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Raffaele T.

Raffaele T.

Linux machines that just work

Linux machines that just work

In some sense, 2022 has been resembling the long-memed Year of the Linux Desktop. Although this sounds like some cult's prophetic rubbish, by looking at the success of the Linux desktop in very empirical terms an improvement of the last couple of years becomes clearly noticeable. The Steam Deck alone

The Pine Formula

The Pine Formula

I should start by notifying readers that is a slightly old post, initially written in reaction to first Fairphone, then Pine64 announcing their "true wireless headphones" in April. In spite of this draft staying on my laptop since then, the situation has not particularly changed. Some days ago, I was

Google Pixel 3A achieves 100% Ubuntu Touch support score

Google Pixel 3A achieves 100% Ubuntu Touch support score

The Pixel 3A was released in 2019 by Google as a cheaper alternative to the Pixel 4, and is powered by a Snapdragon 670 processor coupled with 4GB RAM, an OLED display, and a 3000mAh battery. Being somewhat popular among the developer community, it was two years ago that this

The PocketReform is a made-in-Berlin Linux handheld

The PocketReform is a made-in-Berlin Linux handheld

Update 27/06/2022: The PocketReform has been officially announced! More information can be found at this page. In the last year, we have seen an unexpected revival of handheld computers (or PDAs) with hardware keyboard, all of which based on Linux: the PinePhone with its keyboard case, the GPD

First camera samples from the PinePhone Pro revealed

First camera samples from the PinePhone Pro revealed

So far, cameras on Linux phones have been known for their extremely basic results. Lacking good sensors, premium optics, and most importantly good post-processing capabilities, the PinePhone's, extremely basic sensor cannot often offer the shots one would expect. Even on the Librem 5, which uses a somewhat better Samsung sensor,

Using a Linux phone as a secondary monitor

Using a Linux phone as a secondary monitor

As a software developer on the go, one of the very first use cases that I started investigating after installing Linux on my first tablet was that of using a portable device as a secondary display for another Linux machine. Ideally, this would happen wirelessly (or wired, if that involved

AVMultiPhone is a peculiar MATE-on-phone desktop spin

AVMultiPhone is a peculiar MATE-on-phone desktop spin

After SXMO [https://sxmo.org/], the DWM-on-phone mod that became popular for its practical minimalism with the PinePhone, and the lesser known ExpidusOS [https://expidusos.com/] XFCE-based shell, many of the traditional lightweight Linux desktops are receiving touch-friendly adaptions. A relatively new project, AVMultiPhone [https://archivista.ch/cms/de/aktuell-blog/