

postmarketOS - a real Linux distribution for phones and other mobile devices 🐧 📱 👩💻
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I want to learn how to make a build for a phone that isn't covered
How can I go about learning to do that? And how can I make a workflow to consistently work on it? Please and thank you
RISC-V Support
Are there any plans to support RISC-V devices in PMOS ?
Setting spanish keyboard layout on PostmarketOS with Sway
Hi folks!
I discovered PostmarketOS last week and i tried to install it with sway desktop in my Lenovo Ideapad Duet (Kukui). However, my keyboard has a spanish layout. I've searched into the wiki and internet but i haven't found much info about how to set it (or i'm too newbie to know what i'm looking for xD).
Things i tried:
Is there any way to change the keymap to 'es' permanently?
Notes:
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
Linux After Dark - Episode 92 looks at postmarketos
Spoiler: very positive coverage overall
Why postmarketOS and not Android forks?
Sorry for the blatant n00b question. I searched online, the FAQ etc. and didn't see what to me is an obvious question. Supporting old devices is great. In the PC world we have general linux, but on Android and some other consumer devices, solutions have been limited. There are Android forks(?) or implementations like LineageOS that run great. I've used non-Google Android since 2018.
So what is the motivation for yet another OS solution? There must be a reason for this project to go on and have so much enthusiasm.
We think computers should act in the interest of their users. For example, they should not participate in the privacy nightmare of targeted advertising, as it is directly built into the operating systems from Amazon, Apple, Google and Microsoft, as well as the apps and services recommended by them.
This is kinda FUD, right? Google-Android has a lot of privacy invasion. But there are all kinds of Android versions that are de-Googled.
My best guess right now is that it i
debootstrap and ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg
How can I fix this issue? Installed debootstrap via apk.
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$ sudo debootstrap --variant=buildd noble chroot-ubuntu I: Keyring file not available at /usr/share/keyrings/ubuntu-archive-keyring.gpg; switching to https mirror https://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports
How are mimetypes defined?
x-scheme-handler/tel
x-scheme-handler/sms
x-scheme-handler/mms
are not present in it so setting phone/sms defaults via gui isnt possible until they are added.
Video acceleration on pinebook pro
I was looking at adding the recommended video acceleration to my pinebook pro.
Am I understanding right that this isn't deemed needed anymore from the amendment?
Most efficient way to check kernel version of devices?
I'm considering using PostmarketOS on a tablet for a project. I need kernel greater than x.y.z (so far I know >3.0.1 works, <2.6.32 does not). However it's kinda difficult to find it on the wiki. Some devices specify kernel version (android a.b.c, kernel e.f.g), some only the android version (android a.b.c) and some neither.
I found that android version should correspond to a kernel version (https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/51651/which-android-runs-which-linux-kernel). But how do I check (in the least time consuming way) the kernel version of the devices that don't mention anything?
Thanks.
edit: I think I was looking for this answer: https://postmarketos.org/source-code/#linux-kernel
Turning display on through terminal
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/26155079
My phone's power button doesn't work well.
Is there a way to turn on the screen backlight using a terminal command or some library (I'll be using ssh)?
I'm on pmOS 24.12 with Phosh, Wayland
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones