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qrazi8h ago
African Music Forum (AMF)Jun 11

Kiniata – Kin’Gongolo Kiniata

https://amf.didiermary.fr/liseki-te-kin-gongolo-kiniata/

Kiniata is the first studio album released by Kin’Gongolo Kiniata in April 2025.

Schooled in the effervescence of Kinshasa’s streets, Kin’Gongolo Kiniata is redefining the boundaries of Congolese music while honouring its deep cultural roots. […]

#Congo #CongoPunk

Kiniata - Kin'Gongolo Kiniata - African Music Forum

Kiniata - Kin'Gongolo Kiniata -

African Music Forum
qrazi8h ago
DJM (freelance for hire)Jan 10, 2024

Seun Kuti Feat. Carlos Santana – Black Times

https://amf.didiermary.fr/seun-kuti-carlos-santana-black-times/

Seun Kuti, son of Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti, has been carrying his father’s politically fiery and undyingly funky torch into the present day. With his band Egypt 80, the single off the album released in 2018, both titled “Black Times,” is a collaboration with the famed guitarist Carlos Santana. Seun describes his record as […]

#Nigeria #Afrobeat

Seun Kuti Feat. Carlos Santana - Black Times - African Music Forum

Seun Kuti Feat. Carlos Santana - Black Times - With his band Egypt 80, the single off the album released in 2018, both titled “Black Times.”

African Music Forum
qrazi8h ago
DJM (freelance for hire)Jan 10, 2024

Bixiga 70 – Quebra Cabeça

https://amf.didiermary.fr/bixiga70-quebra-cabeca/

São Paulo’s acclaimed 10-piece instrumental collective return for their 4th album in 2018, “Quebra Cabeça”.

Urban Afro-Brazilian grooves, empowered horn-driven melodicism and massive dance floor inspiration.One of South America’s most exhilarating musical propositions. [...]

#AfroFunk #Brazil #Afrobeat

Bixiga 70 - Quebra Cabeça - African Music Forum

Bixiga 70 - Quebra Cabeça - "Urban Afro-Brazilian grooves, empowered horn-driven melodicism and massive dance floor inspiration."

African Music Forum
qrazi8h ago
DJM (freelance for hire)Jan 10, 2024

Bixiga 70 – Vapor

https://amf.didiermary.fr/bixiga70-vapor/

A political force since 2010, the activist group Bixiga 70, in reference to Fela Kuti’s Africa 70, almost didn’t survive Covid and Bolsonaro’s mandate. Resurrected, they have a new album, Vapor (10/2023). [...]

#AfroFunk #Brazil #Afrobeat

Bixiga 70 - Vapor - African Music Forum

Bixiga 70 - Vapor - A political force since 2010, the activist group is resurrected with a new album, after Covid and Bolsonaro...

African Music Forum
qrazi8h ago
African Music Forum (AMF)Jun 14

Cerrone’s Funk Makossa Feat. Manu Dibango

https://amf.didiermary.fr/funk-makossa-cerrone-manu-dibango/

Funk Makossa is from Cerrone’s “Afro” album in 2016, that includes 3 tracks (one with Tony Allen and a second one featuring Manu Dibango) + 3 remixes.

#Makossa #ManuDibango #Remixed #TonyAllen #Electro #EDM

Cerrone's Funk Makossa Feat. Manu Dibango - African Music Forum

Funk Makossa is from Cerrone's "Afro" album in 2016, that includes 3 tracks (with Tony Allen and Manu Dibango) + 3 remixes.

African Music Forum
qrazi8h ago
DJM (freelance for hire)Jan 20, 2024

Reza Khota Quartet – Liminal

https://amf.didiermary.fr/reza-khota-quartet-liminal/

Cape Town-based guitar player Reza Khota is Artist in Residence in the Centre for Humanities Research at the University of the Western Cape. Reza Khota Quartet released “Liminal” in 2018.

#Jazz #SouthAfrica

Reza Khota Quartet - Liminal - African Music Forum

Reza Khota Quartet - Liminal - Cape Town-based guitar player, Artist in Residence at the University of the Western Cape.

African Music Forum
qrazi14h ago
kulupu jynJun 29

once you have mastery, you can half ass things correctly, because you know which half of the ass you need

qrazi15h ago
DJM (freelance for hire)Jan 31, 2024

Ibibio Sound Machine – Electricity

https://amf.didiermary.fr/electricity-ibibio-sound-machine/

Fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine is a clash of African and electronic elements inspired in equal measure by the golden era of West-African funk & disco and modern post-punk & electro.

