After my longer video on Manjaro with Plasma Mobile, this is a shorter look at the plasma-mobile-neon-20200821-132546.img.gz image from https://images.plasma-mobile.org/pinephone/.
The big new feature is the new Maliit keyboard (https://github.com/maliit/), which still needs some work, but is already better than the keyboard previously used in Plasma Mobile.
The app selection is more limited than on Neon compared to Manjaro, but both the Clock and the Weather app are nice additions.
This livestream happened on February 17th, 2021.
Disclosure: I am a co-host on the bi-weekly PineTalk Podcast (https://www.pine64.org/pinetalk), a PINE64 community podcast. This is pro-bono work and I try my best to make sure that this work does not affect my view on the PINE64 products or competing Linux Phones in any way.
These are links to stuff I mention in the video:
* Thread in the Purism Forums I talk about: https://forums.puri.sm/t/unboxing-the-purism-librem-5-evergreen/11981
* p-boot: https://xnux.eu/p-boot
* chromium.desktop modified to use the ozone Wayland backend: https://framagit.org/linmobapps/linmobapps.frama.io/-/blob/master/desktop-files/fixes/chromium.desktop
* Nheko (awesome Matrix client) : https://github.com/Nheko-Reborn/nheko
* LINMOBapps: https://linmobapps.frama.io
If you want to help out with the list, please check
* https://linmobapps.frama.io/#contribute and
* https://framagit.org/linmobapps/linmobapps.frama.io/-/blob/master/tasks.md
* hello System: https://github.com/helloSystem/hello
* FOSDEM 2021 talk: https://www.fosdem.org/2021/schedule/event/hello_bsd/
* https://video.fosdem.org/2021/D.bsd/hello_bsd.webm
A fun stream about https://xnux.eu/p-boot-demo, recorded on November 30th, 2020
Sorry for the low audio.
A bootleg of this is was available on DevTube, but DevTube shut down since.
Chapters:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:06:00 Arch Linux ARM
00:06:20 LuneOS
00:13:22 Bla bla (chatter)
00:14:35 KDE Neon
00:22:36 Maemo Leste (featuring Nokia N900 and Motorola Droid 4)
00:28:14 Manjaro Plasma
00:37:10 Manjaro Phosh
00:43:25 Accidentally booting Arch Linux ARM (non-gui)
00:44:00 Mobian
00:52:15 Ubuntu Touch
01:01:15 postmarketOS Plasma Desktop (fail, will demo it in later video)
01:03:00 postmarketOS GNOME 3.38
01:17:41 Conclusions/What's missing in the p-boot-demo image
It took me a long, long time, but here it finally is: My video of Sailfish OS on the PinePhone (this is the 3GB postmarketOS CE, Sailfish runs of an SD card).
I am actually going through two versions of Sailfish OS here: The first 10 Minutes show 3.3.0.16, the latter 3.4.0.24. I did not show the installation process, as another video already did a great job with that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1t4njImIXI
Installation script: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sailfish-on-dontbeevil/flash-it/master/flash-it.sh
Upgrade tweet: https://twitter.com/adampigg/status/1317511321840193537
Flatpak instructions: https://github.com/sailfishos-flatpak/main
If you have questions or comments, feel free to comment or send me an email to sailfish@linmob.net.
Chapters:
00:00 Salutation
00:20 Initial setup
00:40 Sailfish history
02:18 Account / Gesture tutorial
03:27 Sailfish history part II
06:27 Back to the PinePhone port
06:50 Two browsers: Browser (Gecko based)
08:40 WebCat: QtWebEngine based
09:36 Smooth UI, nice gestures – proprietary bits
10:03 Part 2: Version 3.4.0.24
11:10 WebPirate browser (and WebCat: older rendering engine)
12:00 Stock browser and differences between the PinePhone and "normal" Sailfish phones
12:40 Flatpaks: Apparently not working
14:00 Contrac App for COVID19 Exposure notifications
16:00 devel-su help: Finding the password
17:05 Terminal app
17:19 Incoming calls (outgoin calls work too)
18:15 More features/Conclusion
18:50 Thank you for watching / LINMOB, LINMOBapps
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZevZqXlNXc
http://linmob.net
An unfair comparison. General comments on Android Devices of different price ranges. Android history. Browing speed comparison
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRwYi1rcCo8
This, in a way, is the continuation of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VefFyTF3c-I and my other videos on Anbox (Mobian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v06KUrfs69k; Arch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-9Wmki7DsU).
