I just donated 50€ to postmarketOS, please consider helping them, they are doing awesome work over there. #postmarketos
https://opencollective.com/postmarketos
postmarketOS - Open Collective

A real Linux distribution for phones

Wir sind auch heute wieder auf dem #clt2026. Kommt gerne vorbei und probiert ein Smartphone mit #phosh und #LinuxMobile aus.

#mobian #postmarketos

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Ubuntu 26.10 could drop btrfs, ZFS and LUKS support from GRUB:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-grub-secure-boot-luks-changes
(Why don't they drop Snap too to protect user's security? Snap Store also has malware lol)

Ubuntu’s Security Center app adds Ubuntu Pro settings:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-security-center-ubuntu-pro

Ubuntu 26.04 Beta is now available to download:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/03/ubuntu-26-04-beta-is-now-available-to-download

Ubuntu Maker Canonical Joins The Rust Foundation:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Canonical-Joins-Rust-Foundation

Fedora 45 Aims For IPv6-Mostly Support Out-Of-The-Box:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-45-IPv6-Mostly

Fedora 45 Plan Approved For Web Frontend To Linux's "Blue Screen of Death" DRM Panic:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-45-To-Get-DRM-Panic-Web

openSUSE Releases Agama 19 Installer with Many New Features and Improvements:
https://9to5linux.com/opensuse-releases-agama-19-installer-with-many-new-features-and-improvements

Kali Linux 2026.1 Is Out with New Default Theme, New Tools, and BackTrack Mode:
https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2026-1-is-out-with-new-default-theme-new-tools-and-backtrack-mode

KaOS Linux 2026.03 Is Out with Linux 6.19, More systemd Components Removed:
https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2026-03-is-out-with-linux-6-19-more-systemd-components-removed

Tails 7.6 Privacy-Focused Linux Distro Released with Automatic Tor Bridges:
https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-6-privacy-focused-linux-distro-released-with-automatic-tor-bridges

SystemRescue 13 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS, GParted 1.8.1, and More:
https://9to5linux.com/systemrescue-13-released-with-linux-kernel-6-18-lts-gparted-1-8-1-and-more

KDE Plasma 6.7 Addresses 5 Year Old Request For Easier Microphone Testing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-Plasma-6.7-Microphone

KDE's KWin Compositor Lands First Step Toward Vulkan Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/KDE-KWin-Vulkan-First-Step

GNOME Foundation Announces Fellowship Program:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Fellowship-Program

Gedit Aims For More Frequent Releases, Bans AI / LLM Contributions:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Gedit-50-Released

Introducing Duranium: a more reliable postmarketOS:
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2026/03/17/introducing-duranium/

New postmarketOS installations now by default use sudo-rs instead of doas:
https://postmarketos.org/edge/2026/03/18/sudo-rs-instead-of-doas/

(More Linux and FOSS news in comments)

#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #Ubuntu #Fedora #openSUSE #KaliLinux #KaOS #Tails #TailsOS #SystemRescue #KDE #KDEPlasma #KWin #GNOME #Gedit #Duranium #postmarketOS #LinuxDesktop #DesktopLinux #DesktopEnvironment #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #DistributionRelease #DistroRelease #FosseryTech

Ubuntu 26.10 could drop btrfs, ZFS and LUKS support from GRUB - OMG! Ubuntu

Ubuntu engineers are debating ways to reduce the number of features present in the signed version of GRUB, the boot loader used on systems with Secure

OMG! Ubuntu

Halftone (the dithering app) makes mobile linux photos look so good. This is like the early days of mobile apps again, except built to last and without any ads

#postmarketOS #shotonpmos

Lots of fun stuff at Boiling The Ocean 10 today, including

- Fairphone 5 audio hacking
- Reflection newcomer session
- Fixed document sorting by editing date in Reflection
- Fixed multi-window zooming bug in Reflection
- Reflection on macOS
- GNOME Maps UX
- Bazaar app version pinning UX
- GNOME 50 celebration
- Talk: "Readability, Legibility, Usability" by @frankrausch
- and more!

#gnome #linuxmobile #postmarketos #gtk #localfirst #berlin

Looking for a cozy Sunday project? The fairly new #postmarketOS documentation website docs.postmarketos.org has some low hanging fruit that might be interesting to some folks

The guide for upgrading to new postmarketOS releases needs to be ported over from the wiki: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/docs.postmarketos.org/-/work_items/25

And the artwork repo which contains our style guide should be added to the docs website so its more easily available: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/docs.postmarketos.org/-/work_items/32

#foss #linuxmobile #opensource #documentation

Move Upgrade wiki page to docs.postmarketos.org (#25) · Issues · postmarketOS / docs.postmarketos.org · GitLab

The 'new release upgrade' page at https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Upgrade_to_a_newer_postmarketOS_release should probably be moved to docs.postmarketos.org.

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#MeshCore on a #Linux phone. I wonder how much more niche it can possibly get. 😀

#Meshy #PostMarketOS

I've been bugged by some of the #postmarketOS #pmbootstrap subcommand names for a while, so I decided to finally write my thoughts down in an issue: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmbootstrap/-/work_items/2745

Any thoughts or suggestions are more than welcome. Hearing others' experiences and thoughts about this would be great.

Rethink subcommand names (#2745) · Issues · postmarketOS / pmbootstrap · GitLab

I've been thinking about the subcommand names we have in pmbootstrap for a while. While I am familiar with them now after years of using pmbootstrap, I think...

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