-Temporary installer option
(must be ran to use currently) as a place holder until I create a build file for the application, changes some directory names for greater compatibility.
With the latest version of #postmarketOS and #Thunderbird, it's still shoddy, but we can actually set up and read emails. No issues with launching or window sizing!
It's not mobile optimized at all, so I had to minimize the font size and zoom, and to read emails we need to double-tap, so it opens in a new tab.
It's not ideal, but none of the mobile optimized clients support PGP encryption at all afaik, so I'm very pleased with this.
The good thing with people like @rmader constantly praising the work of @pipewire and @libcamera devs, is that you end up looking at upstream (or at least, actually submitted) kernel patches and make sure camera support for your device gets more future-proof.
In the end, it's very likely @mobian will soon ship a 6.4 kernel for the #PinePhonePro where (almost) all camera-related patches have been submitted upstream already :)
So here's a puzzle for yall:
Since i dropped my #PinephonePro on the sidewalk 2 days ago audio hasn't been working.
First, i thought it might be a hardware issue with the jack (as i had headphones in at the time and they got pulled out of the phone as it fell) but the internal speaker and earpeice arent working either.
In pavucontrol it looks like audio should be coming out, but none does.
If anyone has any ideas, please lmk!
(The phone dropped onto the top half of the screen if that matters)
By now I've been home for a while, but last thoughts: Sort out call and random reboot issues, and the #pinephonepro is ready to use on the road. #gps and navigation with #osmin works well, the fully fledged firefox browser gets you around many "please use the app" moments, and even cameras work well enough on #pmos for quick snapshots to send to friends.
It works: A 3270km motorcycle trip solo with only #Linux in your pocket.
Picture: The Pinephone Pro mounted on a motorcycle. #darktable
#ArchLinux / #danctnix now ships #Linux#megi 6.4 which has all #PinePhonePro patches for correct camera rotation and location (front/back - used for automatic mirroring in some apps and better camera naming).
Seems we can't buy replacement earpiece speakers for the #PinePhone and #PinePhonePro from the PINE64 Store. ^-^'
To make it easier for the community to find and get a replacement earpiece then, I ordered 21 different earpieces from various phones, and documented how they behave. We have 6 great candidates that fit and work in both phones flawlessly! 🎉
Megi's rk2aw tool for the Pinephone Pro and other devices with RK3399, RK3588,and RK3566 chips that will make it easier to try different bootloader's, boot from different devices, or charge your phone without it turning on. https://xnux.eu/log/089.html
Would anyone with a #pinephonepro and #pinephoneKeyboard who also has experience of #psion devices be able to give a honest opinion? I'm looking for a daily driver for writing and occasional coding/SSH duties on a modern platform.
Have mostly discounted Gemini due to staleness of OS. I think #pinephonepro may have legs for me if the keyboard is good enough.
Another thing I forgot to mention regarding #LinuxMobile cameras: #kde s Kamoso also supports rotations for a while now. The image is taken with the #Flatpak version. It thus joins an increasing number of mobile-camera-ready apps like Snapshot, Authenticator, Decoder, and (once the next release happens) @dino
Rotation support is required to display the image correctly on devices like the #PinePhonePro, #PinePhone or - hopefully soon - #Librem5
Just came home and there are great news: the last patch needed for the #PinePhonePro to expose proper camera orientation (front/back) just got pulled into #megi#Linux 6.4. Together with previously landed patches (partly upstream, partly megi) for the right rotations (90/270 deg), users using #PipeWire and #libcamera will have a much better camera experience.
Meanwhile, there's a coup attempt in 🇷🇺 by Wagner. I'd say a good day for #LinuxMobile, 🇺🇦 and the world :)
It currently requires "media.webrtc.camera.allow-pipewire" to be set to "true" in "about:config". Other then that the same requirements like for other apps like Snapshot, Authenticator and Decoder apply: a working Pipewire/libcamera/xdg-portal setup (IMO this should be left to distros/images).