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Today i took part of #linuxday2025 in Palermo,
I talked about the risks for Android ROMs related to AOSP and how #LinuxMobile and @postmarketOS might be a way forward, together with our communities.
Shout out to @thefreecircle for the great organization and the ambitious and very lively event!

#postmarketOS #mobilelinux

The cinema foyer crowded for attendants registration

A cinema room full of people attending the talk

A cinema room with a slide title saying “taking back control of our phones and giving them a second life”

Thib boosted

Luca Weiss

@z3ntu@fosstodon.org · 2 days ago

Camera support on Fairphone 4 with postmarketOS is coming to you very soon!

All 3 cameras are supported, main rear camera, ultra-wide camera and front camera.

And all with a completely open source software stack of course!

#postmarketOS #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #libcamera #Fairphone #Fairphone4 #Cat #Caturday

Phone showing preview from ultra-wide camera

Federico Izzo

@fizzo@chaos.social · yesterday

#postmarketOS #mobilelinux

Luca Weiss

@z3ntu@fosstodon.org · 2 days ago

Camera support on Fairphone 4 with postmarketOS is coming to you very soon!

All 3 cameras are supported, main rear camera, ultra-wide camera and front camera.

And all with a completely open source software stack of course!

#postmarketOS #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #libcamera #Fairphone #Fairphone4 #Cat #Caturday

https://librephone.fsf.org/

Free the last bits of "anything Android"?

My positive thought about this is that #PostmarketOS and #MobileLinux in general will profit from any public knowledge about hardware it could run on.

If I understood correctly the money for doing the work on the #Android blobs is donated by John Gilmore. His Money, his decision where to put it. And there is a positive effect, but there is also a negative one:

Android is based on ideas by #Google. To free it we'd need to fork it and adopt it to different ideals and goals. Android is designed to maximize the profit of Google.

It is not designed with the users well-being and interests as the primary goal.

Just replacing blobs in Android keeps the ecosystem the same, promotes Google and their goals and leaves the control over design decisions for Android in Googles hands.

Once a device is freed by hard work of a few engineers it will be old, it will be uninteresting for people looking at Android and the latest shiny hardware running it.

But still - Mobile Linux will make good use of those devices as free OSes in general do when it comes to hardware left behind by commercial OSes.

@fsf@hostux.social @fsfe@media.fsfe.org

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Linux G. Fossman

@opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net · 7 months ago

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)

Brad Linder

@bradlinder@fosstodon.org · 2 weeks ago

Mobile Linux user interface Phosh 0.50.0 brings initial support for workspaces, keyboard updates including automatically adding a space after a period and full-word deletion, and under-the-hood work to adapter GNOME 49 changes. https://social.phosh.mobi/@phosh/statuses/01K6TSTZ4HRXYWJMSNJNKJTTRR #Phosh #MobileLinux #GNOME

Brad Linder boosted

LINux on MOBile

@linmob@linuxmobile.social · 2 weeks ago

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

LINux on MOBile

Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (41/2025): More than just Librephone

LINMOB.net is a blog about LINux on MOBile devices. With the PinePhone (Pro) and Librem 5 shipping it is back to report on GNU+Linux on mobile devices.

LINux on MOBile

@linmob@linuxmobile.social · 2 weeks ago

LINux on MOBile

Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (41/2025): More than just Librephone

LINMOB.net is a blog about LINux on MOBile devices. With the PinePhone (Pro) and Librem 5 shipping it is back to report on GNU+Linux on mobile devices.

deutrino and 1 other boosted

SenderoLinux

@senderolinux@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Sendero Linux now offers refurbished OnePlus 6T smartphones pre-installed with postmarketOS.

Intended for enthusiasts and tinkerers, these devices are not meant to be a daily driver.

The pmOS goal of reducing e-waste with #Linux fits nicely with our existing business selling refurbished laptops with Linux.

