Believe it or not: #deltachat is growing audio/video calls starting with the currently rolling 2.22 releases ... A few people already had two hour long stable calls :)

Calls are an experimental option while we continue to work on reliability, UX/UI revisions, and configuration of TURN servers on #chatmail relays and in clients.

We want calls to reliably work across all major platforms, networks and phones, including #UbuntuTouch

Feedback and debugging happens at https://support.delta.chat/t/help-testing-upcoming-delta-chat-release-with-calls/4220/17

New release v2.22.0, finally bringing push notifications to Ubuntu Touch users 🔔 Prerequisite is a chatmail profile.

Other highlights:

📞 Experimental calls (on UT, no video is a known issue, but do let us know if audio doesn't work: https://support.delta.chat/t/deltatouch-help-testing-calls/4249)

Emoji reaction UI/UX has been reworked

👇 Long-press a message to select text for copying

and more, see the full changelog at https://codeberg.org/lk108/deltatouch/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG

#DeltaTouch #DeltaChat #UbuntuTouch

New release v2.22.0, finally bringing push notifications to Ubuntu Touch users 🔔 Prerequisite is a chatmail profile.

Other highlights:

📞 Experimental calls (on UT, no video is a known issue, but do let us know if audio doesn't work: https://support.delta.chat/t/deltatouch-help-testing-calls/4249)

Emoji reaction UI/UX has been reworked

👇 Long-press a message to select text for copying

and more, see the full changelog at https://codeberg.org/lk108/deltatouch/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG

#DeltaTouch #DeltaChat #UbuntuTouch

Believe it or not: #deltachat is growing audio/video calls starting with the currently rolling 2.22 releases ... A few people already had two hour long stable calls :)

Calls are an experimental option while we continue to work on reliability, UX/UI revisions, and configuration of TURN servers on #chatmail relays and in clients.

We want calls to reliably work across all major platforms, networks and phones, including #UbuntuTouch

Feedback and debugging happens at https://support.delta.chat/t/help-testing-upcoming-delta-chat-release-with-calls/4220/17

Dear @Mer__edith and the the amazing @signalapp team,

After the last update, the Signal "desktop app" is requiring us to launch the mobile app - however, many of us do not have the Android or any other "mobile" version of the Signal app any more.

We are a large (by our standards) group of #Linux phone users, and your "desktop" app is our "mobile" app : )

Our previous phones on which #SignalApp was initially activated was an Android or Apple device and we have since then completely migrated to #Linuxphones. Some of us may have registered Signal on #signalcli, Flare, #Molly, Signal Android in #WayDroid, etc.

The #mobileLinux community is growing - we have members spanning a good number of projects and devices, e.g.
- @purism #Librem5 and #LibertyPhone running #Debian-based #PureOS #GnuLinux, #Alpine-based #PostmarketOS or #Mobian,
- @PINE64 #Pinephone and PP Pro running #ManjaroARM, #SailfishOS, etc.
- @furilabs #FLX1 running #Droidian-based #FuriOS,
- a wide variety of Android phones (including OnePlus 6, Google Pixel 3, #Fairphone 4 & 5) running #Alpine-based @postmarketOS ,
- @volla , #Fxtec and #Brax3 devices running #UbuntuTouch by @ubports,
- devices running @mobian which is part of #Debian project, etc.

[Apologies to any project I may have failed to include - you are all appreciated]

(1/n)

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (41/2025): More than just Librephone

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-41-2025/

#LinuxMobile #FSF #LibrePhone #SPIRITsmartphone #postmarketOS #Mobian #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Phosh #Jolla #FuriLabsFLX1 #PinePhone #PinePhonePro #Librem5

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (41/2025): More than just Librephone

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-41-2025/

#LinuxMobile #FSF #LibrePhone #SPIRITsmartphone #postmarketOS #Mobian #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Phosh #Jolla #FuriLabsFLX1 #PinePhone #PinePhonePro #Librem5

Well, it took a few goes but I've got Ubuntu Touch 24.04 running on a OnePlus Nord N10 5G. Let's take this baby for a ride. #ubuntutouch

Well, it took a few goes but I've got Ubuntu Touch 24.04 running on a OnePlus Nord N10 5G. Let's take this baby for a ride. #ubuntutouch

@neil
I can recommend Ubuntu Touch, having used it on my phones for 10 years now. Easily flashed onto many Android devices, for a de-Googled phone that works

#UbuntuTouch

Something I missed when I first mentioned that Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 is now available. While this is a relatively minor update, it does add official support for a new device: the $199 Rabbit R1 handheld AI gadget. https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-20-04-ota-10-release-3972 #UbuntuTouch #MobileLinux #RabbitR1

