December News Update!
- RK3366 SBCs are coming!
- 2020 in review
- #Pinephone and #Pinetime together
- #Pinephone keyboard for developers
- #PinebookPro back in March!
- #PineCube case
- #Pinecil and Docking Deck launch reception
and more...
https://www.pine64.org/2020/12/15/december-update-the-longest-one-yet/
With latest updates, GNOME Web (Epiphany) can play YouTube videos on the Librem 5, so you won't have to switch to Firefox to do that anymore. And you won't believe where the bug was located[1]! ;) Call `sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-libav` or wait a few days until it's installed by default with the next update and enjoy. @purism
[1] it was in glibc...
our update from mid nov is now out on Crowd Supply as well! https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/reform/updates/november-production-update
@thomasorus Excellent, and don't forget to make sure you recompile your code with debugging symbols on (i.e., include the `-ggdb` flag when compiling) before trying to debug it. Otherwise the debuggers will show you disassembly instead, which isn't so helpful.
@thomasorus I'd recommend you run that in a debugger. My preference is either for nemiver or better yet, the eclipse c standalone debugger. I'd help you more, but I'd need to be at a computer and Not on a phone.
Anyhow if you rerun your code within a debugger it will at least (probably) pinpoint the line which triggered the segfault.
@purism Whoa, did you guys just sneakily a second USB-C port to the design, cause that would be amazing!
Also, while I am generally against having silkscreen on the side of a laptop, USB-C ports are a bit of an exception for me as they aren't all created equal. If possible I might suggest a dark silkscreen (So it doesn't stick out unless you are really looking) next to those ports indicating their capabilities (e.g., DP, thunderbolt, and or charging).
Anyhow, Its looking great.
@mntmn The L5 looks compelling enough and Purism appears to be very committed to openly developing the Linux phone ecosystem.
Admittedly the price is high but, the product is not subsidized (by selling user data) and similarly it isn't sold at a loss because they are planning to make a profit though associated app sales. My feeling is that the price is fair.
TLDR; I preordered one a couple of years ago and I have no regrets.
@purism That looks amazing! Also, this goes without saying but, you guys have really stepped up your game with regard to the quality of your videos.
Librem 5 Mass Production Phone Has Begun Shipping
"Shipping the Librem 5 has been an immense multi-year developmental effort. It is the culmination of people’s desire to see an alternative to Android and iOS..."
https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-mass-production-phone-has-begun-shipping/
YouTube-dl's repository has been restored \o/ https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl
Apparently, thank to intervention of the @eff https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/dmca/master/2020/11/2020-11-16-RIAA-reversal-effletter.pdf
@thomasorus Have you by any chance checked out that new Ubuntu release on the pi? I'm also running Manjaro on mine at the moment but, I would totally switch over if Ubuntu performed better.
The Librem 5 Mass Production Shipping FAQ
"Right now we are finishing up our extensive quality control steps and fulfillment procedures so that we can start shipping the revolutionary Librem 5 phone."
https://puri.sm/posts/the-librem-5-mass-production-shipping-faq/
Precursor is a RISC-V, FPGA-assisted open hardware PDA aimed at developers and hackers
https://tuxphones.com/bunnie-studios-precursor-open-hardware-risc-v-linux-pda-phone/ #linux
made a last minute MNT Reform motherboard revision today, to accomodate for a 7cm long chonker of a LS1028A CPU/RAM upgrade module to be released at some point next year by https://rbz.es & us.
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