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I believe this was created for plasma mobile. I've seen a very similar interface somewhere on Android before; it works great for small touch screens.
If you want alarms, KAlarm is an actual desktop app.
First you should join the Plasma Mobile channel (https://www.plasma-mobile.org/join/). You'll get any questions answered there.
Then you'll need to pick something you want to work on. That can be anything from low-level stuff to basic shell functions to applications. You can use https://www.plasma-mobile.org/findyourway/ to find something suitable for you.
You don't need to understand every aspect of the codebase (it's huge). Just pick something you are interested in and start digging in. You'll learn a lot and always find new things to improve
This is the "last call" for the devkit ... currently has a whopping 5 backers!
While I do hope they will succeed ... I'm sure they won't meet their deadline. I'll repeat myself: There is no way that Purism will meet their Jan 2019 target for release. In fact, I'll be surprised if they have something by June 2019 ... and I believe that Dec 2019 is more realistic.
Consider the post: https://puri.sm/posts/librem5-progress-report-12/#more-52730 and look at the bottom on their "Where Next" section. Since they seem fixated on being GNOME based and re-doing everything except for oFono (and Telepathy) instead of leveraging work already done by Ubuntu (for the Touch; QML) or Plasma Mobile ( https://www.plasma-mobile.org/overview/ ) or even in Nemo. And, just like Trump with his infamous "Nobody knew health care could be so complicated", we're going to be hearing how "Nobody knew that a phone could be so complicated."
Not much to do, really. KDE is already set for mobile devices: https://www.plasma-mobile.org/
I'm really just wondering why they are wasting resources on a mobile GNOME interface, when Plasma is pretty much already complete.
There are a few phones that you can flash with Ubuntu Touch, a Ubuntu Linux phone OS: https://ubports.com/
There's also Plasma Mobile: https://www.plasma-mobile.org
And PostmarketOS, but it is "not usable for most people yet": https://postmarketos.org/
Linux has root too.
I use kubuntu. Have to use root for all sorts of thing.
But I get updates super fast.
Google doesnt want to give you root coz you will block ads.
Why cant it ask for root password like every other linux distro?
https://www.plasma-mobile.org/ If this succeed I will dump android.
> Cosmo Communicator
I would fund this for the name alone. Unfortunately, I don't fall for crowd-funded hardware projects (anymore :)
It looks kinda ugly, but I'd be interested getting one. Stuff like this is what'll make Plasma Mobile, Ubuntu Mobile, and other (real) open source mobile operating systems actually viable.
Even though there's a 99% chance this will flop on the market, I'm hoping it at least launches.
It's Arch running KDE. That combo has been available for almost two decades and predates Android.
Nobody is stopping anyone from running that combo on your phone, there's even quite old systems specially designed for phones like this:
This thing from Valve isn't really anything new.
Termux is a Terminal emulator and linux environment.. but it is installed inside android...
Its possible to install a real Linux environment. have a look at the Plasma mobile project:
Yeah it can be done. It is hard though which is why it isn't all too common. Chances are, if there isn't a distro built for the phone, it is gonna be hard to get all the hardware working. Compared to PCs which are modular, a phone has a ton of proprietary hardware that cannot be swapped out, so there isn't a lot of development on many unpopular phones. Putting the binary blobs and proprietary firmware into a distro for a phone is a lot of work. And you're not gonna find a whole lot of open drivers like you do with PCs.
If your phone isn't supported by this https://www.plasma-mobile.org or https://www.replicant.us you're gonna have a hard time.
Yes, but it depends on your phone and the distro. Very few phones would be compatible and you'll likely have better luck with really old phones which may have working open source drivers and the kernel code mainlined. You'd probably still have issues though, like no functional 3D graphics, no functional phone or GPS or sensors and such, possibly no touchscreen functionality either. Essentially it'd be useless as a phone, but maybe somewhat useful as a portable PC.
If you want better success however you should look into Linux distro purpose built for phones, such as SailfishOS,. It uses a compatibility layer (Hybris) that can utilise Android's libraries and device drivers. SailfishOS officially only supports the Sony Xperia X, and you need to purchase it for 50€ (yep you heard it right), however, there are free community builds available for Nexus devices (mainly the Nexus 5/5X).
Another alternative is Plasma Mobile, which is a KDE based Ubuntu distro. They also have an Arch based build but development on that has stopped unfortunately.
Note that Plasma Mobile works primarily only on Nexus phones (Nexus 5/5X specifically, other models may have community builds).
The real question thoguh is, what is it exactly that you want to achieve here? Is this just a general question out of curiosity, or do you have an actual need to run a full fledged Linux distro on your phone? Because you might be just better off using Termux, or a chrooted Linux installation (eg using Linux Deploy or Debian Kit).
For plasma mobile here is an FAQ
https://www.plasma-mobile.org/faq/
Try the default 123456, from there you should be able to go to settings and change it. Make sure you just use numbers when you make a new one.
