Onestacked1d ago
elly

I really appreciate folks working on Plasma Mobile though, this is really comfy (pretty much my daily-driver now) 

(Yes, I still need to fix internal audio, wifi and cameras, but they’re not deal-breakers for me especially since I can use bluetooth in the meantime)

Since people keep asking, this is running on: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Xiaomi_Mi_9_Lite_(xiaomi-pyxis)

Mar 19 at 11:31pmWeb
Show threadWeirdTreeThing6d ago
@elly how did you get a steam desktop entry to work?
Show threadelly6d ago
@weirdtreething --network=host -i --user user elly/games:latest /usr/sbin/FEXBash steam
Show threadTobias Heider6d ago
@elly I also liked plasma mobile more than phosh and gnome-mobile so far. Probably because the UX feels more familiar because it is sometimes pretty close to Android
Show threadelly6d ago
@tobhe Same here, I simply dislike Gnome, Phosh, Lomiri and Sailfish for the fact it messes with muscle memory and changes how the entire phone works. Plasma on the other hand feels familiar if you used any mobile OS released in the past 15 years (no matter if it was iOS, Android or Symbian).

Lomiri (Ubuntu Touch), Sailfish and Phosh/Gnome has the same issue of trying to re-invent the wheel with system navigation and that's why I just gave up trying to use them. This isn't anything personal, just the way they chose to do navigation doesn't sit well with me (and you from what I can tell)
Show threadBhushan Shah 🤖🥸🦹6d ago
@elly 
Show threadKonato6d ago
@elly This 6 screen phone setup seems a little crazy though
Show threadjustsoup 6d ago
@elly Z.A.T.O. mentioned!
Show threadErtain6d ago
@elly I take it you like the world (at least, from the picture of Ira and Marina).
Show threadelly6d ago
@Ertain Ira, Marina and Asya :D
Show threadLeia6d ago
Hopefully googles BS gets them extra contributors
Show threada holosprite ​6d ago
@elly i enjoyed using pmos+plasma before on a pinephone, what hardware are you running it on?
Show threadelly6d ago
@ratsprite xiaomi-pyxis
Show threadJulian Groß6d ago
@elly yeah @plasmamobile is killer. I have been using it for... It has been so long, I am not sure even. 2019, so 7 years maybe. It was my daily driver for both my school tablets. (Both tablets still run it, but I finished school with them 😎.)
Show threadVít Skalický 6d ago
@elly wait... mBank, a banking app, works on PostmarketOS?
Show threadelly6d ago
@vitSkalicky using waydroid, but yes! I'd like to get NFC working within a container for:
- Authorizing operations on government websites (requires scanning your ID with NFC and punching in the code)
- Contactless payments (local banks offer NFC payments without depending on GSF)
Show threadKatzenmann / Catperson4d ago
@elly I really gotta try plasma mobile again. The last time I tried it a year ago it didn't really work that well for me
Show threadRemiberry2d ago
@elly can't wait to do any of that when my Zinwa Q25 arrives 
Show threadelly2d ago
@Remiberry
Show threadBlort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️2d ago

@elly

@espidev is my own personal hero, even though we've barely ever even talked. Everyone working on Plasma Mobile has done an amazing job with so little beyond the strong fundamentals of Plasma Desktop, though.

#PlasmaMobile #KDE #Plasma

Show threadDevin Lin 2d ago
@Blort @elly 
Show threadelly2d ago
@espidev @Blort I'm still sad that I missed @bshah at FOSDEM. I wanted to troll him by giving him a banana (related to Project Banana in case someone doesn't get the joke) 
Show threadJulian Groß1d ago
@elly @bshah @espidev @Blort I walked past him 😎😎😎😎😎
Show threadDidek2d ago

@elly

Seeing mBank here is so cursed 

Show threadauntie monkey2d ago
@elly what phone model are you using?
Show threadpoma pom pom 🌟2d ago
@monkey https://donotsta.re/notice/B4R6pLfURbQwKqQsRk
elly (@[email protected])

@ratsprite xiaomi-pyxis

Show threadauntie monkey2d ago
@pomagarnet I totally scrolled by this multiple times and didn't see it lol. Tyvm!
Show threadauntie monkey2d ago
@pomagarnet oh wow Elly is the maintainer for this phone too this is neat. I had no idea. I might have to get my hands on one of these! I desperately want to use Linux on my main phone without buying a librem phone
Show threadClep-Karb @ Home 🏠2d ago

@elly

I haven't heard about that yet.

Is it a full mobile OS based on AOSP or "just" a Launcher?

Show threadpoma pom pom 🌟2d ago
@karb it's a linux phone. postmarketos. looks like waydroid (full lineageos in an lxc container, iirc) to support android apps.
Show threadelly2d ago
@pomagarnet @karb this, it's NOT android. This phone is running Linux kernel 6.18.5 with KDE Plasma Mobile
Show threadJana2d ago

@elly Uuuh, cool. I just installed pmOS on a phone a few days ago. Currently WiFi is the bane of my existence with it, I hope I can get that working somewhat stable, otherwise it‘s pretty neat.

It looks like you have some Android apps on there, what did you use to install those and how well do they work?

Show threadelly2d ago
@jana waydroid, pretty well
Show threadMilly2d ago
@elly This is starting to look real attractive. 
Show threadLiam 1d ago
@elly Would love to de-solder the ethernet port on a Pi and build a custom phone running Plasma Mobile. Think it's time I got around to this.