I hastily threw together a version of #Conversations_im that has no address book integration and doesn’t ask for Contacts permission.
This seems to have made it through Google Play review just now meaning the app is no available on Google Play again.
No indication from Google that they were in the wrong and hallucinated the whole "uploads contact list" thing. Instead I had to walk the path of least resistance and remove the useful and entirely harmless feature of address book integration.
POV: a few years ago you uploaded a bunch of games into Google Play that:
- are fully Free Software
- don't gather any user data
- are fully local, no ads
- are complete and finished
- don't really need updating.
One of the games was removed because of "missing privacy policy". Others - I don't even know, they didn't bother to tell me 😜 Seems like the idea that some apps may simply respect the user and not exist to mine for data is unfathomable to Google.
🎙️ Compared to last year, we decided to do the podcast inside the cafeteria instead of outside, and on Sunday instead of Saturday. Twice the amount of FOSDEM days to talk about, and with more people talking in the background. Enjoy!
https://cast.postmarketos.org/episode/38-FOSDEM-2024-special/
FWIW I've just posted subtitles for the talk, available under the same link above. You can use this mpv invocation below to watch it captioned:
```
mpv https://video.fosdem.org/2024/h1309/fosdem-2024-3200-universal-serial-bug-a-tale-of-spontaneous-modem-resets.av1.webm --sub-file=https://dosowisko.net/fosdem24/fosdem-2024-3200-universal-serial-bug-a-tale-of-spontaneous-modem-resets.av1.vtt
```
WebKit GTK4 is now fully accessible. Shipping in GNOME 46
Co-funded by @sovtechfund and @igalia ❤️
Completed by Georges Stavracas at Igalia 🎩
Thanks to everyone involved !
• https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/merge_requests/6827
• https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/pull/23926
Hey :) @bleeptrack and I are building a #Git learning game for the browser, and we could use your help!
We built three prototypes, and are not sure which one is best. Today, you can try all of them! There will be a poll at the end of this thread.
Note that these prototypes are still incomplete and a bit rough. But we think you'll figure it out!
All three let you use a real Git, which we run in a Linux VM in your browser! 🤯
Dear companies,
please don't make having access to Google's or Apple's app stores to use your products a requirement.
This locks so many of us out because we either don't have a compatible device or the device doesn't have the software to access these services (like google play services).
1️⃣ /2️⃣
Heading back to the UK from #FOSDEM and what an amazing event once again. The #LinuxOnMobile stand was packed for two days continuous and it was wonderful to talk to so may #SailfishOS users, users of other mobile Linux distros and curious explorers!
Thanks to our great stand partners: @mobian @Purism, @postmarketOS, @AsteroidOS, @ubports, #NemoMobile, @mntmn
The recording of my #FOSDEM talk - a dive into a bug in USB 2.0 and the problem of spontaneous modem resets that used to be experienced on the #Librem5 is now available to watch: https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3200-universal-serial-bug-a-tale-of-spontaneous-modem-resets/ #linuxmobile #mobilelinux #usb #fosdem24 #fosdem2024 #fossonmobile #mobile #linux
Thanks to everybody who visited the Linux on Mobile stand! At the postmarketOS part we had so many great conversations and a fun time showing all the UIs + devices running mainline linux! A small cheatsheet revealing itself below the Sxmo phone certainly helped, and a lot of people were excited to try it out.
Shout out to our friends from the projects next to us, as always it has been amazing to collaborate with everyone! 🥳
See you next year!
First day at the #linuxmobile stand at #FOSDEM 2024 was packed! Our devroom is sadly over but we'll be at the stand for another day, so come on by if you haven't already!
phosh 0.36.0 is out 🚀📱:
Besides lots of smaller improvements and fixes the long press delay to unfold OSK is now configurable and you can rearrange your favorite apps in mobile settings (with GTK >= 4.13.12).
Check out the full release notes at https://phosh.mobi/releases/rel-0.36.0/
#phosh #librem5 #gnome #linux #mobile #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux
Remember, today #FOSDEM and there is a great devroom on "FOSS on #mobileLinux". https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/room/h1309/
Happen to not be in Brussels? Not an excuse as my livingroom setup proofs. I am all ready to listen the live steam and chat in #matrix room #2024-h.1309_van_rijn_:fosdem.org
Make sure to not miss out the talks by @awai @luva @z3ntu @cas @linmob @dcz @dos @braid @flypig @okias and others
@fosdem starts in about 9 hours now, so before I go to bed, I have to remind you all that starting 10:30, the "FOSS on Mobile Devices" devroom will welcome you and host an impressive number of quality talks about #LinuxMobile.
I'll even present myself, sharing some updates about @mobian at 17:30: https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3290-towards-a-bright-future-with-mobian-/
Did you hear the news? 📰
Our friends @rawrlabgames announced their FREE* #GodotEngine port for #NintendoSwitch!
Details here: https://rawrlab.com/godot_nintendo_switch_free_port.html
What a win for the community 🪙 Are we going to see an increase in Switch games made with Godot soon?
Hello 🌏 ! This is #phosh's mastodon account. It'll have phosh's release announcements and posts/boosts of related projects. Looking forward to an interesting and bright Linux mobile future 📱 .
Hi, I'm dos. ~80 silly FLOSS games, open smartphones, terrible music. 50% of @holypangolin; 100% of dosowisko.net. he/him/any. I don't receive DMs.