As He died to make men holy
Let us die to make things cheap
For me the big problem is the camera. Ideally I should probably carry a proper camera with me at all times, but that’s just not realistic. I really value the pictures I take throughout my life so I need a phone that captures things well.
It seems for now Ubuntu Touch does a decent job with Android camera drivers, but Nura has a long way to go on all devices. I trust it’ll get there though.
Support for the FP6 is progressing very well independently of this, so I wouldn’t worry. :)
Would be interested to hear @themightycat@ani.social chime in with any reflections and/or plans to work with Nura to get a device maintainer team going! I can see reasons not to—contributing upstream directly without having to work in a team is probably more efficient—but there might be reasons to consider it as well.
Whether it works for all contributors or not this seems like a really neat development and I’m happy to see what becomes of it. Especially for the Fairphone 5. :)
Me too! I bought mine hoping I’d daily drive mainline Linux on it by the time I was done, with this development that seems somewhat plausible.
The people who understand the meaning of a post-market operative system will already have experience installing Linux on their computers, in which case postmarketOS is no longer really a meaningful description.
I got used to pmOS, but never really liked it. Loving Nura, though it’ll take a while to get used to.
I have been using Gnome since forever, so I don’t have much point of reference outside. Long story short GTK4 apps just have a really good look and feel in my opinion. GTK3 was a bit rough around the edges as they were still figuring it out, and I think some people got weirded out by that. GTK4 feels much more finished to me.
For phones I guess the key thing is that GTK4 apps are pretty much all adaptive. This means that most apps would work on phones, but I find it pretty useful on desktop as well. This affects not only for the ability to resize windows but also logics by which you navigate content, for example swiping sideways on phones or with two fingers on trackpads takes you back inside apps.
I think it’s really impressive how they have managed to create a design philosophy that runs throughout apps developed by completely different people. For me it just feels really user friendly. I guess the same consistency is why I would enjoy having the same apps on my phone as on my laptop.
I’d say Tuba (for Mastodon) and Flare (Signal) are two pretty good examples of apps I’m using on desktop that I would love to use on my phone. I also have started taking a liking to GNOME Web.
Super happy to see phosh up and running! I love GTK4 an unhealthy amount.
Thanks for the write-up. I’m happy AI can occasionally contribute to positive things as well, not only crap.
I find it crazy that there are people out there who care about ethical repairable tech enough to invest hours and hours into Fairphone, have the know-how to hack away at Linux on mobile and develop hardware support, and nevertheless use Reddit and Twitter as the only channels to communicate this work.
I get that the Fediverse is still pretty niche by most standards, but for FOSS development it seems to be a pretty obvious meeting point.
Edit: It turns out the other FP6 hacker is also making their own non-federated Reddit alternative, which probably explains the absence from the Fediverse. 🙃
Yeah, I’m also using /e/OS for the time being. The Fairphone camera app is officially supported for /e/ on Fairphone 5, so no compromise is needed. I just don’t want to stick around on Android forever. :)