This past week: Plasma Mobile 6.5 released with big updates, Updates on the progress of Ubuntu Touch, SailfishOS and PureOS, Marathon OS debuts as a BlackBerry 10-inspired mobile Linux shell/distro, Valve's Steam Frame VR headset could boost mobile Linux through FEX and Waydroid, FOSDEM 2026 stands approved for postmarketOS and friends, and more. Enjoy!

This past week: Plasma Mobile 6.5 released with big updates, Updates on the progress of Ubuntu Touch, SailfishOS and PureOS, Marathon OS debuts as a BlackBerry 10-inspired mobile Linux shell/distro, Valve’s Steam Frame VR headset could boost mobile Linux through FEX and Waydroid, FOSDEM 2026 stands approved for postmarketOS and friends, and more. Enjoy!

  • paper_moon@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Ubuntu Touch is basically daily drivable because all the hardware just works due to using the devices own android kernel. It runs well on a fairphone 5. But I I like the app ecosystem and interface better in postmarketOS.

    postmarketOS with gnome mobile as the desktop environment is very android like. Just need the hardware to run it on. Fairphone 5 is getting close, just need audio, camera and voLTE support.

    And waydroid to fill the gap of linux apps until the linux ecosystem catches up, is basically daily drivable.

    The only need I have that can’t be fulfilled right now is Bluetooth passthrough to waydroid. I use an insulin pump that is Bluetooth and my android phone app needs direct connection to the bluetooth adapter. Apparently this isn’t possible yet with waydroid.