Jan Wagemakers @jan_wagemakers@social.linux.pizza

February Community Update: production currently at a stand-still - expect production delays; #pinebookpro NVMe new adapter + fix; growing OS choice; #PinePhone software status; phone FCC+CE certification; #PineTab delayed (again); and much more.

https://www.pine64.org/2020/02/15/february-update-post-cny-and-fosdem-status-report/

Ah yes, removable backs, this feels like 2010 again, but in a good way.
It’s an absolute beauty underneath too.

My talk about Linux on Mobile on #fosdem2020 with Merlijn Wajer from Maemo Leste is now online!
https://video.fosdem.org/2020/Janson/smartphones.webm
https://video.fosdem.org/2020/Janson/smartphones.mp4

Pine64 Will Sell Hard Shell Cases for the #PinePhone 👍 https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2020/02/pinephone-hard-case

War eben bei @PINE64 auf der #FOSDEM:
Die Qualität des #PinePhone hat mich echt überrascht. Das Display ist super und die Taster an der Seite haben einen angenehmen Druckpunkt. Es ist etwas groß für mich, aber mit @ubports und einer kleinen Tastatur definitiv als mobiles SSH Terminal nutzbar.

A recent article on a big tech news site included this phrase:

"[...] Linux phones like the PinePhone, [...]are full of closed-source firmware from non-open components"

We'd like to clear the record: The #PinePhone has two blobs -- neither runs on the main SoC: One loaded to WiFi/BT module, other enclosed within the cell modem. In the modern world of tech, both blobs are unavoidable.

For an overview from someone with deep knowledge of both the PinePhone and Librem 5: https://tuxphones.com/yet-another-librem-5-and-pinephone-linux-smartphone-comparison/

@lioh@fosstodon.org

Well I consider wordpress as the "Windows but for web"

Most used = Most bloated = most exploited

The first Community Update of 2020 is here!

https://www.pine64.org/2020/01/15/pinephones-start-shipping-all-you-want-to-know/

New #PinePhone pictures from TL.

According to TL, the phone will come with a red color 5V-3A USB-A to USB-C cable, no power adapter (you already owned one).

They are preparing to dispatch out the "BraveHeart" PinePhone on January 13, assume PinePhone production goes smooth.

@PINE64

Lately I've seen some incorrect statements and facts about Linux on mobile being thrown around, and I decided to write a blog post to give some more correct info. Please give it a read https://fam-ribbers.com/2019/12/28/State-of-Linux-on-mobile-and-common-misconceptions.html 😄

If you see any mistakes I've made, please correct me!

Four different mobile #Linux OSs on the #PinePhone: #UBports, #postmarketOS, #webosports and #KDENeon. Video edited on a #PinebookPro in Openshot by Lukasz
Video link: youtu.be/11eObhH8MKA

PinePhone review

https://drewdevault.com/2019/12/18/PinePhone-review.html

Even though the magazine folded months ago, something about the Linux Journal website going offline makes everything seem so much more final. #RIPlinuxjournal