Question to the #LinuxPhone/#PostmarketOS/#PinePhone community: I still have the OG Pinephone from 2020 in a drawer and was playing around with the idea of using it as a semi-#dumphone / less distraction riddled device for day to day usage.

How is the current state of Linux on a Phone and what about this particular device? The PmOS wiki page looks promising,, so does the Debian wiki (which was my main phone OS back then) but I am unsure how well this is maintained. IIRC, it became somewhat abandoned when the #PinePhonePro arrived.

#Lomiri, the convergent UI by #UBports, is changing the tech landscape! With true convergence and lightweight performance Join the #bountyprogram, be part of this innovative community! https://os-sci.com/blog/our-blog-posts-1/lomiri-bounty-program-is-now-live-125

The #ITGuyShow is officially back! I am so excited to bring y'all content again. In this latest episode, I am joined by Erik Mols to talk about #Lomiri, formerly known as #UBPorts. We talk about #convergence and #opensource sustainability. Go check it out: https://dub.sh/zpRx2mz #podcast #linux

Así funciona Ubuntu Touch en la vida real por El Cuetlachtli

https://youtu.be/xETlMz_rnhs

Contrario a lo que pensarian, sigo usando ubuntu touch, ya voy para medio año y ya me adapté muy bien a las dificultades que representa no tener whatsapp ni apps de banco, para mi es como viajar a mis tiempos de estudiante jeje.

We've seen the rise of Linux Desktopmanagers, like KDE, GNOME, and lightweight alternatives like LXDE. Today, Lomiri stands out as a convergent cross-platform solution, bridging the gap between mobile and desktop devices. Developed by the UBports Community, Lomiri offers a consistent user experience across various form factors. #Linux #DesktopManagers #Lomiri #UBports https://dub.sh/qmTB2Ci

Kick Off Saturday

Demos, discussions, and a world premiere at the Volla Community Days.

The event will be streamed live, and we'll share the link on our channels on Saturday.

We look forward to your participation, either in person or online. Thanks to our partners, retailers, and developers in our community, you can look forward to an exciting program.

Am Samstag ist es endlich soweit

Demos, Diskussionen und eine Weltpremiere bei den Volla Community Days.

Die Veranstaltung wird per Live-Stream übertragen und wir werden den Link spätestens Samstag in unseren Kanälen teilen.

Wir freuen uns auf Euren Besuch, vor Ort oder online. Dank unserer Partner, Händler und Entwickler in unserer Community könnt Ihr Euch auf ein spannendes Programm freuen.

This week's Linux and FOSS news:

LINUX NEWS

Arch project to create new sponsorships policy, which defines two types of sponsorships:
https://news.itsfoss.com/arch-linux-sponsorships/

elementaryOS 8 released with new gesture controller, improved multitasking view, notification when taking a screenshot with a keyboard shortcut, improved dock, etc.:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/elementary-os-improves-window-manager-dock-multitasking-screenshot-capture-and-more/

OpenSUSE Tumbleweed monthly update brings Linux kernel 6.14.6, QEMU 10.0, KDE Plasma 6.3.5, other updated packages:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/6/opensuse-tumbleweed-update-brings-qemu-10-kde-plasma-6-3-5-and-security-upgrades/

CachyOS update fixes NVIDIA issues by detecting the GPU and atomatically installing the correct driver, brings new boot animation and GRUB theme, Cachy-Browser discontinued, Firefox with custom config becomes the default, Proton-CachyOS is now based on Proton 10:
https://betanews.com/2025/06/01/cachyos-nvidia-fix-steam-deck-support-linux-browser-dropped/

Rocky Linux 9.6 released with enhanced image-building and delivery process, updated images, additional policy rules for SELinux, package updates:
https://9to5linux.com/rocky-linux-9-6-is-available-for-download-based-on-red-hat-enterprise-linux-9-6

UBports 20.04 OTA-9 released with VoLTE support out-of-the-box for more carriers, Waydroid 1.5.1, new font for emojis, support for newer emojis, bug fixes:
https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-9-focal-release-3962

Malicious pull requests to the Linux kernel copying Linus Torvalds' patches and re-listing him as the author got prevented:
https://news.itsfoss.com/linus-kernel-broken-pull-request/

(FOSS news in comments)

Android & iOS aren't the only mobile OS's that support the Fediverse - UbuntuTouch also has native webapps available in its Open Store app store for Mastodon & Pixelfed :)

Are there any people using #LinuxMobile (#mobian, #postmarketos, #ubports, maybe on #pinephone or #librem5) at #eh22 @linuxmobile ?