#AfroFunk #Diaspora #Nigeria

Electricity - Ibibio Sound Machine - African Music Forum

Ibibio Sound Machine - Electricity - Latest release of the band fronted by singer Eno Williams, mixing African and electronic elements

African Music Forum
qrazi22h ago
Show threadSean Coates2d ago
@afilina Ah; sorry. Bad assumption that you’d have seen this. The gist is that it’s harder to make things good if there’s a bad version, sometimes. https://seancoates.com/blogs/exists-is-the-enemy-of-good
Exists is the enemy of good

We've all heard the adage "perfect is the enemy of good." I take this to mean: if you only accept perfect, you might miss a good-enough solution. I still try to strive for perfect, but have learned to

Sean Coates
qrazi1d ago
Sindarina, Edge Case Detective1d ago

‘We respect your privacy’ really is one of the biggest lies on the biggest lies on the internet, at this point.

If you truly did, you would not need a cookie banner to begin with, and you would certainly not be sharing that data with dozens, hundreds, or even 1000+ ‘partners’.

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Luca WeissJun 25

I'm super happy to share, that the #Fairphone (Gen. 6) was just announced, and we've been able to already publish a lot of code for it!

* #postmarketOS support is submitted
* 59(!) patches were sent to bring up upstream #Linux on the SM7635 SoC and enable the device.
* The stock Android source code is public on code.fairphone.com

This has been a lot of work over the last couple of months so it's awesome to finally be able to share it!

Show threadachillJun 25
@z3ntu this really is awesome!
Show threadA-wai Jun 25

@z3ntu Always happy to see the phone-devel ML being "flooded" with patch submissions 😉

Congrats on the launch 🎉 and thanks for your hard work, as usual ❤️

Show threadgoebbeJun 25
@z3ntu Thanks for sharing! #postmaketOS runs on #fairphone6 - that is great news.
Show threadWrenIXJun 25
@z3ntu got we camera and sound support this time?
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@wrenix Not yet :) I hope to be able to work on those sometime soon, but there's some more important bits not working yet like internal storage and GPU so those come first. You can see what works or doesn't work right now here: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/The_Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairphone-fp6)
The Fairphone (Gen. 6) (fairphone-fp6) - postmarketOS Wiki

Show threadTony Garnock-JonesJun 25
@z3ntu @wrenix Are there severe obstacles to camera/sound, or is it a "simple matter of programming" to transfer e.g. blobs/configuration from Android?
Show threadTony Garnock-JonesJun 25
@z3ntu Separately: "partial" screen support I'm guessing means something like a simple framebuffer is working OK but (as you mentioned) GPU not yet, right? So e.g. software compositor required etc.?
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@tonyg Yes, partial screen here means that simple-framebuffer is working, no MDSS support, no GPU support. Currently software rendering via softpipe works (llvmpipe is broken because of a bug in mesa).
Fortunately since it's an OLED, if you blank the screen then it's essentially off and doesn't use too much power.
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@tonyg For now it's really just that I didn't try much to get much more working than what is now working. I have some WIP code for IPA (mobile data), UFS (internal storage), MDSS (display) and CCI (camera I2C bus) but all were either not working with the initial version I made, or I couldn't test it yet further. Time will tell if most other components of the phone are easy to bring up or not.
Show threadTony Garnock-JonesJun 25
@z3ntu Sounds great. Congrats on the milestone!
Show threadWrenIXJun 25

@tonyg @z3ntu does the FP6 has really no DisplayPort over USB-C ? (And a downgrade to USB-C 2.0)
https://m.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?&idPhone2=13955&idPhone1=12540

And another factor of battery which make it still not switch able between FPx

Slower CPUs (okay smaller also 4nm)

Compare Fairphone 5 vs. Fairphone 6 - GSMArena.com

Fairphone 5 specs compared to Fairphone 6. Detailed up-do-date specifications shown side by side.

Show threadHomo ParticepsJun 25

@z3ntu
It is awesome! Thank you for your work at fairphone and beyond!

For me the fp gen6 is perfect in almost every aspect.

Do you know anything about the decision for usb 2.0?
Imo its by far the biggest shortcomming this time.

