#App developers, is there an easy way to securely share sensitive data (eg. login credentials) locally between two #apps on the same device? And if not, what about non-sensitive data (like how the #SimpleApps or whatever they're called now share themes)? 🔏
Basically it's a family of apps with a common login and we're trying to avoid the user having to log in separately on each one. We're using #Capacitor, if that matters ⚙️
Ok seems like I just fucked up (my fault) Pure OS on my #Librem5 which was pre installed on the phone. So I will install a fresh #Linux distribution. What is your opinion: Should I use #PureOS again because it (maybe) works best or should I try #Mobian ? Has anyone tested them recently?
If that is not happening, then why, what is stopping you?
The (wrong and silly) assumption that everyone must use Google/Apple phones is expected from Big Tech these days but you are supposed to be among the good guys. Please help us be free from Google/Apple 🙂
> Weil er sein Deutschlandticket ausgedruckt dabei hatte, ist ein Mann in Göttingen aus einem Bus geworfen worden. Denn das Ticket ist dort nur auf dem Smartphone nutzbar. Daran gibt es Kritik.
From 7 March, the designated gatekeepers – Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft – must comply with all obligations in the Digital Markets Act.
These changes give you control of your:
📱 data: decide freely how your data is used
📱 phone: choose your default apps, browsers and search engines
📱 apps: install the apps you want and remove pre-installed apps
This one definetively is in the right directiion, it only came 'a bit late' and is way too short.
There is no choice, if soneone wants me to use WhatsApp, AirDrop or AirPlay.
In my private environment I can say 'no, thanks' (and socially isolate myself), but when it comes to companys (e.g. discounts), communities (e.g. soccer for kids) or public services (e.g. schools), I have no choice. I simply have to use a device that supports it.
Still no chance for other manufacturers or data sensible devices.
I'm not excited about any OS release. I'm using #Debian exclusively since many years, plus #Mobian since some time. One of the best things about Debian is, that new releases are not exciting at all 🙂
Wrote a blog post about the first two months of my #pinephone Pro usage as a PDA and how I got around solving some initial hardware problems (spoiler: read the manual, then asked the support team).
Help: A lot via the Mobian Ports ( #mobian-ports:matrix.org ) Matrix room and the postmarketOS offtopic ( #offtopic:postmarketos.org ) Matrix room.
Sources: Not much there yet. As soon as there are official builds for the Pixel 3a, I will start writing docs. I already have a lot of notes on what I had to do. But first I need to have someone merge the Kernel patches, as I don’t know C, which makes resolving merge conflicts really hard, it turns out. Once that is done, there are just a few smaller merge requests left and builds will appear magically.
The whole process is not that difficult if there are already Kernel patches available. In the case of the Pixel 3a, I only had to clone the sdm670-mainline repo ( gitlab.com/sdm670-mainline/linux-patches ) , compile the kernel (two commands) and get a .deb, which I used with mobian-recipes ( salsa.debian.org/Mobian-team/mobian-recipes/ ) to build an image. I then wrote a config file for droid-juicer ( gitlab.com/mobian1/droid-juicer/-/…/4 ) which tells it what files on the vendor and modem partitions it should get, then those are copied to /usr/lib/firmware/updates/.
That was easy as dmesg will just tell you what files it cannot load because they are missing. Just find those, write the config, run droid-juicer, reboot… boom. Display, Wifi, LTE and so on working.
Then smaller stuff like udev rules for vibration and an initramfs hook ( salsa.debian.org/…/qcom-firmware?ref_type=heads ) so that firmware files get integrated into initramfs and components start to work early during boot.
The most difficult part would be merging the Kernel patches with other patches and resoving the merge conflicts… At least to me, as I don’t know C.
If there are no mainlining efforts for a phone yet, then I don’t know what to do, as that requires a Kernel dev.
That’s all not that hard, my main difficulty was finding out what to do. Everything I did so far would be an afternoon of work, if I had just found the necessary information much quicker. Instead I spent two weeks, of which 95 % was finding info, lol.
Just join the Mobian Matrix room, we should be able to help you, even though I know far less than the others there…so far. :p
I do hope that’s helpful and I’ll happily try to answer more questions. :)
#Lomiri on the #Librem5 ? Yes! In a moment of frustration, I flashed #Mobian and installed the version of Lomiri in the Debian 12 repo. It was buggy as hell and crashed after 2 minutes. I suspect this was due to the GTK app I tried to run. After it crashed the first time, it wouldn't boot again and I had to flash Mobian all over to record this video.....
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Ist die App überhaupt #freieSoftware und z.B. für mein OS (#Mobian) verfügbar? Oder wieder nur für die beiden Giganten?
Abgesehen davon kenne ich einige Leute, denen das #smartphone auf der Reise, im Zug, im Bus, auf der Straße gestohlen oder gar geraubt wurde. Ist attraktiver für #motochorros als ein Papierfahrschein.
Welp, there goes the idea of (paid) indie games for that mobile platform. 😐 Given #Flathub works on a payment backend it would've been best for #LinuxPhone's as a whole to go that route instead of doing their own sandboxing around apk. #MobileLinux devices will never get out of the niche they're in that way even if the GUI is ever so fancy.
Couldn't find hard info regarding #mobian or #ubports about this. 😐
Attending #FOSDEM via old laptop repurposed for webdev-device with #alpinelinux on it. Tooting this with #SailfishOS from Finland with a #pinetime on my left wrist. For the breaks I plan to reinstall #postmarketOS or #Mobian to my old oneplus6, doesn't really matter, really just want go try #phosh in action. Damn, linux ftw! What a brilliant thing you have brought to the world @torvalds ! Thank you for your great efforts! In case it was unclear, I'll be attending mobile. :D
Less than a week to go! Come visit us at #FOSDEM on the #LinuxOnMobile stand where you'll be able to try out all sorts of Linux on all sorts of mobile!
#askfedi Hi, I haven't followed the progress for a while, which OSes are currently usable on #pinephone (basic call/SMS, terminal, GPS, not crashing too much)? Is #waydroid usable (in particular for #OSMAnd)? Thanks!
@Goffi hello, my recommendation would be #postmarketOS or #Mobian.
GPS is a bit tricky, because there is no aGPS functionality so you have to wait long time before getting location. Good starting point is always postmarketOS wiki, including lists of apps.
As of waydroid, I have never been patient enough to get it running and even after that I would not recommend it as solution you would rely on. Especially on Pinephone.
Got Mobian (almost) ported to Pixel 3a / 3a XL (lemmy.sdf.org)
Most parts work, still not sure why Bluetooth gives me errors in dmesg, audio out works, microphone input not yet… I’m getting there....