In case anyone on Arch or derivatives have any issues with location-dependent features not working on KDE (such as the sunrise/sunset times for Night Light):

https://flaky.blue/blog/geoclue-kde-fix/

#linux #archlinux #cachyos #kde #geoclue

It's not just fun stuff that you can do with linux on mobile phones, like testing out experimental kernels or deal with call daemons.

You can also do "boring" stuff like, doing cliché tourism with #gnome #maps on the phone to guide you, take pictures along the way :)

And submit data to #BeaconDB along the way using #geoclue #stumbler (https://gitlab.com/kop316/geoclue-stumbler) by: @kop316

#linuxonmobile #mobian #oneplus6

#python #oneliner for retrieving a location from #geoclue :

```
python3 -c "from gi.repository import Geoclue;print(Geoclue.Simple.new_sync('something',Geoclue.AccuracyLevel.EXACT).get_location().get_properties('latitude','longitude','altitude','accuracy'))"
```

I just made a new minor release of GeoClue, the freedesktop D-bus location server. Highlights of the release are fixes to NMEA parsing and Wifi device selection.

Thanks to all the contributors!

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/releases/2.8.1

#geoclue #location #GPS

After about 5 years we finally did it, the next version of #navit is released now!

https://github.com/navit-gps/navit/releases/tag/v0.5.7

It brings loads of bug fixes and also some new features :)

For everyone reading who doesn't know what Navit is, it's a fully offline #openstreetmap based #navigation software for many different systems. With #geoclue it also works well on #mobilelinux. But we also have an app for #android.
The docs can be found here:
https://navit.readthedocs.io/en/v0.5.7/

#Release #freesoftware #offline

#archlinux tip: if you're having issues with #geoclue to enable location in certain websites, it is preferable to change the default MLS backend config to BeaconDB once you have the geoclue service installed and active, then these steps:
▶️ create a file: sudo mkdir -p /etc/geoclue/conf.d
▶️edit the file: sudo nano /etc/geoclue/conf.d/99-beacondb.conf
▶️add these lines to the previous file:
[wifi]
enable=true
url=https://api.beacondb.net/v1/geolocate
▶️ and restart the geoclue service.

Version 2.8.0 of Geoclue, the freedesktop.org location service was just released! The release highlights are #beacondb support and a separate GeoIP source with new backends. Coming to a #linux computer near you.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/geoclue/geoclue/-/releases/2.8.0

#geoclue #freedesktop #geolocation