#mobian

Don't rely on RCS! Unfortunately, #RCS is worse than #SMS. (It used to be worse than #CVS, but that was something completely different.) #FreeSoftware operating systems can easily support SMS and even #MMS, e.g. with #ModemManager. RCS is completely locked into #BigTech #duopoly Google + Apple and cannot be supported by #Mobian or free Android flavours. Use #RFC6120 instead. Open, free, #standardised, federated #InstantMessaging for all! #federation #digitalSovereignty #IETF #Jabber #XMPP

@heiseonline@social.heise.de "Bürger könnten die #App auf ihren #Smartphones nutzen", wenn es Android oder iOS ist. Andere Systeme wie #Mobian oder #postmarketOS sind der @Bundesregierung@social.bund.de egal. Solange das so bleibt ist mir die #EUDIWallet egal 🤷 #MobileLinux #freieSoftware #digitaleSouveränität

a mildly cybernetic creature called "Kiwi" Dr. Kohala associated with a person known as N1chts ends up doing this when i turn to my default prop choices #mastoart #dragon #doctor #pineapple #anthro #furry #mobian #artfight #cartoonart #digitalpainting

Beginning day of daily driving my PinePhone Pro (1) – 18/07/2026 Today I start my journey daily driving the PinePhone Pro for a month. I started by asking abcde and xmn from the PINE64 chatrooms which distro I should use. I personally wanted to use something different so I was personally thinking either Mobian or Arch Linux/DanctNIX. In the end we decided that I will use Mobian with Phosh as the distro I will use for the month. After I finished installing Mobian to the internal storage, I had switched some settings around (pin, timezone, etc). While doing that, I accidentally disabled cellular networking in Gnome settings. Around five minutes after this I tried calling the PinePhone Pro from my main phone and it failed as both devices went to voicemail immediately. I fixed this by rebooting the device, I tested on both PostmarketOS edge and the latest Mobian weekly image afterwards and calls worked no problem. Some initial observations is how hot the device gets from doing nothing. The RK3399S found in the PinePhone Pro is a binned variant of the SOC in the PineBook Pro (less power usage and better thermals). Even after binning, the power usage is high (3.0W-4.0W idle) and the device is constantly hot. While I was setting this all up, it had been around 35 minutes. Battery life went from 70% to 17% within that time. The performance however is good, I am happy with how web browsing and general navigation feel. Web browsing hitches a little bit, but once the page loads scrolling is smooth on Firefox. So far I have installed Tuba for managing the PINE64 community Mastodon on the go, Telegram for online messaging, Speech Note for voice to text notes, Pure Maps for navigation, LocalSend for file transfer and FreeTube for watching stuff. That’s about it, I’m going to bed. See you next log! #pine64 #pinephone #pinephonepro #mobilelinux #linuxmobile #mobian #phosh

Day three of daily driving my PinePhone Pro – 20/07/2026 Today was the big day and I had a lot of things to do. This time, I used my PinePhone Pro to navigate, which went very well. I noticed that the navigation of the GPS kept up quite well. It wasn't immediate, like you'd find on something like Google Maps on an Android phone, but it was more than usable and I was happy with it. While I was waiting at the doctors I was texting my friend using SMS. I had no issues with this and I had a decent uptime with no modem issues until later in the day (keep reading to find out more!). Unfortunately, I did end up running into some issues today. My haptic feedback, and my sensors for proximity and light detection did not work correctly. I tried to diagnose this issue, but I did not have any luck at all. The best thing that I could do was check I2C and IIO devices in sysfs but I couldn't find anything. I ended up just rebooting device, and that ended up working. So, I'm not sure why that happened. It was quite frustrating to diagnose, and I never actually got to a conclusion. My second big issue today was when my modem just completely stopped being able to make or receive calls. I didn't really know what to do, so I started flashing various ADSP firmwares to no avail. But, after reading many issues and forum posts online, I realized that this is a known issue with later PinePhone Pro models. What I ended up doing was finding a recovery guide for EFS on the modem distro website, which I followed and I had to put in my IMEI number back into the modem. Apparently part of this issue is that your IMEI number just straight up disappears. This took most of my afternoon to diagnose and figure out, I was swapping between a few operating systems on SD cards to make sure things were working again. I think it would be pretty rude of me to leave out what actually fixed my issue in the end in this post. Here’s the link: https://themodemdistro.com/efs_recovery Overall, I would consider this a pretty successful day, albeit with a lot of annoyances. I'm currently still running Mobian/Debian, but I'm also switching between Arch Linux now too. This is going pretty well, I helped Danct12 out with a callaudiod segfaulting issue, a patch has been submitted upstream to hopefully fix this issue. So far, I'm learning that not a lot of things are going to go right for me. I'm hoping that not too many other issues will plague my journey. But, it's only day 3, and I've already been plagued with some tough issues that would deter normal folk or even people with a bit of experience. So, I'm getting a bit worried now as to how many problems I will face. It’s like 3am right now so I’m going to bed. See you on day four! #pine64 #pinephone #pinephonepro #mobilelinux #linuxmobile #danctNIX #mobian

