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KDE's Plasma Mobile is out to challenge spying, wall-gardened, proprietary mobile ecosystems.
Help us break up the #mobile #phone #duopoly by donating to our #fundraiser:
#PlasmaMobile 6.5 was released three weeks ago. Time to talk about what it delivers.
* Better Waydroid integration (Waydroid is the virtual environment that let's you install and run Android apps)
* A faster and more convenient lock screen
* Halcyon and Folio, the two different interfaces you can choose from, improve blurs, navigation, and settings
And much, much more.
KDE's Plasma Mobile is out to challenge spying, wall-gardened, proprietary mobile ecosystems.
Help us break up the #mobile #phone #duopoly by donating to our #fundraiser:
#PlasmaMobile 6.5 was released three weeks ago. Time to talk about what it delivers.
* Better Waydroid integration (Waydroid is the virtual environment that let's you install and run Android apps)
* A faster and more convenient lock screen
* Halcyon and Folio, the two different interfaces you can choose from, improve blurs, navigation, and settings
And much, much more.
SailfishOS: A Linux-based European alternative to dominant mobile OSes
#HackerNews #SailfishOS #Linux #mobile #alternative #European #tech #innovation
"We’re excited to announce that we’ve been working on bringing Mirlo to mobile! We know that a lot of users—especially listeners—prefer apps to discover and listen to their purchased music. If you’ve ever created, listened to, or purchased music on Mirlo and thought, “Dang, I’d love to listen to this on my phone!” this is the update for you."
Read the new post on our blog about our upcoming mobile iOS app! 📱🐦⬛
»Sideloading - F-Droid wirft Google Falschaussage vor
Die Macher von F-Droid teilen weiter gegen Google wegen der kommenden Entwicklerregistrierung aus: Google verbreite Falschaussagen.«
Ich halte mich mit meinen Kommentaren mal raus, denn Rechtlich habe ich so gut wie keine Ahnung aber ich stehe auch 101% hinter @fdroidorg und hoffe dass das positiv für sie entwickelt.
📱 https://www.golem.de/news/sideloading-f-droid-wirft-google-falschaussage-vor-2510-201639.html
#android #google #frdoid #apps #app #opensource #falschaussagen #mobile #smattphone #sideloading
"We’re excited to announce that we’ve been working on bringing Mirlo to mobile! We know that a lot of users—especially listeners—prefer apps to discover and listen to their purchased music. If you’ve ever created, listened to, or purchased music on Mirlo and thought, “Dang, I’d love to listen to this on my phone!” this is the update for you."
Read the new post on our blog about our upcoming mobile iOS app! 📱🐦⬛
Okay. I have a month to pick out a new phone before I can no longer cancel my pre-ordered Light Phone 3. I really like my Light Phone 2, but living without a camera has been a little too limiting, and the folks in my life would really appreciate me at least getting that capability back. I am still bitter about losing the headphone jack, though.
But I'm starting to wonder if the issue isn't that smart phones do too much, and more just that smart phones are not something I can control. Plus, they all look boring.
There aren't a lot of open source phones out there that are super compelling, but if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations, or just weird niche mobile devices, I'd love to see them.
Kicking things off, I came very close to going even more minimal than the Light Phone when I found Sky's Edge Rotary Phone. I wanted this thing so bad, but folks in my life vetoed going that low-function pretty hard.
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/10/the-open-source-rotary-cell-phone-two-years-later/
#Mobile #opensource #smartphone #lightphone #minimalphone #linuxphone #linux #weirdphones
GrapheneOS is expanding beyond Google Pixel 🔐
A major Snapdragon-powered OEM will soon support the security-first OS 📱
The unnamed device—using Snapdragon 8 Gen 5—is expected to offer similar pricing and full installability 💻
Not Fairphone; OnePlus is a strong candidate, but unconfirmed 🤔
#TechNews #Android #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #Snapdragon #OnePlus #Mobile #Smartphones #UserFreedom #Cybersecurity #Linux #OS #Technology
GrapheneOS is expanding beyond Google Pixel 🔐
A major Snapdragon-powered OEM will soon support the security-first OS 📱
The unnamed device—using Snapdragon 8 Gen 5—is expected to offer similar pricing and full installability 💻
Not Fairphone; OnePlus is a strong candidate, but unconfirmed 🤔
#TechNews #Android #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #Snapdragon #OnePlus #Mobile #Smartphones #UserFreedom #Cybersecurity #Linux #OS #Technology
I use #fdroid but #google may be enforcing #developer registration in #android soon. This has the potential to end F-Droid altogether. Well this is definitely inconvenient. Hopefully some solutions and workarounds are available, up to and including new #mobile OSes.
#apple is just as nefarious as Google when it comes to #user #privacy.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/googles_dev_registration_plan_will/?td=readmore
I use #fdroid but #google may be enforcing #developer registration in #android soon. This has the potential to end F-Droid altogether. Well this is definitely inconvenient. Hopefully some solutions and workarounds are available, up to and including new #mobile OSes.
#apple is just as nefarious as Google when it comes to #user #privacy.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/googles_dev_registration_plan_will/?td=readmore
Okay. I have a month to pick out a new phone before I can no longer cancel my pre-ordered Light Phone 3. I really like my Light Phone 2, but living without a camera has been a little too limiting, and the folks in my life would really appreciate me at least getting that capability back. I am still bitter about losing the headphone jack, though.
But I'm starting to wonder if the issue isn't that smart phones do too much, and more just that smart phones are not something I can control. Plus, they all look boring.
There aren't a lot of open source phones out there that are super compelling, but if anyone has any thoughts or recommendations, or just weird niche mobile devices, I'd love to see them.
Kicking things off, I came very close to going even more minimal than the Light Phone when I found Sky's Edge Rotary Phone. I wanted this thing so bad, but folks in my life vetoed going that low-function pretty hard.
https://hackaday.com/2022/09/10/the-open-source-rotary-cell-phone-two-years-later/
#Mobile #opensource #smartphone #lightphone #minimalphone #linuxphone #linux #weirdphones
#FSF Announces the #LibrePhone Project
The #FreeSoftwareFoundation (FSF) has launched the #LibrePhoneProject , an initiative to create a fully free and open-source #mobile operating system that eliminates #proprietary #firmware and binary blobs. From the FSF: "Librephone is a new initiative by the FSF with the goal of bringing full freedom to the mobile computing environment.
#privacy #security #opensource
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