Mastodawn

May 18, 2025

GTK 4.18 drops old GL renderer, breaking Megapixels camera app (and potentially some other apps) on PinePhones with Arch Linux (ARM), Alpine/postmarketOS edge, Fedora 42, Alpine 3.22/postmarketOS 25.06, NixOS 25.05, and Debian 13 "Trixie" systems, some workarounds include installing the Flatpak version of Megapixels, or running it in an Alpine 3.21 Distrobox container:
https://linmob.net/gtk-418-the-pinephone-and-megapixels/
(PinePhone's camera isn't the best anyways, but regardless it's sad to see it aging, it's basically the only affordable Linux phone on the market (unless you're a rich guy). Luckily I don't use a lot of apps on my phone as I prefer desktop for 99% of things, but since Google made some steps towards killing off custom roms (by restricting public access to smaller AOSP updates, and giving app devs the option to block sideloading), Linux phones have a crutial role in smartphone privacy, and it shouldn't be only for the rich. Of course, some Android phones are supported by UBports and postmarketOS but most mobile distros don't support many Android devices, users are left with less options.)
(With that being said, PinePhone has the most supported distros (20+) but ironically all of them are either unstable or has missing support for features like Bluetooth or GPS, with this dropped GL renderer, there might be even more issues in the future.)

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#WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #GTK #GTK4 #postmarketOS #ArchARM #PinePhone #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #MobileOS #FosseryTech

Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (12/2026): Immutable Ambitions

This past week: postmarketOS introduces Duranium immutable variant, PureOS Crimson beta and Sailfish OS 5.0.0.77 early access released, a Ubuntu Touch Q&A, Amazfish 2.9.0 and more! Enjoy!

LINux on MOBile

marshall Oct 27, 2024

Updating my travel laptop. Love this little Asus c101p. It's a victim of googles end of life support but runs linux perfectly. It's the only laptop I regularly use the touch screen on.
#Archarm

lars Aug 27, 2024

Ein weiterer #rpi erblickt das Licht des Lebens #archarm #linux

lars Jan 11, 2023

Jemand von Euch Kenntnisse mit #archarm in Verbindung mit #dnssec für #dsnmasq
Ich bekomme #dnssec nicht zum laufen und denke, es liegt womöglich an diesem dnssec=no issue bei #archarm

Alternativ, ich bin zu blöd!

AnotherKiwiGuy Oct 3, 2021

Hey all! I’ve been working hard to get the #Podcast up and running. I think I’m FINALLY at a point where I’m ready to go.

The first episode is already live and ready for you. It’s a little old now, due to setup, but it’s definitely still relevant!

Did you know @awai (the founder of @mobian) plays Guitar, and has album called “Dirty Greed” up on band camp? Neither did I! The sound is hella tight. Links are in the video description and on the Podcast Homepage.

The Podcast #video is available here: https://media.kaitaia.life/w/2waGiHKoqD7Jmg3Nw3Vq81

The Podcast #Homepage is: https://pebkac.show

You can find the #RSS feeds for #MP3; #AAC; #OGG; #FLAC and #Opus are all listed clearly on the main page.

If you just want to skip all the hassle, you can grab the MP3 feed here: https://pebkac.show/web/feed/mp3/

A huge shoutout and thank you, goes out to @awai, for giving me some of his precious time for an interview. Also, @linmob for helping me decide on direction, and giving some sound advice along the way.

I’d really love to hear what you think, and let me know if there’s anything you think I could do to make it better!

Thanks so much!

PS. Please forgive the ping and hashtag stuffing! After this post, I’ll never do it again (unless someone wants me too 😉)

#mobian #linux #pinephone #pine64 #manjaroarm #mobile #foss #librem #librem5 #purism #archarm #ubports

@PINE64 @ManjaroARM @postmarketOS @debian @martijnbraam @craftyguy @bart @dylanvanassche @ollieparanoid @kop316 @purism @danctnix @ubports

Holy crap, you made it this far! Dayum, that was unexpected. Well, if you feel like it, boosts are really appreciated!

Kaitaia_Social

Artem Anufrij Sep 7, 2021

Hey #fediverse , hat jemand von euch #archarm auf einem #raspberrypi im Einsatz? Habt ihr gute/schlechte Erfahrungen?

PizzaLovingNerd - Linux Hardware and More Aug 3, 2021

Phosh vs Plasma Mobile (Side by Side Comparison)

https://tilvids.com/w/gnUHcKxYHMANoEPvhLwvHz

Phosh vs Plasma Mobile (Side by Side Comparison)

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Gamey

Oct 28, 2020

I tried to install Axolotl on Arch and I give up. It just plain and simple won't work :(

I managed to get it to not show any errors by switching from ``nodejs`` to nodejs-lts-erbium`` but the path it should be in still doesn't exist. If any of you managed to install it i would highly appreciate some help but i wont waste another minute on that crap.

#ArchARM #Pinephone #Axolotl #Phosh

Gamey

Oct 22, 2020

I made another blog post. This one is about Matrix clients for the Pinephone so if you are interested give it a read :D
https://lbry.tv/@gamey:c/Matrix-on-Pinephone:3

#Pinephone #Librem5 #Matrix #ArchARM #Phosh #Spectral #Chatty #Nheko #Fractal #Mirage