Well, there are a couple options. First, you have Ubuntu Touch, Canonical's mobile OS. However, Canonical dropped it and now the UBports community is maintaining it. Next, you have KDE/Plasma Mobile, KDE's foray into the mobile market. However, it's currently in beta and only available on the Nexus 5. The other option is SailfishOS. It's made by Jolla and the OS found on their Jolla phone, but it can be put on other phones. It uses a gesture-based interface.
Links: https://ubports.com/
For Android, as mentioned there is GloDroid, however it is very far from ready for prime time, and it will not offer an actual Linux desktop experience.
In my opinion the most promising in terms of an experience similar to Android while offering a full Linux desktop will be Plasma Mobile.
https://www.plasma-mobile.org/2021/04/27/plasma-mobile-update-march-april/
But, performance wise, the Pinephone is unlikely to be sufficient for a desktop work environment that involves even limited multitasking.
Yes there is indeed! A link to the desktop image is available at the end of this page https://www.plasma-mobile.org/get. But for some reason the link does not redirect properly, so here is where it is supposed to lead https://files.kde.org/neon/images/mobile.
Please consider visiting their site. https://www.plasma-mobile.org/faq/ and check supported devices there.
Unfortunately, this (and the rest of Linux on phone endeavour) is still in early stages.
If you are able to, you can buy one of the mentioned phones (The Nexus 5X is sub $50 on ebay) to test and report bugs.
I would also encourage you to support the pinephone and librem5 projects financially. Support librem5 without buying a phone: https://puri.sm/fund-your-app/
Ocasionally there are some posts on planetkde.org.
But you can also learn a bit about progress by just trying it. There are Neon AMD64 images that can run on PC or in a VM. Or you can try to install Postmarket OS on real phone.
That's a good question. I've been giving feedback to the official telegram development group, but I'm not sure if there's a better answer. Please let me know if anyone has a better answer than below.
Here's the official "get started" page, to find ways to contribute:
https://www.plasma-mobile.org/findyourway/#!/rootgroup/app-dev
Here's the generic contributing page:
Which is then again based on Android, so you're still partially dependent on Google.
I'd really love to see more phones with a real independent OS like Sailfish or Plasma Mobile (which preferably do not come with an Android compatibility layer preinstalled).
that was my understanding as well. custom kernel = rolling your own for each new one that comes out.
the reason i went looking for an article about tablet touchscreen compatible de's was that i thought i had heard kde was a good option. their plasma mobile was mentioned in that tablet article, but it looks like the full distros that support it are limited: https://www.plasma-mobile.org/get/
I believe it points out the fact that since AMD has been working collaboratively on their open-source drivers which anyone can give a help-hand and take in place of development, there had been massive backing from some private companies, community organizations, wine team, codeweavers, etc., etc., and obviously Valve. This could potentially help with the optimized heavily to the tiniest details to its cores. Normally, this would be impossible for something like GPD or Aya Neo by the virtue of simply they do not have that much control in both hardware and software as they depend on the Windows ecosystem. On the other hand, big console publishers such as Sony, Xbox, Nintendo, they all have precise control and freedom both in terms of hardware and software.
To sum it up, I think this also is one of the way SD is a dealbreaker and a really important and impactful product of the day. If it succeeds, we could see more companies get into handheld or console, and they also get full control and freedom of choice on the whole software and hardware ecosystem. At this point, even any enthusiast could get the parts himself, find or 3d print a chassis, fine-tune hardware and software for his needs, and utilize SteamOS and other goodies that comes with it such that they are now able to have direct access to all the games, casual software, and a full featured Desktop Environment that is able to adapt to different form factors other than only Desktop. See: https://plasma-bigscreen.org/ https://www.plasma-mobile.org/ https://kde.org/
Plasma Mobile is the most promising kid on the block right now. The whole KDE ecosystem is ~~cool~~ kool and gaining users and devs all the time. They do weekly progress update https://pointieststick.com/
And plasma mobile
https://www.plasma-mobile.org/faq/
x86-based: If you want to try out Plasma Mobile on an Intel tablet, desktop/laptop, or virtual machine, the x86_64 Neon-based Plasma Mobile image is for you. Information on how to permanently install it can be found on the Plasma Mobile documentation.
That comment is stupid. Laptop don't run on magic neither. He was talking having the possibility to have alternatives OS on smartphones like for example Plasma Mobile instead of Android or iOS
Most of the focus is currently on the Pinephone, but x86 images sometimes are built every here and there. You can download images from here: https://www.plasma-mobile.org/get/
The best experience is definitely going to be on the Pinephone though!
I think it should work, they have a distribution of Plasma Mobile for ubuntu (20.04) via kde neon. Just make sure to checkout the feature matrix to ensure touch works properly on your device. Otherwise, just install ubuntu 20.04 with kde neon with all the appropriate linux-surface packages and after you get touch working, install Plasma Mobile Neon. Let us know how it goes.
