Purism @purism@librem.one

Ever wondered how to *really* declare device compatibility in AppStream MetaInfo files for your app?
I wrote a short-ish blogpost about that!
Things will also become much nicer to use with AppStream 1.0 soon, with more validation and helper tools 🙂
https://blog.tenstral.net/2023/10/how-to-indicate-device-compatibility-for-your-app-in-metainfo-data.html #freedesktop #appstream #linux

woohooo good news! thanks to the awesome @joostvb and some help from @NGIZero libopaque is about to be included in #debian (and all dowstream distros, like #ubuntu, #raspian, #devuan and #kali https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/libopaque_0.99.2-1.html

it only has to pass the ftp NEW queue manual review.

#crypto #opaque #linux #cfrg #irtf

Hi folks! Would you like to become better hackers?

I offer a #hacker #course for the first 3 lucky applicants.

Want to learn #Rust? #Linux? Or just have someone who knows where to find answers about the universe?

Now I'm ready to become your #mentor - if you support me :)

https://opencollective.com/dorotac

I don't have much hope that new cars will be less invasive of my privacy any time soon, but this sort of project gives me hope that when the time comes to replace my car (hopefully a decade from now), that I might be able to convert it or some other pre-privacy-invasion car to electric.

https://www.dezeen.com/2023/10/09/alexander-burton-revr-electric-car-conversion-kit/

#privacy #ElectricCars

I have no details, but I just happen to browse the #framasoft forum and discovered that there is an official #peertube app in development ...

Seems like there should be something to see in November;)

https://framacolibri.org/t/is-this-project-still-being-developed/19047

https://github.com/PeerTuber/PeerTuber

#foss #opensource #floss

Educational institutions of all levels should use and teach #FreeSoftware because it is the only software that allows them to accomplish their essential missions: to disseminate human knowledge and to prepare students to be good members of their community. https://u.fsf.org/1dz

I finally have a break from work to demo the Librem 11 again. I was impressed with the quality of the decryption screen and haven't seen pics online anywhere so I thought I would share that here. There are many things to love so far.

#purism #librem11 #linuxtablet #linuxmobile #linuxphone

WTF Google Play?
You're drunk, #PlayProtect. Go home!

"Harmful app removed. #KDEConnect. The app is fake. It can steal your personal data, such as banking info and passwords."

@kde ftw
#DeleteGoogle #KDE

A new blog post:
A Picture Book of some of the Apps on Mobile Linux.

https://kosmosghost.github.io/posts/a-picture-book-of-some-of-the-apps-on-mobile-linux/

#mobilelinux #linuxmobile #mobilelinuxapps.

To give you a sense of what we talk about: all patches in these folders are those we carry in Mobian.
https://salsa.debian.org/Mobian-team/devices/kernels/sunxi64-linux/-/tree/mobian-6.1/debian/patches

Mobian started as a hobby project, triggered by the excitement of finally being able to hack one’s mobile phone at will. It is fair to say that the device that made it possible back then was the original PinePhone. However, after running once again into the same difficulties we experienced over and over, we’re wondering whether maintaining support for this device is still worth the effort…

https://blog.mobian.org/posts/2023/09/30/paperweight-dilemma/

@eickot @purism @mobian

No, please read: https://blog.mobian.org/posts/2023/03/07/porting-to-new-devices/

@gecko @tootbrute @KinmenRisingProject The real difference there comes from @purism having kernel devs on their payroll: in terms of hardware parts, IMHO they didn't make obviously better choices when looking only at the "software support" aspect (heck, even they ended up with a downstream driver for the wifi cards they initially shipped)

I never get tired of posting my phone running on the latest stable kernel. Props to @purism for doing all the hard work to maintain the #librem5 kernel and making it easy for @mobian to use it!

@eliasr I don't think anybody is doing the backporting to byzantium atm. Crimson has recent packages (but I wouldn't recommend Crimson for every day phone usage yet). For experiments `l5-fetch-next phosh` gives you current phosh (+next patches) on byzantium (that's what I'm using to run recent phosh on my daily device).