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submitted by DetachablePianist to linuxphones 6 points | 1 comments I just ordered a FairPhone 5 for the purpose of test-driving any reasonable Linux solutions on it. My eventual preference will probably be Mobian or Postmarket OS with plasma-mobile, but those appear to require additional dev time before they’re practical daily drivers, especially on the FP5. Ubuntu Touch appears to be a reasonably mature option, and they specifically single out the FairPhone 5 on their website as the best supported hardware right now. I believe this maturity may be largely due to utilizing closed source Android blobs to drive phone hardware which isn’t ideal for us FOSS purists but at least has the advantage of accelerating their dev efforts. I assume this won’t become my main phone right away, but I’m curious whether this community believes Ubuntu Touch (or something else) on a FP5 could potentially be a reasonable daily driver by now. A similar post from about year ago answered No, though their question didn’t specify which hardware. Thoughts? Maybe an alternate distro I should at look at for the FP5 specifically?

submitted by Allero to linuxphones 43 points | 5 comments So, after following the discussions for quite a while, I decided to pull it off. Having gone though the support list of various distributions, I chose Pixel 3a for my setup. Among the dirt cheap smartphones, it seems to enjoy the support of almost everything. I decided to install PostmarketOS with Plasma Mobile. In the meanwhile, I also tested Mobian (didn’t work for me for some reason) and Gnome (I ended up being too much of a KDE fanboy). The overall experience is, honestly, mixed. It sure is exciting, and I’ve spent a whole day tinkering here and there (and feeling a bit nostalgic for the day I felt this way about Linux as a whole), the hardware support was a pleasant surprise, up to multipoint Bluetooth TWS headphones, but still, system stability isn’t anywhere near a daily driver, and software support lags behind in many ways. In any case, now I too have a platform to look into the future. Year of Linux mobile, anyone? :) P.S. Any advice on censorship-resistant (VLESS/Reality/AmneziaWG-based) VPNs for PostmarketOS on ARM devices?

submitted by cm0002 to linuxphones 95 points | 25 comments https://makertube.net/w/pMEpFpcNfikYvETYtf2Emk

submitted by inari to linuxphones 11 points | 0 comments https://grego.site/blog/thinkphone

submitted by Sunshine to linuxphones 53 points | 6 comments https://kitsumed.github.io/blog/posts/android-may-soon-restrict-on-device-adb/

submitted by inari to linuxphones 79 points | 16 comments https://foss2go.com/juno-computers-begins-work-on-a-qt-based-openstreetmap-navigation-app/

submitted by TheMightyCat to linuxphones 67 points | 14 comments https://files.catbox.moe/q0acuo.mp4 While celebrating my previous post of working call audio @pvagner@fedi.ml left this excellent comment: ani.social/post/34656971/17805917 And this reminded me something that i and many devs sadly often forget, if its works for me it doesn’t mean it works for everyone. My philosophy is that linux should be as accesible as possible, nobody should be forced to be stuck with big tech. So i tried my best to add orca screenreader support to plasma-mobile. I mad this statement on my previous post > But a successful one! But i genuinely don’t know if i can claim that today, i don’t use a screenreader so i don’t know what the user experience should look like. I will glady incorporate feedback. As with my kernel patches i will be working to upstream this with KDE, since this is probably not controversial i think it should be accepted quite quickly. # Small celebration: I was quite happy when i saw this in my inbox: lore.kernel.org/…/20260722234221.884765-8-sriniva… > +maintainers: > > * * Jorijn van der Graaf jorijnvdgraaf@catcrafts.net > * * Srinivas Kandagatla srinivas.kandagatla@oss.qualcomm.com > It looks like im being upgraded from linux contributor to linux maintainer! # Selling fp6 with pmos preflashed and with my patches preinstalled Some comments mentioned this and it got me thinking, would there be demand for this? I would be selling them on my catcrafts.net website, payment methods would be my bunq so wero, bancontact, credit card and crypto. If you are interested in this, please upvote my comment, ive been looking into this and there is quite alot of administration that comes with it, so i would like to only do this if there is actual demand. I would be shipping to any place i can. I will be shipping from the Netherlands, so keep that in mind for import duties and shipping costs.

submitted by TheMightyCat to linuxphones 39 points | 1 comments https://ani.social/pictrs/image/50e19f20-3667-4368-91ec-d787c515b9e7.mp4 > At first, man thinks he controls the modem. > > But after the 20th reboot, man learns the modem controls him. > > — _Epictetus_ So here it is! working VoLTE calls with audio on linux! What a rollercoaster it has been i’ll tell you that. The frequency between my previous posts was only a few days, as you can see from the time since my last post this has been a _far_ harder project. But a successful one! Now fully powered trough my new imsd project: forgejo.catcrafts.net/Catcrafts/imsd As i said in a my previous comment no matter what i did the regular modem route wasn’t working, so i had to come up with my own. This has several advantages however, call audio is now just routed trough wireplumber & pipewire, so its integrated much better. Both inbound and outbound calls work. # How do i get this??? The patient route is waiting until my patches get accepted upstream, a few already have and are coming in 7.3 probably (pmos runs 7.0 currently still oof), a few will probably take longer, 7.4 or beyond. but for the ones that want to jump right on ive published everything on my forgejo: forgejo.catcrafts.net/Catcrafts I will soon be publishing a shell script that does the entire installation soon for easy installation. Sadly there is no way to just plug in an android and do it, so there are still a few manual steps needed, but i believe the path to adoption is reducing friction as much as possible, so ill do my best to make it as easy as possible to use. # imsd So what is an “imsd”? its a full userspace implementation of the IMS protocol, which drives VoLTE (4G) calls. Normally the modem firmware drives this, but this is quite difficult to work with, now it runs fully via a standard daemon on linux! Along with several d-bus helpers that integrate it with standard plasma-dialer. if made a APKBUILD for pmos that is mutually exclusive with 81voltd, and loads imsd instead. so installation should be easy. > Now will this actually work? That’s where you come in! I am just one guy with one phone with one carrier. I can say it works on the Fairphone 6 with KPN. it might work with other carriers and other Qualcomm phones aswell, so potentially this could work for the entire linux phone ecosystem, but i have no way to test that. If you end up trying it, no matter if it works or doesn’t work, please send me a message or open a PR, then we can make sure it works for everyone! # donations I really was surprised when people asked me this, i just see myself as a guy doing this in his free time, “why would people want to send donations to me?” i thought. I still stand by my previous point, i have a job, and this project costs me nothing except for time, i don’t have any costs. So i felt kinda guilty receiving money from people. But i would much rather spend my time making software that benefits society instead of the B2B stuff i do at my job. I really feel greedy for saying this, but if you want to send me a thank you then that is now possible at: bunq.me/catcrafts Please don’t feel any pressure to do this, doesn’t matter what i get im still continuing with this bring-up. And if you don’t want to donate to me there are many linux organizations that could really use the support! In my eyes we are all in the same boat with the same goal. If you do decide to, and i cannot express my gratitude enough if you do, please write in the description that it’s a donation, as this makes tax easier. # What’s next? Ive got a bunch more stuff coming soon, while i haven’t posted here in quite a while i’ve been plenty busy on the mailing list: So except some more posts soon. # Bonus round Having fully working hardware is great, but a phone that has no apps is pointless for most people, so i would like to start a discussion in the comments. **What apps do you need that are preventing you from switching to mobile linux?**

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