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 is now available with some minor changes and a new upgrader function that will let users move to Ubuntu Touch 24.04 once it's available. #UbuntuTouch MobileLinux https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/ubuntu-touch-20-04-ota-10-release-3972

@span strypey Regarding #postmarketOS and #Mobian, the "one app version […] works on any variant" thing has an answer you may or may not like: Flatpak, and ship that on https://flathub.org, using the GNOME or KDE runtimes. If MetaInfo/AppData is set correctly, it will show up in flathub's Mobile Collection even: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/metainfo-guidelines/#mobile-collection

Unfortunately, that would leave out #SailfishOS or #UbuntuTouch, although that's possible, too - look, e.g., at Pure Maps and Amazfish, which are available "everywhere". Unfortunately, with the drive to migrate things to Qt6 (distributions would like to stop shipping Qt5 eventually), Sailfish OS and Ubuntu Touch may be left behind until they catch up. Going web based or using Flutter are other ways to get some cross platform support, unfortunately always leaving out one of the #MobileLinux contenders.

I (Peter) did a talk about that very problem at #FOSDEM 2024 (https://archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3303-the-linux-phone-app-ecosystem/ and later updated it for FrOSCon (no recording, slides https://programm.froscon.org/2024/system/event_attachments/attachments/000/000/849/original/the-linux-phone-app-ecosystem-reloaded.pdf)
@span postmarketOS @span mobian @span linmob @span linmob

@Tutanota going further away from the android/AOSP-derivatives: another solution is Linux distributions on smartphones:

- I personally daily drive #SailfishOS for more than a decade (commercially supported versions of SFOS even have "Android App Support" running inside a container for "that one app" with no native linux port you can't get without)

- I've heard positive things about #postmarketOS and #UbuntuTouch (but don't have personal experience)

Alternatives to Big Tech/Big Data:

Windows, Apple, Google -> Linux (Debian, Fedora, Mint, Arch...)

Microsoft Office -> LibreOffice (Only Office would also work, but the founders are Russian, who knows...)

Google Android, Apple iOS -> Pixel with GrapheneOS, Fairphone 6 with /e/OS, Brax 3 with iode OS/Ubuntu Touch

OneDrive, Google Drive, iCloud, Dropbox, etc. -> Nextcloud, MEGA, pCloud, Proton Drive

Outlook, Gmail, etc. -> Proton Mail, Tutanota

Airdrop, Link to Windows -> Localsend, KDE Connect

WhatsApp, Telegram, iMessage -> Signal, Element, Threema

Google Search -> Ecosia, Qwant, Startpage, Duckduckgo

YouTube -> Peertube, or as an anonymous YT client: Freetube and Newpipe

Instagram -> Pixelfed
Facebook, X (Twitter) -> Mastodon, possibly Bluesky

Truly secure and anonymous VPN: Mullvad!

This is just a first overview of the most important alternatives for switching. Feel free to continue if needed!

#linux #opensource #freesoftware #windows #endof10 #bigdata #bigtech #surveillance #office #microsoft #google #apple #vpn #mastodon #cloud #grapheneos #iode #ubuntutouch #brax3 #pixel#murena #fairphone #youtube #search

L'interfaccia desktop nativa pensata per #Android 16 è molto interessante
https://www.ilsoftware.it/focus/android-16-trasforma-il-tuo-smartphone-in-un-pc-linux-con-interfaccia-grafica/

Ma se ad un passo avanti se ne affiancano 2 indietro tutto è vanificato:
- Google Play Integrity API
- Direttiva "RED" 2014/53/UE

E addio a sblocco boot loader, modding e custom rom; che fine faranno le varie #lineageos #grapheneos #ubuntutouch solo per citarne alcune tra quelle che utilizzo? Verso quale direzione controllo globale stiamo andando?

#modding #customrom #google #controlloglobale

I have been using an #UbuntuTouch device for a few days, which has actually been a delight. It's been really impressive to see how far it's come since I last tried.

Sadly, Signal are arses, and there is still no viable signal client on mobile Linux, so I am with great sadness flashing Android.

If not for Signal, which I need to keep in touch with friends and family, I would be able to ditch Android at last and use a phone that would bring me delight.

I have been using an #UbuntuTouch device for a few days, which has actually been a delight. It's been really impressive to see how far it's come since I last tried.

Sadly, Signal are arses, and there is still no viable signal client on mobile Linux, so I am with great sadness flashing Android.

If not for Signal, which I need to keep in touch with friends and family, I would be able to ditch Android at last and use a phone that would bring me delight.