I guess it's impossible to remove Google from Android phones. I have disabled Google, but cannot delete it. And it re-enabled itself later. The only way out of this, I'm thinking, is an alternative operating system for the phone.

http://john1126.com/746

#phone #Google #Android #GrapheneOS #CopperheadOS #DivestOS #PureOS #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch

Apart from supported devices, what are the deciding factors to choose between @mobian and @postmarketOS ?

Building for Mobian is easy in docker (we use https://tangled.org/me.webbeef.org/beaver/blob/main/support/docker/Dockerfile.arm64), not sure if pmbootstrap is also usable in CI? Ideally we would create updatable images with cage (https://github.com/cage-kiosk/cage) as the wayland compositor and Beaver as the user environment.

#linuxmobile #mobilelinux #mobian #postmarketos

support/docker/Dockerfile.arm64 at main · me.webbeef.org/beaver

Rewild Your Web

Tangled

Heads up for edge users:

We've switched to Plymouth for displaying the boot splash! This allows screen rotation to work, and to toggle between splash and boot logs by pressing ESC on devices with a keyboard, or the power button 🔌 on phones and tablets.

More information:
https://postmarketos.org/edge/2026/04/30/Switching-from-pbsplash-to-Plymouth/

#postmarketos #linuxmobile

Switching from pbsplash to Plymouth

Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones

postmarketOS
Got out for a nice hike yesterday and took some nice pictures. #Shotonlibrem5 #librem5 #postmarketos #millipixels

#pine64 support seem to be trolling me. I reported that wifi chip stopped working within ~15 minutes, and their response so far has been:

  • Gaslight me and try to convince me there is no problem
  • Try to convince me my phone wasn't charged enough for wifi+bt chip to work.
  • Try to convince me that even though battery is charged, it doesn't have "enough voltage" just for this one chip while everything else works
  • It is almost as if they just want me to go away and stop complaining.

    #pinephone #linuxphone #postmarketos

    @brainblasted I have a branch with quickshell on alpine now. DMS needs some tweaks for min-width but it seems pretty promising. :) #postmarketos #niri

    Am 19.05. um 19:30 Uhr ist es wieder so weit: #GoeLinuxOnMobile-Treffen im Strandhaus in #Göttingen/#Weende.

    Wie auch beim letzten Termin werde ich #Mobiltelefon​e mit #Linux zum Ausprobieren mitbringen.

    Mitunter ein #Shift6mq aus Falkenberg, auf dem sowohl #Android/#ShiftOS als auch alternativ #Linux gestartet werden kann.

    #postmarketOS #mobian #phosh

    https://hallo.ween.de/@chris/statuses/01KNS4DYAFP57BRVFKKT0S99CK

    Node: ‪Strandhaus 37‬ (‪5621502299‬)

    OpenStreetMap is a map of the world, created by people like you and free to use under an open license.

    OpenStreetMap

    I am very thankful for everybody that worked on applying https://docs.postmarketos.org/pmcr/main/0005-default-git-branch-rename.html to pmaports, pmbootstrap, and the core CI repos in postmarketOS. The process was handled so carefully and smoothly that there is only one thing I could consider as actually being broken after that fact, and that was just one CI check that was missed. Really makes me trust the coordination of the distro.

    #PostMarketOS

    0005: Change Default Git Branch to main - postmarketOS Change Request

    @dos Is this to #PostmarketOS also ? ! !