Or just go to https://linmob.net/
1peter10
joined 2 years ago
many, many broken workflows
Sounds like many, many opportunities to contribute constructive feedback 😉️
I am once again happily asking for logo submissions to replace that current abomination - contributions welcome, contact details at the bottom of every page on https://linmob.net/.
i was dissapointet that there are soo few apps (speach linux phone app ecosystem)
If that's your take-away from my talk, then I really messed up. Things are developing well, IMHO. Yes, Android, even "FOSS Android"/AOSP or just F-Droid do have more apps, but F-Droid has been going since 2010 (and it's just so much easier to buy a device that runs an F-Droid compatible OS, it's not even funny).
It's also available on Flathub and packaged in some relevant distros - it's one of the far too few apps that are available on Ubuntu Touch, Sailfish OS, postmarketOS, Mobian, Droidian - a true #LinuxMobile marvel.
Author here.
It's just a report on what we managed to accomplish for LinuxPhoneApps.org, a project that
lists apps for Linux Phones like the PinePhone or Librem 5, that run Linux distributions which do not have a proper (de)centralized app store yet.
That an app was added does not necessary mean it is new or anything, just that it was added to LinuxPhoneApps.org's app list. It may be years old (and may have worked on #LinuxMobile for a long, long time, but we just missed it before. And the again just refers to the previous quarter ;-)
The FLX1 did not have DP alt mode either, unless I am totally mistaken. All external display concepts for the FLX1 were/are to require sth like DisplayLink. So all that's lost are file transfer speeds over USB.
From what I could gather, they wanted to make more of the original FLX1, but could not get the a manufacturer to do that. I am actually not too unhappy with this one, the orginal FLX1 was too big and heavy for my liking.
In theory, you should just see the same apps in Discover and in GNOME Software, assuming they both can access/install native Alpine and flathub apps. (And I recall they did at some point in time, but breakage unfortunately happens, and I mostly use the terminal to install and remove things...)
With Ubuntu Touch apps it's different, the Open Store is its own thing. I want to look into whether adapting this to postmarketOS when I can find the time.
Regarding few apps: Yes, it could be more, yes, there are gaps, but we're doing somewhat okay: https://linuxphoneapps.org/
Glad that works for you! With my bank (comdirect.de) I can use a mobile website, and if I were to use something AOSP- or Halium-based, I could also use their PhotoTAN app, which, as the name implies, needs a working camera in Waydroid (on my OP6 with pmOS, the cameras work via libcamera, but not in Waydroid), so I have a small gadget for all these TANs.
My main worry with the "let's just use Play Store/Aurora store and the run that apk"-approach is that it does not really send a visible signal to banks that they need to keep considering customers that don't use Android proper.
It also always means that the next update (e.g., after some consultancy or some audit happened) may not work any more, meaning, access may be revoked at any time. Complaining to customer service or in Play Store reviews may have an effect, but it will still hurt. I think I would feel a tad safer if a banking app lived on FDroid... but sill.
I hope this gets my point across.
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There's instructions regarding VoLTE setup on the wiki: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/OnePlus_6_(oneplus-enchilada)#VoLTE
That said, the one close-to-mainline phone Qualcomm SoC that's reliable for calls according to multiple accounts is the Google Pixel 3a.
Even then, it's hard to make blanket statements whenever it comes to VoLTE: It may work with the device for some one else, but as carriers are involved, it also depends on whether your specific carrier allows the specific device to use their VoLTE services.
(Given the fact that VoLTE is just VoIP, this feels really sad and unnecessary, but ... phone companies have always sucked, haven't they?)