¡Amazfish 2.6.0 ha sido liberado! #UbuntuTouch #Flatpak (y esperemos que pronto en el repositorio #SailfishOS Chum)

Entre otras actualizaciones, hay una página de documentación que intenta responder a la pregunta de qué es lo que realmente funciona - ¡ayuda a rellenar los huecos!

https://amazfish.github.io/

Cambios en 2.6.0:

- Kospet DK08, Bangle.js mejorado
- Cambio de perfil automático
- Temporizador de e...

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Ubuntu Touch VoLTE support rollout begins, starting from Fairphone 5 and Volla 22.

#Ubuntu #Linux #UbuntuLinux #UbuntuTouch #UBports #Fairphone #Volla #Fairphone5 #Volla22 #VoLTE #cellular #TechNews #TechUpdates

https://officialaptivi.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/ubuntu-on-phones-now-receive-initial-volte-support/

Ubuntu on phones now receive initial VoLTE support

If you are using one of the supported Ubuntu Phone devices, such as a Volla 22 (contains a MediaTek Helio G85 SoC) or a Fairphone 5 (contains a Qualcomm QCM6490 SoC), you can now use VoLTE on your device.

The necessary modifications for both SoC vendors have been added to both the Noble Numbat version and the Focal Fossa version so that VoLTE works on these devices that have Ubuntu Touch installed. However, for other phones, such as Xiaomi and Google Pixel phones, it’s on the developer who created the port to modify it so that it works with VoLTE.

While they have tested the functionality with both high-quality voice calls and SMS messages, they have reported issues when working with MMS. In the status bar, if your phone shows VoLTE, this means that you can have high-quality voice calls.

In order to try out VoLTE support, you must make sure that:

• your phone is running the latest version of Ubuntu Touch,
• your phone supports VoLTE, and
• your carrier and your cellular plan support VoLTE.

Image by freepik

With some amazing work by @jmlich , we now have a much nicer website to show off the features of #Amazfish, your Linux/Mobile watch companion app. https://amazfish.github.io #sailfishos #flatpak #UBPorts @kde #kirigami

@thenewoil

While, F-Droid is important for Android users, I use UbuntuTouch.

I did make my first contribution to UBPorts, which makes my phone OS, which is a FOSS alternative to Android.

I do use Tor, and I run a 2 MB/s Tor relay on a high bandwidth server I rent on DigitalOcean in (possibly) eco-friendly LON1 cluster as my form of contribution to the Tor project.

I also made my first annual donation to LetsEncrypt, which I do use on ~20 of my websites.

During #FossFEST our open source #Hackathon Paul Hortola gave a presentation about #UT #Ubuntu #Touch app development by #Ubports. May the #foss be with you. #floss
https://youtu.be/2KZznwjp0ng?si=T02Q8oI9sSQdA4Kb

For those who heard me cry after successfully fix my watch because I lost its charging cable:

I finally found the charging cable for my #PebbleTimeSteel and it is currently charging, Yay \o/

What is more #nostalgia for you :

→ The #pebble charging animation ?

→ The old #UbuntuTouch phone ads music in the background :D ?

NB: I am now using a #Fairphone5 running Ubuntu Touch with my #PebbleTimeSteel paired !

#RecycledToot #Ubuntu #smartwatch #ubports #PebbleOS #rebble CC: @ubports @rebble

in an attempt to achieve the highest app compatibility known to man, i ended up writing a daemon that allows to install, configure and run #UbuntuTouch applications on our beloved #flx1 and it actually turned out pretty nice.

this is yet another service/client setup where now the store server is refactored to work alongside android-store (used to install android apps) to lower memory usage and the client is a #GNOME software plugin