So, my beloved OP6t broke today (screen damage) and since i will now retire it to be a #MobileLinux test device.
What i want from a successor device:
- repairability
- close to mainline linux
- waydroid with working bluetooth
So the question is, does such a device exist?
I know about the #FuriLabs #FuriFLX1, which does run on halium/no mainline and has no repairability afaik. Other "android first" phones usually lack hardware support.
Update 13.0.9 https://furilabs.com/update-13-0-9/
Includes support for two-way clipboard, new fingerprint, store and flashlight daemon, support for Pipewire camera and V4L2 camera fixes. Firefox fixes and many system and kernel improvements.
is it too late to join the #pipewire party? i hope not, or else my #flx1 will be sad
all applications that use pipewire can finally utilize the camera (adding to our list of v4l, qtmultimedia and android apps)
one issue we are facing is that aperture is not very happy with the back cameras, so applications like #GNOME snapshot or authenticator will have the preview flipped. captured frames are surprisingly not flipped tho:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/snapshot/-/issues/261
for this months updates, we are reworking our fingerprint setup entirely. the daemon (Biomd) is now written from scratch and no longer links against QT or libhybris.
while at it, i ended up writing a PAM module and a provider for #Fprintd which means all existing applications that use Fprintd will now work with our service.
one thing i wanted to experiment with was parallel PAM instances for stuff like sudo, so here is how far i got in about an hour
in an attempt to achieve the highest app compatibility known to man, i ended up writing a daemon that allows to install, configure and run #UbuntuTouch applications on our beloved #flx1 and it actually turned out pretty nice.
this is yet another service/client setup where now the store server is refactored to work alongside android-store (used to install android apps) to lower memory usage and the client is a #GNOME software plugin
Does anyone have the Furilabs FuriPhone FLX1?
It looks like it's the best Linux Phone on the market right now. Is it "daily driver" stable? And would you recommend it for that?
welp thats two for two.
hopefully we can have #sailfishos with VoLTE on release too very soon
ah yes i should add, if anyone is interested in bringing their distro feel free to contact us through our contact form (https://furilabs.com/contact/), and we will be happy to consider all requests if they help grow the ecosystem with more *mobile linux* options
as some might recall, we were working on a feature to allow multi booting different systems easily and without any hassle ( partitioning etc).
around that time we started to get in contact with known porters of different systems such as #UbuntuTouch and #sailfishos
after much effort and work, i can confidently say that the #flx1 will be added to the #UBports installer and OTA server soon allowing allow bare metal and multi boot installs!
after many days of work, here is another functional demo of #GNOME shell running on the secondary display connected to the #flx1. it took many hours to build the app and make everything act nice and not crash and integrate cleanly. still a long way to go but i think it is a good time to showcase the progress in the past 7 days.
i hope to get this ready and done by 13.0.9 which is the next release but obviously no promises.
Spy-Free FuriOS https://furilabs.com/spy-free-furios/
FuriOS Doesn’t Spy on You - Unlike the Others. Read more.
Update 13.0.8 https://furilabs.com/update-13-0-8/
another update on this the battery has now dropped by 30% in 85 hours.
at this rate it the estimated 100 to 0 is roughly around 12.5 days. of course there is still room for optimizations so we can easily get it to 14 days of idle time, but i think this will do for this month.
Docker on your FLX1. A seamless experience non existent on iPhones and Android.
so yes the rumors are correct (this was leaked on reddit a few days ago, oh well)
the #FLX1 will be getting support for hooking up to external displays. the difference here compared to other approaches is that it will be running full #GNOME shell instead of #Phosh desktop mode (with some integration). as much as we love Phosh, GNOME shell simply provides a superior experience on a large display (and our community members voted for this too)
Batch
Batch #2 will be a much improved release as it will have a smoother experience in all ways thanks to our continued hard work and our QA team for donating their time.
Read more https://furilabs.com/batch-2-update/
#flx1 #furios #furilabs #FuriPhoneFLX1 #LinuxOnMobile #LinuxMobile
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