I asked for suggestions and tried some. I hope I did these apps justice. Please keep in mind that native is always better, and it's not that there are no native apps: https://linmobapps.frama.io
Please tell me below or via Twitter (@linmobblog), Mastodon (@linmob@fosstodon.org) or email (manjaro-anbox@linmob.net) what interests you with regard to the PinePhone and mobile Linux operating systems: Comparison videos? Convergence in action? A different distribution I did not look at?
If you want to are looking for more PinePhone related content, make sure to my blog: https://linmob.net (it is at least updated weekly!).
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Links to the Lomiri section:
* https://twitter.com/linmobblog/status/1308073587534946304
* https://fosstodon.org/@linmob/104944395494101948
Native alternatives:
to Authy:
* Authenticator: https://gitlab.gnome.org/World/Authenticator
* Keysmith: https://invent.kde.org/kde/keysmith
* Ubuntu Touch: https://open-store.io/?sort=relevance&search=2fa
... native Bible app:
* Bible: https://github.com/Lugsole/net.lugsole.bible_gui
to Element:
* Fractal: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/fractal
* Mirage: https://github.com/mirukana/mirage
to OSMAnd:
* Pure Maps: https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.rinigus.PureMaps
* + OSMScout: https://flathub.org/apps/details/io.github.rinigus.OSMScoutServer
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 First: Personal Lomiri progress
04:45 Finally: Anbox!
05:15 First up: AnkiDroid (FDroid)
06:18 Authy
07:32 Olive Tree Bible App
09:41 Bromite browser
10:24 Candy Crush Soda (does not launch)
10:55 Element
12:27 Gadgetbridge
12:53 Logos Bible App
14:05 MySudo
14:33 Nextcloud
15:40 Bugging out
16:10 OSMAnd~
17:08 PocketCasts (and AntennaPod)
19:25 OSMAnd~part 2
20:26 Pixlr (unusable)
20:49 Plants and Zombies (breaks Anbox)
21:30 Simple native games
22:48 Android Settings
23:05 Signal
24:02 Slack
24:59 Snapseed
27:15 WhatsApp
27:40 Youtube Music
29:20 Summing it up: How I installed this
30:25 Thanks for watching
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Sha3R4PKSs
AVMultiPhone is a different beast from all the Plasma Mobile, Phosh or even Hildon (Maemo Leste) based distributions for the PinePhone: It features the MATE Desktop Environment, which never was designed with Phones in mind.
Being build on postmarketOS, this quirky OS which works way better than I would have expected, unfortunately hasn't seen a release since July 1st, and upgrading currently breaks it. That aside, if you just want a distribution to use Kodi or LibreOffice with, it is definitely worth a try.
Links:
AVMultiPhone blog: http://archivista.ch/cms/en/news/avmultiphone/
OSDN Downloads: https://osdn.net/projects/avmultimedia/releases/73167 (this is postav_200701final.img.gz)
Please tell me below or via Twitter (@linmobblog), Mastodon (@linmob@fosstodon.org) or email (futurecontent@linmob.net) what else would interest you regarding Linux on Mobile devices.
If you want to read some guides and stay up to date on all things PinePhone (and also other Mobile Linux projects), please check out my blog: https://linmob.net!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNaftRCCRP8
It took me long to get to it, but this is a short look at Nemo Mobile 0.8 and Glacier UX installed on a current Sailfish release.
Unfortunately one of my PinePhones had an almost empty battery, which made this tougher to do than normal.
Nemo Mobile 0.8: http://nemomobile.net/pages/Nemo_For_pinephone/
Instructions to install Nemo Mobile on Sailfish OS:
https://wiki.pine64.org/index.php?title=PinePhone_Software_Releases#Nemo_Mobile
Sorry for the cough and if this video is not as good as it could be.
Please tell me below or via Twitter (@linmobblog), Mastodon (@linmob@fosstodon.org) or email (nemo@linmob.net) what interests you with regard to the PinePhone and mobile Linux operating systems: Comparison videos? Convergence in action? Certain apps? I am really looking forward to your feedback!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKHuZch0kF4