Notices by postmarketOS (postmarketos@fosstodon.org)

The first postmarketOS edge images with systemd are now available, lots more are building as of writing!

See the updated edge blog post for more information:
https://postmarketos.org/edge/2025/01/09/systemd-soon/

Huge thanks to everybody who has been involved in making this possible! :ablobcatheartsqueeze:

Update: the #systemd merger is in progress. We recommend NOT updating your devices which are running #postmarketOS edge until this is complete.

We are currently working through some issues with the changes to https://build.postmarketos.org

A full explanation of the changes and our recommendations for migrating your devices to systemd will be published once things are ready!

In the mean time, refresh https://build.postmarketos.org at will

https://fosstodon.org/@postmarketOS/113798746780556806

We plan to merge systemd into postmarketOS edge tomorrow (Friday, 2025-01-10) :git:

Please note that it will take some time until all systemd related packages and images are built, and that pmaports CI and building your own images may not behave as expected on this day.

Read the full announcement here:

https://postmarketos.org/edge/2025/01/09/systemd-soon/

postmarketOS v24.12 is out now! ✨ :postmarketos:

"The One With Androids & Cameras, But It's Mainline Linux"

Read all about it on our blog:
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/12/23/v24.12-release/

Big thanks to everybody who has been contributing to this release, without you this would not be possible! ❤️

We would also like to thank @nlnet and @NGIZero for funding most of the infrastructure and maintenance work that went into this release. If you would like to get your project funded, consider applying for a grant!

#linux

our #FOSDEM stand is confirmed!

this time we'll have our very own, with plenty of space to show off more amazing device ports and user interfaces.

#LinuxMobile

We are excited to announce that @anjan is now a trusted contributor in postmarketOS!

He is a maintainer of our favorite tiling WM based Linux Mobile interface Sxmo, maintains quite a few Alpine Linux packages, contributed some cool pmbootstrap patches and recently made a talk "Introduction to postmarketOS" at SeaGL! 🥳

📜 TC page:
https://postmarketos.org/trusted-contributors/#anjan-momi-anjandev

📽️ SeaGL talk:
https://www.youtube.com/live/wJfbS8f2Zio?feature=shared&t=3084

#sxmo #seagl2024

:postmarketos: in 2024-10

* 2 Linux Mobile grants we applied for at the amazing @nlnet @NGIZero fund have been accepted: OpenIMSd and Enhanching Firefox for Linux on Mobile! 🎉
* Libcamera progress
* Trailblazer now supports the PinePhone
* A generic (!!) qcom-msm8953 port
* Progress for pmb v3
* systemd progress, new timeline
* Many mobile-config-firefox improvements, some features now optional via about:config
* and much more!

Thanks to everybody who contributed!!

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/11/04/pmOS-update-2024-10/

postmarketOS in 2024-09 :postmarketos:

Highlights:
* systemd progress
* PCB for automated testing
* apk plugins updated for GNOME Software (GNOME 47) & upstreamed to Plasma Discover!
* work on adding Alpine/musl CI for the entire KDE software stack
* pmb v3 in use by pmaports CI + BPO
* usr-merge improvements
* non-latin language fonts
* process for applying kernel config changes for many of our kernels at once - and keeping them applied via CI checks

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/09/29/pmOS-update-2024-09/

📼 "systemd-ifying postmarketOS, our immutable future, and why Alpine is cooler than you thought"

Because people at @mediacccde are absolutely amazing, the talk is already up!

https://media.ccc.de/v/all-systems-go-2024-278-systemd-ifying-postmarketos-our-immutable-future-and-why-alpine-is-cooler-than-you-thought

#systemd #allsystemsgo #linuxmobile

Python 3.12 is in Alpine edge! So you may want to hold off on that scheduled Friday night system upgrade for a few hours :P

https://postmarketos.org/edge/2024/03/12/python-3.12/

It's big announcement day! :postmarketos:

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/03/05/adding-systemd/

#systemd #postmarketos #linuxmobile #musl #alpinelinux #kde #gnome #sxmo #mosstodon

about to watch the best movie of all time

The #GNOME mobile (1967)

reviews incoming 🛩️

First day at the #linuxmobile stand at #FOSDEM 2024 was packed! Our devroom is sadly over but we'll be at the stand for another day, so come on by if you haven't already!

#FOSDEM2024 hasn't even started and we're already debugging random modem issues on a square in Brussels. This is going to be a good weekend!

#postmarketOS

New ways to become a :postmarketos: Trusted Contributor

We know that people have been contributing to postmarketOS in many ways, not just via code reviews and submitting patches. So if you have been contributing to postmarketOS for the past six months or longer and don't fancy yourself a developer, there is now a path for you to become a Trusted Contributor too!

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/01/28/how-to-become-tc2/

Folks owning a Nvidia Tegra 2/3/4 device, you might be interested in Svyatoslav Ryhel's work of replacing the proprietary bootloader ✨

> Svyatoslav ported most of these devices without owning one, just relying on testing from people. This means anyone having such a device can reach him and eventually will be able to replace the old proprietary vendor bootloader with U-Boot.

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/01/13/call-for-tegra-u-boot-testers/

Thanks to IonAgorria for the photo!

#nvidia #tegra #uboot #freesoftware #linux #bootloader

hello traveller, can i interest you in any of my wares? they're fresh off the press this morning.

Happy to announce that postmarketOS v23.12 is out now!

Highlights:
* @alpinelinux 3.19 :alpine:
* Devices count increased from 31 to 45, with LOTS of Chromebooks and MSM8953 devices added
* GNOME (Mobile) 45
* Phosh 0.33
* KDE Plasma (Mobile) 5.27.10
* Sxmo 1.15.1
* unl0kr replaces osk-sdl
* loupe replaces eog
* more robust release upgrade script
* RNDIS replaces NCM
* zram

Thanks to everybody who contributed & tested! ❤️

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2023/12/18/v23.12-release/

#chromebook #msm8953 #linux #linuxmobile

Our shared stand together with #PureOS, @mobian, #SailfishOS and @ubports for #FOSDEM2024 got accepted!

https://fosdem.org/2024/news/2023-11-20-accepted-stands-fosdem-2024/

We hope to see you all there! We'll show of some devices running all our awesome software and will gladly answer all your questions and show you all the new cool stuff that happened since last year!

pmbootstrap 2.0.0 is here:

https://git.sr.ht/~postmarketos/pmbootstrap/refs/2.0.0

After bumping the minor version 53 (!) times in 1.x.y, we have some
breaking changes justifying a major version bump.

Highlights of this release are generating fstab and crypttab, support for the mtkclient flasher and better locale selection in "pmbootstrap init".

For users it should still feel the same overall. Enjoy this release, and thanks so much to everybody who contributed to it! ❤️