The latest version found on https://www.plasma-mobile.org/get/ is significantly older than what your link provides. I ended up installing the PostmarketOS version on my Manjaro-edition because it seemed the more stable of the linked versions, but perhaps I should go back and try a never release. :)
I've been keen to watch this as it goes but the link to download ISO images for virtual machines on the Plasma Mobile "get" page returns a 403. Is this in error?
There's a very limited selection of android devices that are compatible with Linux. Most devices wont work. You can alternatively root your adroid device, remove the google libraries, and use termux to access its filesystem. It's not the Linux experience you would like, but it's getting close.
Ubuntu Touch compatibility list
I think plasma mobile may only work with the Nexus 5X
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Yeah, I've Plasma Mobile and the UI/UX design doesn't impress me at all. Compared to GTK/Phosh it really doesn't hold up at all in terms of design, regardless of how solid the underlying tech is.
That's of course not surprising because Gnome spent a lot more time on design than KDE has. Moreover, KDE hitched their wagon a tacky techy-cartoonish aesthetic since the days of KDE3 (remember "Plastik"?) and that still hampers the look of all their projects IMO. The latest iteration is some strange cross between Metro, Android Kit Kat and Mac OS, that looks like something out of a Tron movie. Gnome in contrast opted for a more natural earthy look.
I think it's perfectly fine to dislike the direction of the Gnome project without thrwoing the baby with the bathwater. Design is one of their strong points IMO. Gnome/Phosh is here to stay and so it makes sense to have QT software that look nice alongside GTK/Adwaita. Bringing Gnome design to QT apps makes QT much more competitive against GTK, thereby breaking GTK's monopoly on Gnome/Phosh.
After seeing that they had no interest in getting a phone from batch Aspen to UBports, Purism is not interested in making it easy for others in the open source community to contribute.
Anyway, should you wish to contribute personally, you can review that link for some ideas of things that you could help with. Also look into Plasma Mobile community for some ideas.
None of the stuff i listed is Android, so buy a $200 phone that works with one of the above and donate $500
Either way implicitly donating to companies, makes much less sense than explicitly donating and getting a better experience.
Le contenu n'a pas été mis à jour depuis 2015. Beaucoup à changer entre temps, passage de KDE 4 à Plasma 5, développement de plasma Mobile[1] et la chute du français dans les statistiques de traduction[2]...
no, though this kind of thing is easy to miss - stuff should be tested on all screen sizes after every change, but that may not happen, and even if it does, this kind of mistake may be missed at a glance.
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looking at it on a bigger screen - https://www.plasma-mobile.org/ looks OK, but still a little faint.
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Good on /u/Stormaggedon2169 for reporting it, and /u/electricprisim below has some good suggestions for fixes (text glow was my first thought, interesting to hear about other options)
When I pay $1,600+ every 2 or 3 years for new phones I expect to have the Apps I need without having ads all over the place and stealing my data.
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Next upgrade needs to be Librem 5 or KDE Mobile. Having a phone I can download my data from will sure be nice.
I just got a hand-me-down Nexus 5; am super psyched for it. I want to get KDE Plasma Mobile running on it. I followed the tutorial here, and all the commands ran as expected except the last one to flash Plasma Mobile onto the phone. Terminal output looked good, to my novice eye at least, but in the end the phone boot looped after the Google logo, in about 5 second bursts. I should probably file a support request with that team, but if anyone here has ideas I'm grateful for the help.
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Also, what other cool OS's can this thing run? I know Ubuntu Touch is deprecated. At the moment I'm just running LineageOS 14.1, which I may use to have a distraction free phone to contrast with my distraction laden Nexus 6, my current daily driver.
I'm waiting for KDE's Plasma Mobile. I cannot use it on my daily driver till its stable enough and gets proper steps for install. Maybe if I have enough money to buy a separate Nexus 5X then I'll install it on that and see. It needs to change the GUI of the App drawer tho... Other than that looks good. Dunno what app support is like.
Yes, I fully agree. It also took my quite a while to find my way around the Plasma mobile community and documentation, but I think they've really put effort into improving that the last period.
Have you seen https://www.plasma-mobile.org/findyourway/? I think it's quite cool :)
Software is in very early stages, i dont personally recommend installing in on a phone yet but what i do recommend is installing it in a VM and updating, testing it until it reaches a point you're ready to install it.
Related https://postmarketos.org
Well, if you have a Nexus 5 you don't need to compile it yourself because Nexus 5 is a "reference phone".
I mean when developers do Android or Linux, they always start it with it.
So, if you want Ubuntu Touch for the Nexus 5, you should directly go on the UBports website and download it.
https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io
And if you want Plasma Mobile go here
>Stuff like this is what'll make Plasma Mobile, Ubuntu Mobile, and other (real) open source mobile operating systems actually viable.
Are these devices with that support these mobile operating systems even buyable anymore?