Show threadPlasma Mobile Jun 25
@z3ntu 👀
Show threadFellJun 25
@z3ntu That's epic. It looks really compelling. Fairphone 4 and 5 apparently have broken audio in postmarketOS. I wonder why. Would that be the same for Gen 6?
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25

@fell FP4 and FP5 I haven't figured out how to make audio working yet, some other people have also taken a look but haven't figured out the problem either.

I haven't tried yet on FP6 but I hope I won't hit the same problem there (even though it's again an amplifier from the same brand as on FP4/5), since the audio stack is a bit different from the SoC side.

Show threadVivien 🏳️‍⚧️Jun 25
@fell @z3ntu I hope it's gonna work for all gens at some point. Reason is afaik an audio codec with no driver, that's why it can't play sounds onboard.
Show threadguentherJun 25
@z3ntu if the port is available before the phone, is it called premarketOS?
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25

@guenther You can order the phone today already ;)

But in real terms, we in postmarketOS *are* looking for a new name, since the name is not reflecting our long term goals, we don't want to be constrained just to devices that we prevent from becoming e-waste. You can read more here https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmcr/-/blob/main/0003-name-change-plan.md

0003-name-change-plan.md · main · postmarketOS / postmarketOS Change Requests · GitLab

postmarketOS Change Requests are a process to propose, approve, and endorse big changes to the project. They are an RFCs process

GitLab
Show threadsam ✅🇬🇪Jun 27
what are some of the names being suggested? I don't have any ideas, just curious what others have come up with.

CC: @guenther@chaos.social
Show threadLuca WeissJun 27
@sam @guenther I didn't look at the list yet, so I really cannot say. But we got loads of suggestions, that I know
Show threadcasey (pattable)Jun 25

@z3ntu give us the 120hz GNOME mobile demo!!!!!

fr though congrats! it is frankly incredible how you manage to get all of this working and orchestrate all the patches to be ready to go during the launch 🚀

Show threadf_ 🇵🇸Jun 25
@cas @z3ntu premarketos
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@cas Uhm, mdss not working yet so simple-framebuffer + softpipe is more laggy than not. But Phosh is still surprisingly usable haha
Show threadHomo ParticepsJun 25
@z3ntu
Out of curiosity:
Could vrr work and how hard would it be to get it running?
@cas
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25

@homo_particeps Variable refresh rate? I honestly don't know. For FP5 I know that at least the panel can switch between 60 Hz and 90 Hz but we just hardcode the sequence in the upstream driver to 90 Hz. Not sure if all the plumbing exists already to support this variable refresh rate.

@cas do you have any idea?

Show threadcasey (pattable)Jun 25

@z3ntu @homo_particeps i think it's panel specific, on the Galaxy S23 all you have to do is change the timings and the panel will follow afaict, but idk to what precision

not sure what the kernel API is but i assume we could at least expose modes for all the supported refresh rates, then there's probably a flag to indicate that the mode can be changed without blanking

@drakulix knows how that works on the DRM side, maybe we can experiment with it on the S23

Show threadAdrianJun 25
@cas @z3ntu @homo_particeps @drakulix this is already done upstream in the driver for Spacewar iirc
Show threadAdrianJun 25
@cas @z3ntu @homo_particeps @drakulix though I think that still blanks (?) not sure
Show threadcasey (pattable)Jun 25

@adrianyyy @z3ntu @homo_particeps @drakulix i think you need to somehow inform the drm subsystem that you can do non-blanking mode switches, and it might need support at the DSI controller layer to actually do such switches dynamically

INADRMDEV but it's possible that the default flow for mode switches involves resetting the panel and the non-blanking flow needs different code, also cc @lumag for that

Show threadProject InsanityJun 25
@z3ntu Would be nice to see the Fairphone company on the Fediverse :)
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@pi_crew Me too! Once/if Bluesky (https://bsky.app/profile/fairphone.com) gets used, we can set up bridging so at least the posts can be followed.
Fairphone (@fairphone.com)

We’re on a mission to change technology for the better.

