Important for me: the front camera should already work and for the back one there are WIP patches that work, meaning this device will probably be the first Android device with both cameras being supported (and most other thing as well!).
Sure, we're still very far away from what even a super outdated Android can offer. I for one am super eager and motivated to see if we can make #linuxmobile (upstream!) a somewhat reasonably alternative though - and make #postmarketos live up to its name :)
Just got me a #pixel3a - used, cheap and in surprisingly good condition. The updater of the stock rom tells me that the device is EOL - and indeed, according to endoflife.date/pixel it was EOLed over two years ago, despite being released only some 5/6 years ago. The kernel version starts with 4.x.
Well, tomorrow pre-build #postmarketos images should appear on postmarketos.org/install/, the next weekly should have it promoted from "testing" to "community" and the kernel is at 6.10.x.
So thanks to @rmader@mastodon.social we managed to get the front camera in the Pixel 3a working with a libcamera/pipewire stack 🥳 Thanks to @flamingradian for the work on the whole port!
EDIT: The driver does not properly release the camera when closing the app, so it only works once per boot. It would be lovely if anybody with the skills would like to contribute to improve it!
gitlab.com/sdm670-mainline/lin…
#postmarketOS #LinuxMobile #Pixel3a #Snapshot #GNOME #GUADEC
Analogous to e.g. the imx219. This enables propagating V4L2_CID_CAMERA_SENSOR_ROTATION values so that libcamera can detect the correct rotation from the device tree and propagate it further to e.g....GitLab
I'm quite happy how upcoming performance improvements for #gnome Snapshot and #libcamera are shaping up. This is how things are now running for me on a #librem5:
#gstreamer #gtk #postmarketos #linuxmobile #mobilelinux
Is there anyone in the #linuxmobile community with some experience in (or motivation to learn) #openmp (or something similar) who'd be willing to help a bit with a patch of mine for the #libcamera softwareISP? It's an important piece of sw that allows us to use "complex" cameras even when we don't have ISP drivers.
The patch I started already shows promising results on e.g. the #librem5, however I could use some help getting it into a mergable state :)
There's been recently some confusion in #postmarketOS as GNOME Software is still on version 45. The main reason is that the simple plugin: github.com/Cogitri/gnome-softw… we use for APK has not been updated to follow GNOME Software's library changes. If anybody is interested in helping with maintenance for that project, I can provide guidance and reviews, and we will all be very pleased!
Seperate repo until https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-software/-/merge_requests/438 is merged - Cogitri/gnome-software-plugin-apkGitHub
Hey folks, we're going to be at @allsystemsgo in Berlin later this year. @cas and @craftyguy will be talking about how #postmarketOS has evolved over the last few years, our experiences with #systemd, and our plans for an #immutable postmarketOS that doesn't restrict user freedom.
If you're into low level Linux userspace and middleware definitely come along :D
I'm happy to announce the availability of my new app "eSIM Manager" on postmarketOS! With it you can manage and install eSIMs on your phone running postmarketOS! No more need to boot into Android to do the same!
lucaweiss.eu/post/2024-06-24-e…
#postmarketOS #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #eSIM #eUICC
For a while eSIM management on Mobile Linux, such as postmarketOS, was just a dream. Now it’s real! Background Nowadays many smartphones and other devices have a so-called eSIM - or eUICC - built-in to the device.lucaweiss.eu
Great news for Gnome-Mobile users on postmarketOS. Now you can trigger the keyboard with a double tap on the bottom bar. You can type in Qt or other apps that don't trigger the keyboard automatically. Thank you @verdre !
#gnomemobile #postmarketos #mobilelinux
Interested in tooling for development and QA on immutable / image based Linux?
