#wlroots is putting out release candidates for 0.19.0 and I'm running my #phoc branch targeting that on my laptop since today and it didn't crash yet (

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Catch up with wlroots 0.19-x (!599) · Merge requests · World / Phosh / phoc · GitLab

Based on !528 this gets us up to 502eb38d ....

). That's a pleasant surprise. 🎉 I've also uploaded the wlroots RCs to #debian #experimental just in case. #phosh

Not much news on other mobile platforms but I needed a reliable clock that wakes me up even when the 📱 is suspended so I added some boottime clock support to #gnomeClocks. This together with #feedbackd support can be found in

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Guido Günther / Clocks · GitLab

Time for Clocks

and #phosh's nightly packages.

The arguments brought forward by people saying #LinuxMobile can't be a thing sound about the same as why Linux on servers couldn't become a success back then. "Only for enthusiasts/hobbyists", "Look at the security/usability/[whatever]", "Google is the thing" (formerly Microsoft or proprietary Unix). This (as back then) fails to see already present upsides of the project and the enthusiasm of people willing to make it a success (independent from corporate money and product life cycles).

I'd like to understand how Android handles some QMI bits and found tooling by @npub18zja...3hz5 for that on the @npub1vnux...8mqn wiki (

Making sure you're not a bot!

). That needs a patched Android kernel, so I took some notes how I got that to work on a Pixel 3a. Just in case this is useful to others:

Booting an Android custom kernel on a Pixel 3a for QMI debugging

#LinuxMobile #phosh #ModemManager