@nitrokey Hey NitroKey, as a #postmarketOS dev this honestly gets me a bit worried. I've seen several companies jumping on the "Linux on mobile" bandwagon without realizing what makes the PinePhone and Librem 5 so great: mainline Linux kernel support.
Please make sure that if you make a Linux-based phone, it'll either ship with mainline support or has at least work going to it to make that happen in the future!
MNT Reform hands-on review by Hackaday! https://hackaday.com/2021/08/26/hands-on-mnt-reforms-the-laptop/
Just some screenshots of Shattered-pixel-Dungeon a fun little Roguelike RPG running on the #Pinephone
I showed this one before but I realized there is a .jar version in the LinMobGames repo now so you can use it on more then just Mobian. I just love this game it's not specially complicated but a ton of fun and I even played it before I had a Pinephone! :D
Big thanks to @ShatteredPixel (Twitter) for the amazing work!
#Gnome #Pine64 #LinuxPhone #Librem5
INPUT magazine article on MNT Reform just dropped https://www.inputmag.com/reviews/mnt-reform-review-your-diy-laptop-fantasy-is-here-at-last
Valve just dropped the bomb. A cheap portable console like computer with Linux on it (and it's arch btw). It's called the #SteamDeck.
2021 confirmed year of the Linux portable gaming console.
New blog post:
GNU/Linux on Tablets: Hardware
https://linmob.net/gnu-linux-on-tablets-hardware/
#linuxtablets
This #Podcast has a dedicated thread on @PINE64's forums now: https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=14021&pid=95303#pid95303
#betterlatethannever
To anyone interested in the #Pinephone, or even the #Librem5 and #Linux #smartphones in general, we owe a huge debt of gratitude imo to #Megi.
He's not employed to do this, but donates hundreds of his own personal hours helping to get the hardware working, increase battery life (over and over) and generally make a huge amount of the smartphone progress we've seen, happen.
I'm personally extremely grateful and encourage everyone to donate at the bottom of his page here:
https://xnux.eu/contribute.html
We are proud that mobian developer kop316 has now gone for a real fork of the unmaintained mmsd and will be trying to get it into Debian. Also @purism will be using his code on the Librem5. It goes both ways! This will hopefully become the basis for The Next Generation of mmsd:
https://gitlab.com/kop316/mmsd
This is the last week to pick up a #pinebookpro before production pauses on May 24th.
Pine Store link: https://pine64.com/product-category/pinebook-pro/?v=0446c16e2e66
Information about production break: https://www.pine64.org/2021/05/15/may-update-connection-established/
i've booted mainline linux on this (ls1028a) but still working on the display pipeline, which is kinda nuts (mali dp->cadence mhdp (imx8 flavored)) and gpu (GC7000UL). so far:
- monitor/edid detected on DP and have mali dp fb0, but stays black
- etnaviv binds but MMU faults
on a positive note: lots of peripherals work and the cortex-a72s feel snappy
New blog post discussing what happened in March and April on #LINMOBapps and a glimpse at plans for its future:
https://linmob.net/linmobapps-additions-changes-march-april-2021/
New blog post: "Will Linux Phones stay around this time?"
https://linmob.net/will-linux-phones-stay-around-this-time/
Comparing #LinuxPhone history and present.
#LinuxPhones #PinePhone #Librem5 #Openmoko
#PineTalk Episode 007 is out!
Shaken, not stirred: An interview with @danct12 , creator of a the Arch Linux ARM Spin for #PinePhone and #PineTab, Feedback, two aspects of the latest Community Update, and four listener questions. Listen Now!
Full show notes: https://www.pine64.org/podcast/007-my-name-is-64-pine64/
Here are the full sources for the new LS1028A processor module for MNT Reform, designed by RBZ Embedded Logics (Madrid): https://source.mnt.re/reform/mnt-reform-layerscape-ls1028a-som#mnt-reform-layerscape-ls1028a-som
The chip on this module has dual ARM Cortex-A72 processors and 8GB or 16GB DDR4 RAM while keeping the Vivante GC7000L GPU with open source drivers.
If you want to have a cool #retroarch setup on postmarketOS edge like lazzardo, check out the new wiki page he wrote:
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/RetroArch
Most devices, like his BQ Aquaris X5, or the #pinephone and #librem5 need a touch input scaling patch. So he created one, upstreamed it to RetroArch and applied in Alpine 🎉
@linmob Question for next PineTalk podcast:
So, I ordered a pine phone from the latest batch, which is due to ship by the end of the month IIRC. The question is, what would be your top three recommendations of which OS to run on it and why?
I should also state that I really don't want to cause a flame war here, I just want to get an honest evaluation of the current state of the best OSes for the pine phone. Thanks in advance!
This blog is now hosted on the GPS/LTE modem of the Pinephone ! Very impressive feat
https://nns.ee/blog/2021/04/01/modem-blog.html #linux #pinephone #modem
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