#Tag · bonfire.cafe

Some people on activitypub seemed a bit interested in mobile linux, so I decided to share a bit more of my experience on here. I will break it up into different posts covering different aspects.

I have been using a PinePhone 1.2b (3GB of RAM, 32GB eMMC storage) as my daily driver for roughly four years now. That may sound impressive, but I only really use a phone so people can reach me, for music on the go, and for a browser in a pinch. I'm not on my phone all that often.

PinePhone: https://pine64.org/devices/pinephone/

Currently, I have Mobian (based on Debian) Trixie installed on the internal eMMC storage and a 512GB microSD card mounted at /home, both utilizing full-disk encryption, for plenty of storage for my use-case. I'm using the Phosh interface, since it is more stable in my experience than plasma mobile currently. I also mostly use GTK software since they tend to integrate better with Phosh. I do not have cellular service on it, I even have the entire cellular modem disabled via the hardware dipswitch on the back currently.

Mobian: https://mobian-project.org/
Phosh: https://phosh.mobi/

#mobian #debian #linux #mobilelinux #pinephone #linuxphone #phosh

Diane

@alienghic@timeloop.cafe · last week

A while ago I got a refurbished surface tablet and stuck debian on it and then installed #mobian phosh packages, and everything almost worked except I'd managed to encrypt the swap partition and I couldn't enter the password without a keyboard.

I'd gotten unl0kr (the touchscreen password entry utility) installed but it didn't seem like it was getting run.

I searched around the mobian repository and found the place where the mobian installer tells cryptsetup what script to run to prompt for the password.

I needed to add keyscript=/usr/share/initramfs-tools/scripts/unl0kr-keyscript to entries in /etc/crypttab

Looks like next issue is power management. Currently the screen lights up with a notification saying "suspending soon" every so often.

Björn Schießle :europa:

@bjoern@social.schiessle.eu · 4 weeks ago

BS -Chefin hält digitale Souveränität für vorerst unerreichbar

Deutschland will unabhängiger von den US-Digitalkonzernen werden. Doch nach dem aktuellen Stand der Technik sei eine komplette Abkehr undenkbar, sagt BSI-Präsidentin Claudia Plattner.

Niemand erwartet das man über Nacht einen Hebel umlegt und am nächsten morgen aufwacht und 100% unabhängig ist. Man könnte sich aber einfach mal auf den Weg machen, es gibt viel Bereiche wo das garnicht so schwer ist. Für mich liest sich das alles nach einer Ausrede um nicht aus seiner Komfortzone raus zu müssen... oder ist "die im ersten Quartal dieses Jahres geschlossene Kooperation des BSI mit Google" vielleicht auch ein Grund für diese Position?

https://www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-internet/cybersecurity-bsi-chefin-haelt-digitale-souveraenitaet-fuer-vorerst-unerreichbar/100147791.html

#DigitaleSouveranitat #BigTech #BSI #Deutschland