leimon @leimon@librem.one

maybe the world's first RISC-V laptop guts!

it's real: the first assembled MNT RKX7. an open hardware kintex-7 fpga SoM with many peripherals for MNT Reform (or other projects).

@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.

next-generation LS1028A processor module for MNT Reform powering up at RBZ Logics, Madrid

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

MNT Reform Kintex-7 FPGA module work-in-progress

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/

#LinuxPhoneApps

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 🎉