Looking forward to work with #modemmanager upstream on improving dual SIM support in our #LinuxMobile stack: https://nlnet.nl/project/Linux-MultiSIM/ .

Thanks a lot to @NGIZero for supporting this!

#phosh #gnome

New blog post: Why "digital sovereignty" requires a free software alternative to Android and iOS, and how we're building towards that 🏗️

https://modal.cx/blog/sovereign-mobile-stack

We have so many #flohmarkt instances that advertise their location now!

https://codeberg.org/flohmarkt/flohmarkt/wiki/flohmarkt-instances

Here’s a map:

@webmink @me yes!

Goguma v0.9 has been released!

https://codeberg.org/emersion/goguma/releases/tag/v0.9.0

New year, new release candidate!

We've tagged #Phosh 0.52~rc1 together with #feedbackd 0.8.8, gmobile #0.6.0 and #pfs 0.0.6 . pfs now ships a simple example file selector app, excuse the logo but we were thinking about a mobile file cabinet:

Happy 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ everyone!

#LinuxMobile #linux #mobile

@spipau @tbernard Thus, rather than forking Android, we'd be better advised not to build on top of AOSP and instead use the free software platforms we already have as a basis, making use of the huge amount of developer effort and research put into free software Linux distributions and apps running on them, and making that available to smartphones.
@postmarketOS is laying the groundwork here and initiatives like @modal are pushing to build the remaining pieces to have something that can compete.

@spipau @tbernard microG could be continued without me. There are other contributors and certainly enough developers that could contribute. But that is because microG is a free software community project.

Android in contrast is exclusively developed by Google. AOSP is merely a code dump, it's almost impossible for non-Googlers to contribute to Android or AOSP. Even if you were to fork it, you won't have the necessary developer and security researcher power to compete.

A often requested feature was the ability to change brightness on the lockscreen without having to pull down the settings menu. This can be useful in changing ambient conditions when not using automatic brightness. #Phosh 0.52 will have a two finger swipe gesture for that:

#LinuxMobile

The #flohmarkt features we are most proud of are:

* We overthrew the geographical concept for an entirely new one.
* We offer you new ways to authenticate yourself than just username/password (Fediauth and LDAP)
* and much, much more…

Stay tuned :)

#Phosh's Wi-Fi #hotspot quick setting gained a status page showing the necessary data to connect it as #qrcode. The password can also easily by revealed (e.g. for devices without a (working) camera). This was implemented by @arunmani .

#LinuxMobile #gtk

My friend seems genuinely baffled that I am an AI researcher who refuses to use AI! Not only that, but I argue against it from theory, not experience. Why don't I just give it a try for a while, and see what it's really about before I judge it?

I guess I see where he's coming from. Part of the problem is the word "AI." LLMs are not my research focus, so it's less of a contradiction than it sounds. But I admit, being a non-user makes my arguments against LLMs less credible.

I just don't understand why I owe it to anybody to give AI a shot. I know how LLMs work in gory detail, and I don't trust them. I've seen the mediocre work they produce. I've read studies about the seductive illusion of competence and caring they create, and how people fall for that. I know it's all built on an incredibly exploitative business model.

I feel entirely justified in not giving them a chance. I guess I'm just as baffled by how badly he wants me to try it, and how sure he seems to be that it would change my mind.

Wow, #phosh got a mention from #ACLU . Thanks @nikodunk for letting us know: https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/app-store-oligopoly

https://mastodon.social/@nikodunk/115577662268604983

#ldap integration in #flohmarkt is coming along great! We now have a full user lifecycle support implemented :)

We've released a new version of mobile-broadband-provider info. Besides updated provider info and more #cellbroadcast channel information we also added emergency number information:

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mobile-broadband-provider-info/-/releases/20251101

#LinuxMobile #ModemManager #Phosh #GNOME

@me I created a new #flohmarkt instance: https://flomarkt.nl

I need to finish some configuration and then I'll open registrations. You can add it to the wiki.

#flohmarkt geographic sorting and search is nearing completion and will be available in the next release :)