#19 apk fix, qbootctl, Phosh 0.20, iPhones and more Apples

postmarketOS Podcast

Linux on A7-A8X gets us pretty excited among lots of other topics. What are you reading this for? It's a podcast, hit play already! Featuring @ollieparanoid, @MartijnBraam, @z3ntu, @PureTryOut (in order of appearance).

Referenced in this episode:

• postmarketos-release-upgrade

  • git repo
  • Wiki: Upgrade to a newer postmarketOS release
  • LINMOB.net: Upgrading to postmarketOS 22.06 (Phosh) on PinePhone (TilVids, YouTube)
  • Should we just ignore small packaging errors and run 'apk fix' afterwards? (relup#5)
  • v22.06 is out!

• Plasma Mobile + GTK keyboard fix

  • pma#1050

• himitsu-keyring

  • git repo
  • packaged in Alpine: apk add himitsu-keyring
  • Drew DeVault: Introducing the Himitsu keyring & password manager for Unix

• qbootctl

  • git repo
  • Install qbootctl on A/B sdm845 devices (pma!3190)

• Phosh 0.20

  • v0.20.0_beta1 and beta2
  • Martijn: Phosh 0.20 Beta 1 on a PinePhone

• GNOME Shell on mobile

  • GNOME.org: Towards GNOME Shell on mobile
  • Caleb giving it a try on OnePlus 6 and does a side-by-side with Phosh
  • Martijn: Gnome stack performance on the PinePhone and Samsung Galaxy SII

• iPhones and more Apples

  • Initial announcement post by Konrad and @quaack723
  • Konrad Dybcio: Linux on A7-A8X - How we got Linux on the iPhone, iPad and other iDevices (the definitive blog post to read about this, also maybe buy Konrad a cup of tea ☕)
  • @quaack723: new Matrix room for Apple mainline porting
  • linux-apple-resources
  • Konrad's call to extend adt_collection "not only a7-a8x, every iDevice is welcome! (did I mention homepod runs on a8)"
  • @riscv64: XFCE4 on iPad Pro 9.7 Inch (Wi-Fi)
  • @dedbeddedbed: linux on apple tv 4
  • arstechnica: Have an old iPad lying around? You might be able to make it run Linux soon

• Fix for modem disappearing with @Biktorgj's FW

  • Make open firmware identifyable in udev (#122)

Editing by: @ollieparanoid, Music by: The Passion HiFi