What happened to the Native Matrix interoperability with WhatsApp

https://matrix.org/blog/2024/09/whatsapp-dma/

Spent part of the evening going over accounting for the #GNOME Foundation after the first meeting of the Finance Committee of the year. I won't say it's exactly fun, but needs to be done, and I signed up for it voluntarily :D

News on our work probably won't come out before a month, since these things move slowly, but we made some progress!

#postmarketOS now ships with "doas" by default (replacing "sudo") 🎉

Thanks @justsoup for the patch!

We are seeking a qualified Executive Director to lead the GNOME Foundation! Applicants should have professional experience working with nonprofits, a passion for technology, and a proven track record in fundraising, program delivery, and community engagement.

Learn more and apply:
https://foundation.gnome.org/careers/

#GNOME #opensource #TechCareers

what if you

wanted to go to sleep

but systemd said

[ *** ] A stop job is running for Simple Desktop Display Manager (1min 25s / no limit)

Anyone in the #Linux community ever flash a Sony #Walkman with Linux? I have a NW-A306 that I love because of the dedicated physical buttons and aux port, but it’s still nice and small! However there are a few issues with it that make it anti-consumer that I’ve run into:

• You need a Google account
• If you ever forget your device pin, there is no easy way for the consumer to do a factory reset, even if you have the Google account credentials in your password vault. You have to go to a Sony service center and pay for a reset

Thinking about maybe becoming a maintainer for @postmarketOS on the NW-A306, but I have no clue on flashing feasibility, time commitment needed to get basic functions running. or bricking risks with Walkmans and Linux.

I really want to also recreate the Sony music app that simulates a cassette tape being played with even the cassette tape type changing based on bitrate and lossless vs lossy! I haven’t found such a music non-waveform visualizer Linux app yet, but surely there’s an existing Linux music visualizer app that would support just adding this kind of cassette visualization instead of writing having to write a music app from scratch, right?

#linuxmobile

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (36/2024): Bug fix releases and Mimi Browser

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-36-2024/

#LinuxMobile #Phosh #PlasmaMobile #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #akademy2024 #PinePhone #Librem5

#systemd on #postmarketOS is getting a little closer every day...

https://gitlab.com/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/5563

¡El llamado a charlas para GNOME Latam 2024 está abierto!

¿Tienes algo que compartir sobre el ecosistema #GNOME o el software libre? ¡Esta es tu oportunidad! Envía tu propuesta y únete a nosotros en Medellín, Colombia, o en línea.

https://events.gnome.org/e/latam2024

I hate to post this here, but I'm looking for an apartment for two in Berlin. If anyone knows of anything going I would really really appreciate it.

#berlin #housing #rent

¡Las postulaciones para GNOME Latam 2024 ya están abiertas!

¡No pierdas la oportunidad de ser parte de este evento que une a la comunidad #GNOME en América Latina! Regístrate ahora y asegura tu lugar en Medellín, Colombia, o en línea.

https://events.gnome.org/e/latam2024

We're happy to announce that @Tuba has been accepted into GNOME Circle. Tuba lets you explore the federated social web. With its extensive support for popular Fediverse platforms like Mastodon, GoToSocial, Akkoma, and more, it makes it easy to stay connected to your favorite communities, family, and friends. Congratulations!

Get Tuba on Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/dev.geopjr.Tuba
Follow its maintainer: @GeopJr
Learn more about GNOME Circle: https://circle.gnome.org

#GNOME #GNOMECircle #Tuba

I blogged about my Google Summer of Code project where I added TypeScript support to Workbench!

https://www.vixalien.com/blog/workbench-typescript

#gnome #workbench #typescript #gsoc

It has been three and a half months since I announced “I will make Papers – the soon-to-be default document viewer in GNOME – work on mobile, while improving the UI in general.”

For that, I was granted a stipend by Google Open Source. And, I would say: I delivered on this promise—see for your self, with the next release of Papers.

Now, my project is over (but I am here to stay), and if you want to read a bit more about what I did, I’ll humbly recommend my blog post: https://blogs.gnome.org/camelcasenick/2024/30/document-viewer-on-mobile

postmarketOS in 2024-08 --- the next installment of our monthly blog post is out!

Highlights:
* We will move to a self-hosted GitLab instance!
* Thinking about hosting SoC communities there, too
* Pixel 3a has been promoted to community, and it has somewhat working camera
* Firmware compression using zstd
* Proof of concept of VoLTE (4G calls) for SDM845
* PinePhone callaudiod drop-in replacement
* Proper PAM in SSH
* 7 new device ports
* So many events!

https://postmarketos.org/blog/2024/08/25/pmOS-update-2024-08/

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Would it help mobile Linux to have more apps? What about a FOSS Linux app in a popular category we have NOTHING for now?

Well, @lofenyy is a dev offering to develop the first FOSS, mobile Linux sleep tracking app for *peanuts*, and he's ONLY SHORT $425 of pledges in the next ~48 hours to make it real!

That's only 17 people pledging $25! Or around 7 people donating $60!

So LET'S DO THIS! pledge now, and boost:

https://crowdfundr.com/sleep-journal-app

#MobileLinux #FOSS #OpenSource #Sleep #PinePhone #Librem5

My first ever blog post for @LinaroLtd just went out!

Announcing the first binary release of U-Boot for Qualcomm platforms, explaining the boot process, and how you can get involved!

https://www.linaro.org/blog/initial-u-boot-release-for-qualcomm-platforms/