We offer free shipping within the USA. Check out the shop for more details: https://senderolinux.com/shop/

@postmarketOS @linmob #MobileLinux #postmarketos #LinuxOnMobile #phosh

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Micr0byte

@micr0@wetdry.world · 3 weeks ago

Yep, #fuckAndroid time for #mobileLinux

https://www.androidauthority.com/how-android-app-verification-works-3603559/

Android Authority

We finally know how Android's new app verification rules will actually work

Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

Micr0byte

@micr0@wetdry.world · 3 weeks ago

Yep, #fuckAndroid time for #mobileLinux

https://www.androidauthority.com/how-android-app-verification-works-3603559/

Android Authority

We finally know how Android's new app verification rules will actually work

Google has shed more light on how Android's app verification rules will work, which will block sideloading apps from unverified developers.

SenderoLinux

@senderolinux@mastodon.social · 3 weeks ago

Sendero Linux now offers refurbished OnePlus 6T smartphones pre-installed with postmarketOS.

Intended for enthusiasts and tinkerers, these devices are not meant to be a daily driver.

The pmOS goal of reducing e-waste with #Linux fits nicely with our existing business selling refurbished laptops with Linux.

We offer free shipping within the USA. Check out the shop for more details: https://senderolinux.com/shop/

@postmarketOS @linmob #MobileLinux #postmarketos #LinuxOnMobile #phosh

gofoss

@don_atoms@hostux.social · 4 weeks ago

For 15 years, F-Droid has been the antidote to Google Play: no trackers, no ads, just open source apps. Now, Google wants to kill it.

Under the guise of "security", Google is forcing devs to register, pay, and surrender control. F-Droid can’t comply without betraying its principles. Thousands of apps could vanish overnight.

Fight back: demand sideloading rights, pressure regulators/Parliament, and defend one of the safe harbors for ethical tech.

https://f-droid.org/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html

@marcprux @fdroidorg

PureTryOut

@bart@mastodon.fam-ribbers.com replied · 4 weeks ago

@don_atoms @marcprux @fdroidorg It would help if you'd stop calling it "sideloading" and just used the normal term "installing".
Also, stop using Android. The only real option is moving away, use #MobileLinux.

Brad Linder

@bradlinder@fosstodon.org · 4 weeks ago

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

Ubports

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 OTA-10 Release | Ubports

Upgrade Ubuntu Touch to 20.04 OTA-10! Highlights of new features, improvements. Get the latest version of Ubuntu Touch, the libre mobile operating system for your phones and tablets.

Idcrafter

@Idcrafter@fosstodon.org · last month

@Tutanota i would not yet feel that issue because microG would never implement such anti-features, and if google puts that into aosp then would i need to worry tbh, but i already am switching over to #plasmaMobile6 on #PostmarketOS and with it away from the bloat of android but i am stuck on 2 apps that need AVB so no waydroid and for them do i use a seperate phone running #IodeOS.
i hope that this pushes the devs of android roms to maybe switch and contribute to #mobilelinux for more freedom.

Linux G. Fossman

@opensourceopenmind@social.vivaldi.net · last month

@okias @piggo We obviously need to make our own #bank. Free checking account only available if you use the #FOSS #Linuxmobile app!

#mobileLinux #banking #internetbanking #InclusiveFinance

Blort™ 🐀Ⓥ🥋☣️

@Blort@social.tchncs.de · last month

@span linuxphoneapps @span strypey @span postmarketOS @span mobian @span linmob@linuxmobile.social @span linmob@lemmy.ml

Which major player does going web based leave out?

Like, I get that it has some disadvantages over a native app, but being a web app doesn't block any of the major Mobile Linux distros does it?

#MobileLinux #LinuxMobile

Strypey

@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz · 2 months ago

If you work on a Mobile GNU OS, like @postmarketOS or @mobian, I strongly encourage you to make it as easy as humanly possible for app developers to make one app version for Mobile GNU OS. Which works on any variant, rather than having to play whack-a-mole with distro-specific bugs.

Bonus points for coming together to create a dev environment that can spit out versions for many different mobile OS. As many as possible.

(3/?)

@linmob@linuxmobile.social @linmob@lemmy.ml

LinuxPhoneApps.org

@linuxphoneapps@linuxmobile.social replied · 2 months ago

@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