Calling all analog film photographers! I've been working on Filmbook, an open-source app to help you keep track of your film usage. It's built with Rust & GTK4/libadwaita for a smooth & modern experience – and it even runs on Linux phones like the Librem 5 and Pinephone Pro!

The first version is ready for testing, and I'd love your input on what features would make it even better! Join the community & help shape Filmbook: https://codeberg.org/bjawebos/filmbook #filmphotography #analogphotography #rustlang #gtk #opensource #community #testing #featureideas #librem5 #pinephone #linuxphone

The Liberux NEXX #linuxphone is up on #indiegogo. https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/liberux-nexx--3#/ #linuxmobile #linux

Devices like the PinePhone and Librem 5 are slowly carving out space for open mobile computing. These are not sleek consumer devices built for mass market appeal. They are platforms built by and for developers, hackers, and those who demand control over their hardware. With full root access, modular apps, and support for desktop-grade Linux distros like postmarketOS, Mobian, and Arch ARM, they challenge the locked-down nature of traditional smartphones.

While performance and battery life still lag behind mainstream phones, the focus is on freedom: running your own code, replacing parts, and escaping corporate ecosystems. For privacy advocates and tinkerers alike, Linux phones represent a small but significant shift in how we think about mobile tech.

So, when these Apple devices die (or rather, when the updates have slowed them down enough, and the battery has depleted to the point of not getting through the day - which should be next year or the year after, if the pattern holds)… my next devices will be some of the following, and I’m looking forward to the challenge of getting them to work… any recommendations?

Phone options:
- Pine Phone
- Fair Phone
- Murena
- Librem
- Pro 1x
- Volla Phone
- SageTea XFone

Watches:
- Any of these with AsteroidOS: https://wiki.asteroidos.org/index.php/Category:Watches
- PineTime
- ZSwatch:
https://github.com/ZSWatch/ZSWatch

Any suggestions or advice?

I'm waiting for a #linuxphone that comes with a universal software defined radio peripherial instead of a closed LTE/4G modem and the calling, texting and networking is just realized on the SDR module.

When my #mobile phone will be KO, I'd like to have a true (#GNOME) #LinuxPhone … and the FuriPhone #FLX1 by @furilabs seems to be a good candidate

Built on the Gigaset GX6 :
- Removable battery
- 2 SIMs slots AND micro SD
- Robust
- B1, B3, B7, B20 and B28 bandwith (French 4G)
- Debian GNOME + Android layer
- Jack input …

… but expensive and maybe a bit too big

An opinion ?

› https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/furiphone_flx1/ (Article)
› https://www.devicespecifications.com/en/model/b3dc5aa1 (Specs)
› https://youtu.be/cnIgkF3OzMs (Test by TuxWiz)

November FOSSphones News Roundup is up now! Some fresh new #LinuxPhone news updates for you! As usual, it will be up on our Gemini capsule later this evening, as well.

https://fossphones.com/11-13-24.html

I got my hands on a #Librem5 #LinuxPhone and here are my first impressions. (Thanks @stu!)

blakes.dev/posts/2024-06-03-librem-5-first-impressions/

Remember Canonical's crowdfunding campaign for a @ubuntu phone that raised $12 million but failed?

Wouldn't it be nice to repeat this and crowdfund for a @gnome phone?

Would you buy such a phone?

Ha trop bien, les dernières mises à jour #mobian / #debian m'ont apportées une application de calendrier qui me permet de modifier des évènements \o/

Lilbits: Purism’s refund policy (or lack thereof), Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE, and better QR code scanning #Android, #GoogleCodeScannerApi, #Librem5, #LinuxPhone, #Linuxsmartphones, #Phosh, #Purism, #QrCodes, #SamsungGalaxyTabS9Fe, #Smx610, #Smx616b, #SmausngGalaxyTabS9Fe

https://liliputing.com/lilbits-purisms-refund-policy-or-lack-thereof-samsung-galaxy-tab-s9-fe-and-better-qr-code-scanning/

#LinuxPhone e Android #DeGooglizzato:

@e_mydata - android degooglizzato

@PINE64 - smartphone basato su Linux

@volla - Ubuntu Touch, Android de-Googled

@tuxdevices - news su #Linux phone

@ubports - #UbuntuTouch

@plasmamobile - KDE on #smartphone

@mobian - Debian x telefoni

@postmarketOS - derivata Alpine Linux

@calyxos Android improntato alla sicurezza

@GrapheneOS - OS con app android

@sailfishosnews - supporta app android

@droidian - Basata su debian

#LinuxPhone and #DeGoogled Android picks of the day:

@e_mydata & @murena - Makes de-Googled version of Android and sells phones with it preinstalled

@PINE64 - Makers of the Pinephone Linux-based smartphone

@volla - German company selling phones with Ubuntu Touch or de-Googled Android

@tuxdevices - News site about Linux phones

@ubports - Ubuntu Touch smartphone OS

@plasmamobile - KDE interface for phones

@mobian - Debian for phones

@postmarketOS - Alpine Linux for phones