Checkout discourse.gnome.org/t/towards-… by @tchx84
Feedback welcome ! This is a collaboration between @gnome @codethink and @sovtechfund ❤️
#Linux #systemd #Silverblue #GNOME #freedesktop #KDE #Ubuntu #SUSE #Fedora #NixOS #postmarketOS
Introduction Hey everyone, I recently joined Codethink and I am contributing to the improvements being made to GNOME OS, through the Sovereign Tech Fund (STF), to make it easier and more useful in day-to-day development and testing tasks, among othe…GNOME Discourse
Alright, that's it! I've had enough! I'm flashing #postmarketOS for the LAST time!
Wait! What? But that would mean.....
#postmarketOS isn't just for phones!
Here it is running #GNOME on a recovered 2012-era #macbook (everything works!) 🥳
#postmarketos #gnomemobile #pmos #mobilelinux
Gnome-Mobile: lock screen, quick settings and screenshot tool.
You don't need a new computer for up-to-date software ... just the right software!
Come to #Umweltfestival 2024 in #Berlin to learn about the role of independent #FreeSoftware in the sustainable use of hardware.
🗓️ Sunday 28 April, 11-19h
📍 Straße des 17. Juni (Brandenburg Gate)
#KDEEco together with #FSFE (@fsfe) and Bits & Bäume (@bitsundbaeume_berlin) will be there! Some in the #GNOME and #postmarketOS community may be joining as well :)
@kde
#KDE #BMUV #UBA #GermanEnvAgency #OpenSource
had a lazy easter monday getting the touchscreen working on the #OnePlus 8T
here it is at 120hz running #postmarketOS #GNOME mobile!
the high refresh and 2 years newer hardware definitely makes for a smoother experience overall.
Witnessing @cas getting OnePlus 8 display working on Linux 📱
This is magic 🧙
#postmarketOS #Linux #hardwareEnablement #deGrowth
It's big announcement day! 
postmarketos.org/blog/2024/03/…
#systemd #postmarketos #linuxmobile #musl #alpinelinux #kde #gnome #sxmo #mosstodon
GNOME Shell running out of the box on postmarketOS 23.06
Kudos to pabloyoyoista; GNOME and postmarketOS contributor / liaison ↔ 
He's made the GNOME experience as upstream as possible. We've discussed further improvements.
BTW, he's been looking for help blogs.gnome.org/pabloyoyoista/…
#postmarketOS #GNOME #LinuxMobile
The default resolution is too dense on the Pinebook Pro, so I had to:
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"
And then set it to 150% in the display settings.
If you do that and use Firefox, it will appear blurry so edit the firefox.desktop file (/usr/share/applications/org.mozilla.firefox.desktop) and change the exec line to:
Exec=env MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 firefox %u
So if anyone else is running into this, you can install the basic GNOME apps by running:
sudo setup-desktop gnome
Not sure why postmarketOS GNOME for Pinebook Pro doesn’t come with this as default.
It’s installed and snappy (I installed the GNOME version and it’s faster than it was under Fedora Silverblue). And WiFi works. But… no GNOME Software? No web browser? 👀
We just released #postmarketOS v22.06 with the release name "The One Where We Started Using Release Titles"!
This release is the first one where we support between release upgrading, so no need to reinstall anymore with every new release. This is also the first release with support for the #SHIFT6mq and the Samsung Galaxy S3!
Read all about it at postmarketos.org/blog/2022/06/…
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphonespostmarketOS
The 77th edition of my weekly collection of news about #LinuxPhones (@PINE64 #PinePhone, #PinePhonePro, @purism #Librem5 and such), #LinBits, is out!
linmob.net/linbits-77-weekly-l…
The end of the year in Linux Phones, let's have a last LinBits: A new #Maui Shell for phones and tablets, #postmarketOS v21.12, #Mobian on the PinePhone Pro, #GTK 4.6.0, an app-list replacement prototype and more!
LINMOB.net is a blog about LINux on MOBile devices. With the PinePhone and Librem 5 shipping it is back to report on GNU+Linux on mobile devices.LINux on MOBile
