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Further Plasma Mobile improvements bring better stability, music streaming, Gtk app integration and much more

Further Plasma Mobile improvements bring better stability, music streaming, Gtk app integration and much more

In case you tried Plasma Mobile some months ago, and found it somewhat limited and unstable, chances are you will have a completely different experience by trying it now. As the project is rapidly moving into the spotlight for its crucial importance in projects like the PINE64 PinePhone [https://tuxphones.

Improved KDE Plasma Mobile introduces "Plasma Nano" minimal shell for embedded devices

Improved KDE Plasma Mobile introduces "Plasma Nano" minimal shell for embedded devices

KDE's Plasma Mobile project was ahead of its time when its "preview release" was announced back in 2016, about three years later than Ubuntu Touch, and had to follow a similar fate: underlooked and understaffed at first, it started getting mainstream interest in 2018 after getting a Nexus 5 port,

Video shows PinePhone prototype detailed assembly and boot to Plasma Mobile

Video shows PinePhone prototype detailed assembly and boot to Plasma Mobile

Just some days after Purism released its first Librem 5 walk-through video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvnt78mK-Ac], with the final device running its "GNOME" Phosh shell with impressive smoothness, postmarketOS developer Martijn Braam uploaded a video [https://fosstodon.org/web/statuses/102894704117260275] of himself assemblying by hand the

PINE64 reveals PineTime technical specifications, pricing and release date

PINE64 reveals PineTime technical specifications, pricing and release date

Two weeks ago, the PineTime was teased on Twitter [https://tuxphones.com/meet-pinetime-the-official-25-pinephone-companion-smartwatch/] as an extremely inexpensive (~$25) open source PinePhone companion smartwatch, running FreeRTOS on a low-power ARM Cortex-M4 core. More detailed information has been released just hours ago on the official PINE64 wiki page for the PineTime [Built-in

First Purism Librem 5 "Aspen" batch shipped

First Purism Librem 5 "Aspen" batch shipped

Purism's Librem 5, arguably the first modern privacy-oriented Linux smartphone, has just started shipping its early Aspen batch to their earliest users. This very early batch of Librem 5 devices is still almost prototype-grade, featuring the very first mechanical and hardware design, with hand-crafted switch caps, initial apps and basic

Meet PineTime, the official $25 PinePhone companion smartwatch

Meet PineTime, the official $25 PinePhone companion smartwatch

UPDATE: more details on the PineTime have been released [https://tuxphones.com/pine64-pinetime-open-source-smartwatch-specs-price-release-date-pictures/] Over the last few months, the PINE64 has become one of the most discussed brands within the Linux community. Providing ultra-low cost Linux ARM machines (such as the PinePhone, PineTab and all the PineBooks), this brand has

Librem 5 vs. PinePhone: comparison of two Linux smartphones

Librem 5 vs. PinePhone: comparison of two Linux smartphones

Shortly after Purism crowd-funded the Librem 5 $650 privacy-oriented Linux smartphone, Pine64 announced the PinePhone, a $150 entry level alternative with similar design, aim and specifications. So which one should you choose - and why is the Librem 5 much higher cost still worth the investment? > #Purism [https://twitter.com/