Lmst

In the meantime, I must get an up-to-date OS onto my #PinePhone. As I've said in a few posts here, I've had it since 2020, but since then I've lacked the spoons to teach myself complicated new hacker skills. Including installing mobile OS, even on a device designed to make it easier.

Speaking of the PP, maybe a range of cheap DumbPhones could be based on that tech? A quick search on the #DumbPhone tag here shows a lot of interest, and on the same tag with an "s". How about it @pine64?

(14/14)

Now that sound is at least mostly working on the #Fairphone5, I have installed #PostmarketOS on it, and wow! It is a totally different experience from the #pinephone . Super-snappy and clean.
I don't love #phosh (I've grown to really like µLauncher), but I'll give #sxmo another try soon.
Still need phone audio to work, but this is already _so_ good!

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (10/2026): Slow Spring

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-10-2026/

#Phosh #SailfishOS #Jolla #UbuntuTouch #postmarketOS #Mobian #ArchLinuxARM #Catacomb #LinuxMobile #PinePhone #Librem5 #FuriLabsFLX1

Catacomb's latest 1.3.0 release fixes an interesting issue:

Apparently on the PinePhone (Pro) when disabling `eg25-manager`, libinput generates a bunch of `XF86WakeUp` press/release events, ultimately ending up with the key permanently pressed. Since Catacomb supports multi-key bindings, it wouldn't trigger bindings anymore, since it only looked at the ones with `XF86WakeUp` active.

https://github.com/catacombing/catacomb/releases/tag/v1.3.0

#linuxmobile #catacomb #pinephone

Ubuntu Touch on the PinePhone — is this the best Linux mobile interface? Hands-on demo + comparison with Phosh & Plasma Mobile. If you love open-source phones, this is a must-watch for everyday usability and polish. Dive in and let us know what you think! #UbuntuTouch #PinePhone #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #OpenSource #Ubuntu #English
https://eloquer.de/videos/watch/e2533d4c-f783-4d5c-8f05-8694d58ea63a

Linux smartphone users, what phone and OS do you prefer and why?

I'm in the process of learning about Linux OS on smartphones with the goal of eventually using a Linux phone as my daily driver.

What features are most important to you?
What do you mostly do with your phone other than call/text?
What about mobile banking?? >_>
Which phone do you feel pairs best with Linux?

Screen reader users: I am so sorry for what you're about to experience...
#linuxphone #linuxphones #foss #linuxos #pinephone #pinephonepro #ubuntutouch #sailfishos #postmarketos #MobianOS #manjaro #archlinux #openSUSE

Alte Technik, neue Freude

Oder wie es mir gelungen ist, einem alten Linux-Smartphone neues Leben einzuhauchen.

#PinePhone #linuxmobile #catacomb #Alarm #Arch_Linux_ARM #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/alte-technik-neue-freude

@badrihippo @fbinin @furilabs

I'm running #Mobian on a #PinePhone. It's OK for me, but I wouldn't recommend it. The hardware is far too slow for most peoples expectations and battery life is horrible. It seems to be out of stock, anyway:

https://pine64eu.com/product/pinephone-beta-edition-with-convergence-package/

Btw. there is a #MobileLinux, esp. Mobian, #Jabber channel: xmpp:mobile-linux@conference.conversations.im?join

And a Mobian Matrix room: !wcicgpuipefztgjwrz\:matrix.org

everytime i do a #postmarketos upgrade on my #pinephone, i magically hope it will make the hardware better.

@cwebber Language and branding is important in conveying ideas and setting expectations for the general public. For example, Apple managed to convince people that “a Mac” was a totally different type of thing from “a PC”; if it's different, maybe it's better. And an “iPhone“ is not the same type of thing as a “computer”, so don't expect to be able to do everything a “computer” can; it's a new different thing.

So I think we need a word that means a local-first computer that you actually control. “PC” is already taken; “sickobox” is (alas) a hard sell.

I propose we use the word #cyberdeck. A *cyberdeck* means a local-first computer that you actually control. My #PinePhone with #postmarketOS is a prototype cyberdeck. @modal are trying to make a ready-for-primetime cyberdeck.

@PerryPeak ah yes I keep mixing that up and thinking pinephone have their own distro

#Pinephone #Linux #LinuxMobile

@kde @olivenolje @plasmamobile

I hadn't heard until Plasma Mobile until now, I had only heard of the pinephone one. I am excited to hear more about the project development in the future!

#KDE #PlasmaMobile #Linux #Pinephone

Three months without a #smartphone, or indeed a #phone of any kind, is unfortunately about to end upon the post delivery today. I caved in due to the "digital pariah" effect, aka the "how can you survive without a phone you weirdo" effect. (In actuality, living rurally and not driving, I need to have some kind of emergency communication ability - kids, health issues, snakes, a wild variety of potential mishaps etc). I really wanted to get a #LinuxPhone like a #PinePhone but battery life is still iffy (see emergency requirements above), and the camera is crap, which, other than the roughly one text message I receive every six months, is the only reason a slightly decent phone is worth having. So, a second hand Pixel has been aquired, and slapping #GrapheneOS on it is the plan.