#DebConf25 is over and I am sad that I had to leave early already on Wednesday. It was so good to meet old friends and new people and find companions on certain quests that I hadn't met so far. The technically most touching moment happened on Thursday, after I'd left: I got sent screenshots of #Lomiri on #Mobian (Debian trixie based) on a (I think) #PinePhone.

Finally my #DebConf25 talk about #Lomiri in #Debian has been published. (Big thanks to the Debian Video Team for recording the talk). Enjoy! https://meetings-archive.debian.net/pub/debian-meetings/2025/DebConf25/debconf25-763-lomiri-in-debian-convergence-for-all-device-form-factors.lq.webm

Yesterday, I relaunched the #ITGuyShow with a conversation around #lomiri! I'd love to hear your thoughts and build a community of like-minded, #opensource loving, #linux running folks just like you! If you want to be apart of it, head on over to my discord! https://itguyeric.com/discord

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (28/2025): Automatically Focussed

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-28-2025/

#LinuxMobile #libcamera #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #Lomiri #SailfishOS #PineTab2 #DanctNIX #Mobian #LinuxOnMobile #NixOS

Linux Magazine 296: Pen Testing is available now! Learn to think like an attacker and find resources to get started with penetration testing. This month's DVD includes @fedora Workstation 42 Live and @ubuntubudgie 25.04
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2025/296?utm_source=mlm
#PenTesting #security #Linux #EUOS #Lomiri #Nushell #Ptcpdump #Python #deborphan #KiCad #NiceGUI #FreshRSS

It's not that I'm a great fan of the #GObject type system and its way to build object-oriented code in C. I know some of the maintainers aren't as well, which I don't consider a surprise given the age and origin of that GObject ecosystem. So I absolutely understand #Canonical considered switching to #Qt for #Unity8, now #Lomiri.

But that's only one part of the story. The other part is I'm now using #GTK based desktop environments almost full time (only some occasions I turn on my old Mac).

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (20/2025): A Linux Phone From Africa and #Phosh 0.47.0

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-20-2025/

#Debian 13 (aka #trixie) looks like it won't have the #Telegram desktop client as was previously shipped in Debian 11 and Debian 12. Luckily, there is an alternative: #TELEports from the #Lomiri project. I tested it in #MATE and #i3 and it works nicely.

Open Source #Lomiri is developing so fast, in a couple of years it can become the #desktop environment running on your PC, Phone, Tablet and Smartwatch. May the #foss be with you.
https://os-sci.com/blog/our-blog-posts-1/the-evolution-of-linux-desktop-managers-a-journey-from-x-window-system-to-lomiri-56

All of #Lomiri migrated to #Debian testing today. Hurray!!!

Fre(i)e Software GmbH is #hiring QML/QtQuick/C++ #developers (over the next 2-3 months) that can help with making #Lomiri on Debian 13 and Ubuntu 25.10/26.04 a fully featured operating environment for all form factors. If your skillset matches, you won't complain about Qt5, you are happy to migrate code to Qt6 (with Qt5 backwards compa) and you are already working as a Freelancer and are available with at least 5hrs/week, please get in touch.

https://freiesoftware.gmbh

Going through all the #AlpineLinux #Lomiri packages to find ones that I need to enable #systemd support for in #postmarketOS is quite the pain. But, it will be worth it when we have better stability and upstream parity.

#postmarketOS enhances #mobile #Linux with systemd, #Thunderbird config, #Lomiri UI, and more

The integration of systemd into postmarketOS edge aims to improve the performance of UIs such as #GNOME Mobile, #Plasma Mobile, and #Phosh. postmarketOS has introduced several enhancements to its Linux distribution for mobile devices.

#Linux #Ubuntu #Debian #Freesoftware #degoogle

Thanks @gtronix - I added some tags

Just a FYI, #Lomiri (Unity 8) being merged in #postmarketOS is a massive achievement.

Essentially, this tightens the gap between pmOS and the near-Android Ubuntu Touch UI that lots of people liked. Thanks @justsoup!

https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/4496

#digitalemuendigkeit with #debian on smartphones, aka #mobian . I was suprised that over 20 people joined yesterdays meetup and some brought their #linuxphones with them. People played around with #phosh #kdeplasma #mobian #postmarketos #Fairphone5 ..
Also thanks @awai for the #pinephonepro rental. It was used to present the slides and was flashed with #mobian trixie. People could choose between #lomiri, #phosh and #kdeplasma in the login manager.

Ubuntu Touch 20.04 Focal OTA-7 is now available. This is the seventh stable release based on Ubuntu 20.04 bringing security fixes and a few changes. All the details can be found in the OTA-7 blog:

https://ubports.com/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-7-focal-release-3943

Ubuntu Touch Q&A 153 is today at 19:00 UTC, please join us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A0RjW8FGdE

Questions can still be posted here https://forums.ubports.com/topic/10592/ubuntu-touch-q-a-153-call-for-questions for priority or live in the show.

And all of the suddenly work to package and deliver #Lomiri to #Nix is also advancing at #UbuntuSummit