Bluesky Social
Show threadmoonglumJun 25
@z3ntu Awesome work 😍 Does the Fairphone 6 camera work on postmarketOS?
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@moonglum Not yet, but there's some bigger (plant-based) fish to fry first, see my reply in https://fosstodon.org/@z3ntu/114743390092075720
But I hope it's not too far away!
Luca Weiss (@z3ntu@fosstodon.org)

@wrenix@chaos.fyi Not yet :) I hope to be able to work on those sometime soon, but there's some more important bits not working yet like internal storage and GPU so those come first. You can see what works or doesn't work right now here: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/The_Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairphone-fp6)

Fosstodon
Show threadmoonglumJun 25
@z3ntu Cool, thank you so much for working on it ❤️ I would love to make a Fairphone with postmarket my main phone ❤️
Show threadVEGA XJun 25
Linux in smartphone the true freedom 👍
Show thread砂漠人  x 🏜️Jun 25
@z3ntu cool!
Show threadMaeJun 25
@z3ntu oh my god this is incredible, I might have to trade in my FP4
Show threadMaeJun 25
@z3ntu I know you are a fairphone employee, so does this mean FP6 will run mainline out of the box?
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@Mae Nope, Android will ship with Qualcomm's 6.1 kernel, there's just too much stuff still missing in upstream that is required for full functionality. I've talked about it also at FOSDEM: https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4836-kernel-support-for-mobile-linux-the-missing-20-/
FOSDEM 2025 - Kernel support for Mobile Linux: The missing 20%

Show threadMaeJun 25
@z3ntu that's reasonable, still extremly cool. Big fan of your work on this :)
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@Mae You can also install postmarketOS on the Fairphone 4! No need to get a new one for that (and currently postmarketOS runs better on the Fairphone 4 than on the Fairphone (Gen.6) anyways).
Show threadMaeJun 25
@z3ntu from looking at the pmos wiki I saw that the FP5 looked much better supported than FP4, so I assumed that FP6 would be better. I'll do that, thanks :)
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@Mae Every phone is new work to bring up. For FP5 we were lucky because the SoC already got lots of work put in by Linaro people (for the "sc7280" chip) which could be just re-used without any change for the QCM6490 SoC in the FP5. Unfortunately for FP6 we're not that lucky, so I had to bring up all the SoC support from scratch so far upstream. A lot of things are based on SM8650 though so in terms of how many lines of code were changed, it's not that many so far.
Show threadDr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )Jun 25
@z3ntu any downside? I'm starting to think to buy a device for postmarketos because I'm so tired of android....
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@portaloffreedom Booting to UI but not much more right now. Hopefully support will get better soon, but it's very far from fully working yet :)
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairphone-fp6)
Fairphone (Gen. 6) (fairphone-fp6) - postmarketOS Wiki

Show threadHyperbolix Prudens 🎹🖌️⌨️Jun 25
@z3ntu This is amazing work! Thank you!
Show threadjacek_Jun 25
@z3ntu Thanks for your work! I understand that support is now preliminary, but I was wondering if the video output is even possible in the new Fairphone? In specs it says "USB-C 2.0 (OTG capable) can be used to connect USB Sticks/SD-Cards/Audio Amplifier/Network-adapters directly". Do you have any info on that?
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@jacek_ Yes, unfortunately it's USB2.0-only which also means no wired external display support. Wireless display is supported though.
It was one of the tradeoffs taken to get to the price point that the phone is selling at.
Show threadJonathan FredericksonJun 25

@z3ntu @jacek_ Oh I hadn't noticed that on the spec sheet... good reason to stick to my FP5 for now I guess (and being able to keep using the older models is partly the point!). Hopefully the 7th gen model won't need that tradeoff

I have dreams of using my phone as both a phone and a desktop Linux system, haha

I'm curious about wireless display, though - I have an old lapdock that supports Miracast, could that possibly work?

Show threadVal Packett 🧉Jun 25
@z3ntu did the SoC not have DP at all in the first place (0.o) or was altmode just not implemented in the PCB for cost cutting?
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@valpackett DP is via the same wires as USB3.0 so one essentially implies the other. To my knowledge the SoC fully supports both, but it's surprisingly costly to add the rest of the necessary components apparently.
Show threadAvi    Jun 25
@z3ntu yea but will it ship to america
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25

@error420 https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-6/ soon?

> Shipping from August

Show threadAvi    Jun 25
@z3ntu is it possible to get it wo/ /e/? i prefer calyx
Show threadpanJun 25
@z3ntu Congrats!! Even upstream patches day one, amazing :D
Show threadKarol BieńkowskiJun 25
@z3ntu Awesome stuff! 😀
Show threadJenkinsJun 25
@z3ntu Great work 😁
Show threadKevin P. FlemingJun 25
@z3ntu Looks very attractive! Since I'm in the US, I suspect I'm outside the target market for this phone, though.
Show threadLuca WeissJun 25
@kevin https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-6/ :)
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