback machine, one of my biggest regrets..

> Interesting-looking project on GitHub
> No screenshots
> Website link: discord.gg/...

@purism …and here's a quick Quake II demo using the #librem5 docked via usb-c (audio is from L5's built in speaker) - might be a bit more exciting than running #libreoffice (which also works):

Librem 5 Emulators and Controllers

https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-emulators-and-controllers/

"While the Librem 5 does support many actively developed games, it also has an impressive list of emulators that can be used."

#librem5 #gaming #privacy #freedom

@purism And here's the #librem5 connected to a usb-c hub that has a keyboard/mouse connected via usb and driving the external screen via dp-alt-mode. Needs some hacks still but we're getting there:

With some work, mostly config tweaks and scaling, I got #openRCT2 running on my #librem5. There's still more experience "papercuts" with scrolling and placement, but still really neat that it works.

Managed to get PSP emulation working on the Librem 5!
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp.git
cd ppsspp
sudo apt install clang cmake libgl1-mesa-dev libsdl2-dev libvulkan-dev
./b.sh --rpi64
vi cmake/Toolchains/raspberry.armv8.cmake (add set(PPSSPP_PI_MODEL4 ON))
./b.sh -rpi64

https://wololo.net/downloads/index.php/download/1326 running on the L5:

If you think that Linux can move to GitHub or GitLab and still be productive at scale, I want you to read through the MAINTAINERS file in the root of the Linux source tree.

https://git.sr.ht/~sircmpwn/linux/tree/master/MAINTAINERS

Every one of those entries has a dedicated maintainer in charge of it, applying to a subset of the source tree. All 3,000 of them. Many of these have dedicated external trees, mailing lists, and policies. Almost all of this development happens away from the LKML. Each of those trees has a path upwards towards Linus's tree, often via other trees and other maintainers, or towards the -lts trees. These trees are not necessarily authoritative either, and the kernel you're running might be its own upstream maintained by your Linux distro, unique from any of the releases on kernel.org.

All of it is based on email. And it *works* to drive the most efficient and largest-scale open-source project in history.

Slides from my #debconf20 talk 'My phone runs Debian - and it does phone calls!' (https://debconf20.debconf.org/talks/13-my-phone-runs-debian-and-it-does-phone-calls/) are at https://git.sigxcpu.org/cgit/talks/2020-debconf-mobile/plain/talk.pdf

There's links at the end to the projects / talks i've mentioned.

#debian #gnomeonmobile #librem5 #pureos #mobian

If you need some #debconf20 entertainment around #phosh and #libhandy, watch this talk by @agx: https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2020/DebConf20/13-my-phone-runs-debian-and-it-does-phone-calls.webm

The design behind a #modular and secure mobile phone

"I don't think I am mistaken if I say that the Librem 5 is the most modular smartphone out there."

https://puri.sm/posts/the-design-behind-a-modular-and-secure-mobile-phone/

Learn more: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/

#privacy #freedom #security

3D Gaming on the Librem 5

https://puri.sm/posts/3d-gaming-on-the-librem-5/

The Vivante GC7000Lite GPU in the Librem 5 provides a lot of 3D rendering power while still protecting your #freedom with free software drivers. Here’s a look at how some 3D games run on the Librem 5 today.

#privacy #gaming

Epic v Apple v Google matters to consumers

https://spacepub.space/videos/watch/b4eb5138-6229-4fac-adf3-8ce7b4c267ad

@purism Glimpse of a #librem5 driving an external screen via usb-c's #dp-alt-mode:

LED notifications coming to #calls and other parts of the stack via #feedbackd:

#librem5 @purism #gnomeonmobile