Mastodawn

f_ 🇵🇸Feb 18

So, let's get back to daily driving Mainline Linux on mobile devices!

I've been running @postmarketOS on an ancient Samsung tablet from 2012. Gotta say, feels surreal that it runs linux 6.x when all the LineageOS unofficial builds for it run on linux 3.x ... quite impressive when you think about it :) (Hardware support is also pretty good, main issue is camera, and stylus which I managed to get working)
I use it for light web browsing and as a kind of smaller laptop when I'm too lazy to carry around my current x86_64 laptop ^^

Sure, pmOS is not yet fully ready, but you can always still find some usecases here and there and excuses to use it daily :)

Work in Progress 🌻

@fun @postmarketOS I am daily using #postmarketOS on a OnePlus 6 phone, writing this post with it, in fact. So many functions work perfectly or near perfectly: wifi, gps, bluetooth, listening/watching audio/video, web browsing,sms/mms...
Camera functioning has come a long way in recent months. In short, I use it for nearly everything I would use a phone for, except for...phone calling..., which is still flaky, but I feel confident that the amazing and generous geniuses working on this project will overcome these challenges.

I am not very technical, but I am able to help out in small ways by testing functions and apps and reporting issues, and contributing to the wiki and the chats with whatever knowledge I have gained.

It's so great that this alternative to the Android/Apple duopoly is coming to fruition!

#MobileLinux #LinuxOnMobile

f_ 🇵🇸Feb 20

@unfinishedsymphony @postmarketOS Yep! I also was daily driving pmOS on my phone (Poco F1) at some point, but right now no longer (also I switched to a Fairphone) because reliability still isn't 100% perfect and I need that. But I'm confident we will get there at some point.

> I am not very technical, but I am able to help out in small ways by testing functions and apps and reporting issues, and contributing to the wiki and the chats with whatever knowledge I have gained.

That's already a huge help :)

Cassandrich Feb 21

@unfinishedsymphony @fun @postmarketOS TBF phone calling doesn't work on my LineageOS device either thanks to VoLTE. 🤬 I just use SIP via Linphone, which is a rather bad app but at least it works. Is a decent SIP phone available on pmOS?

√-ʇoɾəuɐnɾ (Etaoin Shrdlu)Feb 21

@dalias @unfinishedsymphony @fun @postmarketOS The “Calls” app in the GNOME Mobile interface apparently^ allows adding VOIP accounts you already have which use the SIP protocol. Dunno what there might be to originate a new account, but you might be able to port one over that you already have the following info for:
Server, Display Name (Optional), User ID, Password, Port [number], and Transport [UDP, TCP or TLS].
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^(I have not tried it, not having a current SIP account for which I can find the credentials)

darkdragon Feb 21

@dalias @unfinishedsymphony @fun @postmarketOS GNOME Calls has SIP support, the Flathub version should work for this use case: https://flathub.org/en/apps/org.gnome.Calls

Install Calls on Linux | Flathub

Make phone and SIP calls

@darkdragon @dalias @unfinishedsymphony @fun @postmarketOS There's also #GOnnect

f_ 🇵🇸Feb 21

@darkdragon @dalias @unfinishedsymphony @postmarketOS gnome-calls is packaged in postmarketOS so no need to use the flathub version?

darkdragon Feb 21

@fun @unfinishedsymphony @dalias @postmarketOS Indeed, this should work, too.

Work in Progress 🌻Feb 21

@dalias @fun @postmarketOS To be more specific:
I installed 81voltd, which provides VoLTE. Calls do frequently work, but sometimes I have to reboot to restore calling ability. And at times the audio is messed up on a call. There are also problems with suspend and phone calling.

I am in the US; my phone service is an MVNO using the T-Mobile network, which works very well with my OnePlus 6.

Cassandrich Feb 21

@unfinishedsymphony @fun @postmarketOS 👀 ooh that's super promising. I'd strace the fuck outta that on a system I actually had functional control over (pmOS vs Android hell) and fix whatever's causing that in no time.

@dalias @unfinishedsymphony @fun i'd be more than happy to get you a device if you're interested! but it's probably not so easy... i think most of the issues are a mix of kernel driver bugs and logic errors / limitations with the whole complexity of the audio stack, DSP firmware and modem firmware. Heck just audio routing without calling is not fully reliable yet :/

Cassandrich Feb 21

@cas @unfinishedsymphony @fun It'd be lovely if it could be done mostly in software with minimal dependence on any of that. Legacy POTS voice calls are literally less than 0.1% of a modern usage load and it doesn't matter how inefficient they are on battery. Better to avoid layers that could be unsafe or unstable.

verified_dragon

@unfinishedsymphony @fun @postmarketOS I wanna get in on this!

I fixed my dad's #mido aka #redminote4, and am currently installing it now onto an SD Card!

#postmarketos #linuxmobile

pabloyoyoista Feb 23

@unfinishedsymphony those are really cool ways to contribute! I am currently also looking for somebody willing to help improve our docs. There are actually quite some issues in https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/docs.postmarketos.org/-/issues with "help wanted", and some that aren't might still be fit for others to help. Is that maybe something that would motivate you :D? @fun @postmarketOS

Issues · postmarketOS / docs.postmarketos.org · GitLab

https://docs.postmarketos.org

GitLab

Work in Progress 🌻Feb 24

@pabloyoyoista @fun @postmarketOS Yes! I am checking out that link now.

pabloyoyoista Feb 24

@unfinishedsymphony huge thanks! And don't hesitate to reach out if you need any help or guidance :D @fun @postmarketOS