On my way to #fsfe25 in Krakow. Currently showing my newly flashed #mobian phone running #phosh to my co-workers @Tobias and @anaghz@social.tchncs.de . @Tobias 's first check was, if you can install #doom (yes, you can 🤗)

No gpx track (cause I forgot to record :x ) A short bike ride close to the Tagus river in #lisbon. But for the lulz of it used #gnomemaps for navigation on a #oneplus6 with #mobian and #phosh and using the #gps . And yes the blue dot did moved accurately, and I was slow :) Screen recording of gnome maps being used for the navigation: https://peertube.debian.social/w/hQXiSXzTCtHMn6R8U7CESJ

Mobian's answer to age attestation/verification laws: they'll do what upstream Debian does (Debian doesn't have an official stance yet) Btw, if you're interested in the answer of other distros, check out my "Linux/BSD age attestation/verification tracker": https://odysee.com/@fossery-tech:4/Linux-BSD-age-attestation-verification-tracker:7 #AgeVerification #AgeAttestation #Mobian #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #Linux #FosseryTech

This week's Linux and FOSS news: LINUX NEWS Manjaro lead dev plans to implement age verification, other team members don't: https://forum.manjaro.org/t/will-manjaro-implement-age-verification/186816 (Aragorn for Manjaro lead! lol) Solus says they don't have plans to implement anything, but aren't sure if the laws affect them, they are monitoring the situation: https://getsol.us/2026/04/solus-and-age-verification/ Vipnix (a Gentoo > Funtoo > Macaroni-based, Systemd-free distro) rejects implementing age verification, excludes Brazil (their own country!) and California: https://vipnix.com.br/site/livecd-vipnix/ https://github.com/BryanLunduke/DoesItAgeVerify/pull/73 (They are pretty brave that despite being a Brazilian company, they decided not to comply, respect to them. Idk if I would personally trust them though, because they include some Google and Cloudflare stuff in their website, but their stance is respectable regardless) Mobian will do whatever upstream Debian does: https://social.linux.pizza/@fosserytech/116370129667947301 I made an age attestation/verification tracker to track which FOSS OSes (Linux, BSD, others) comply with the laws, which oppose: https://odysee.com/@fossery-tech:4/Linux-BSD-age-attestation-verification-tracker:7 Debian's APT 3.2 Released with History, Undo, Redo, and Rollback Support: https://9to5linux.com/debians-apt-3-2-released-with-history-undo-redo-and-rollback-support You can now enable Ubuntu Pro from the OS setup tool: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/ubuntu-pro-initial-setup-tool Bazzite Linux gets some major upgrades for the April 2026 Update: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/bazzite-linux-gets-some-major-upgrades-for-the-april-2026-update/ Trisquel GNU/Linux 12.0 LTS Released with GNU Linux-Libre 6.8 Kernel, MATE 1.26: https://9to5linux.com/trisquel-gnu-linux-12-0-lts-released-with-gnu-linux-libre-6-8-kernel-mate-1-26 Deepin 25.1 launches with Linux 6.18, UOS AI upgrades, and new immutable system features: https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/4/deepin-25-1-launches-with-linux-6-18-uos-ai-upgrades-and-new-immutable-system-features/ TrueNAS 26 Beta Brings Linux 6.18 LTS + OpenZFS 2.4 Combination For NAS Devices: https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-26-Beta GParted Live 1.8.1-3 Released with Linux Kernel 6.19.10 and GParted 1.8.1: https://9to5linux.com/gparted-live-1-8-1-3-released-with-linux-kernel-6-19-10-and-gparted-1-8-1 (more Linux and FOSS news in comments) #WeeklyNews #News #Linux #LinuxNews #AgeVerification #Manjaro #Solus #Vipnix #Mobian #AgeAttestation #Debian #APT #Ubuntu #Bazzite #Trisquel #TrisquelGNUlinux #Deepin #TrueNAS #TrueNAS26 #GParted #GPartedLive #NAS #LinuxDistro #DistroRelease #FosseryTech