libcamera v0.4.0 "Tibb's Eve" has been released.

A new virtual pipeline handler, IPA support for the Mali-C55, updated control handling and better support for reporting controls in GUI applications, and lots of work everywhere. Interesting new support for full dewarp control on the i.MX8MP, and updates to tuning processes too!

This release brings 253 new commits, check out the release notes at

https://lists.libcamera.org/pipermail/libcamera-devel/2024-December/047898.html

postmarketOS v24.12 is out now! ✨

"The One With Androids & Cameras, But It's Mainline Linux"

Read all about it on our blog:
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/12/23/v24.12-release/

Big thanks to everybody who has been contributing to this release, without you this would not be possible! ❤️

We would also like to thank @nlnet and @NGIZero for funding most of the infrastructure and maintenance work that went into this release. If you would like to get your project funded, consider applying for a grant!

#linux

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We offer grants between €5k - €50k, open to everyone.
Calls currently open:
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Deadline February 1, 2025
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#FOSS #NGI #NGI0

anyone looking for a christmas project? here's an idea...

once https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/5920 is merged it won't be necessary have a fat32 boot partition for #postmarketOS anymore, just a root partition.

this means that for a buuuunch of Android devices it would be super easy to install postmarketOS from a rooted Android install (e.g. lineageOS) just by

• flashing the boot image + erasing dtbo
• mounting the root partition image and cp -a'ing the whole thing to userdata
• patch the UUID of the userdata partition to match the one in /etc/fstab using tune2fs, OR patching the cmdline (in the boot image) and the fstab to have the correct UUID

Then you can just run (from your rooted Android phone)

curl switch.pmos.org | sh

GNOME Software received a brand new systemd-sysupdate plugin. That was one of the last pieces needed to complete the migration of GNOME OS from OSTree to systemd-sysupdate.
https://adrienplazas.com/blog/2024/12/20/a-systemd-sysupdate-plugin-for-gnome-software.html

Sovereign Tech Fund Invests in OpenStreetMap

Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund) has decided to invest €384k over two years to ensure the stability, growth and modernization of OpenStreetMap’s core software.

read more: https://blog.openstreetmap.org/2024/12/20/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-in-openstreetmap/
#OpenStreetMap #OSM #Funding

a friend of mine is interested in attending #38c3 for the first time. if anyone has a spare ticket they'd be happy to sell on please lmk!

#congress #congress2024 #ticket38c3

edit: she found one! thx folks :D

The new adaptive testing feature has motivated me to finally fix Keypunch's mobile layout! The configuration dropdowns are now moved down to the text view itself on narrow screen sizes. It was pretty easy to accomplish with the new multi-layout widgetry. It's amazing how far we've come with regards to adaptivity.

#libadwaita #Keypunch #GNOME

Blogged about that thing I posted about last week since it landed: https://blogs.gnome.org/alicem/2024/12/19/mobile-testing-in-libadwaita/

@Tuba That's great!, did you document the process? that woul help a lot of developers O:

A Windows installer is now also available
https://github.com/GeopJr/Tuba/releases/download/v0.9.0/Tuba.Setup.exe

@craftyguy @vixalientoots @alex @cas i think that's only perceived on some countries... i hate google, they push you to their ecosystem in very shady ways, (and remember, Google is an ad company) and i mean, yes, you can switch from samsung to motorola or whatever, but you are feeding the same giant ad company, that's why they make it easier! D:.

I feel that the biggest reason Apple is perceived like the worst is not because of them, but because the countries culture, i see a lot of people complaining about "Man, i can't message my friends because they say i have green bubbles on IMessage u.u", but then there are developing countries where you need to use whatsapp or google specific services to access your medical assurance D: (this is from a normal user perspective, i know most of Linux users only want to sideload their apps and such)

@Wendinope on my profile there are some examples, but the pictures with the rear camera are better now that there were in that momentt, keep in mind that there is no autofocus yet (ref: https://gitlab.com/sdm670-mainline/linux/-/issues/2)

@craftyguy vendor lock-in for what? im locked-in to Google services, YouTube, and mastodon and those are all available I think

See you soon at #FOSDEM!

#Tuba v0.9.0 is now available, with many new features and bug fixes!

✨ Highlights:
- Audio Visualizer
- Accent Colors and other GNOME 47 changes
- Focus Picker
- Account Suggestions for new accounts
- Scheduled & Draft Posts
- Hashtag extraction from posts
- Full emoji reaction support for supported backends
- FediWrapped
- Thread Muting
🧵

As always, there are too many changes to list here, if you're more interested, check out the full release changelog:
https://github.com/GeopJr/Tuba/releases/tag/v0.9.0

#GNOME #GTK

I did a thing (I got tired of endlessly resizing the window in very precise ways to test moble screen sizes)

reminder that the librem 5 is more complicated and more expensive to meet the FSF Respect Your Freedom certification. What do you get for this? Some firmware is stored on a flashROM rather than internal storage, making it HARDER to reverse engineer and replace