Oliver Smith

Loves hacking on Free Software. Mostly writes about @nura here.

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2026-11-01 14:16:59 UTC

Very nice video by @nprofile…xl3e about the Nura rebrand, the new legal entity and our road to daily-drivable mainline phones. With some Italian insider information about Nuraghe 😄
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI1xVKqaSM4
#nuraeco #linuxmobile

2026-04-03 14:52:57 UTC

:firefox: mobile-config-firefox 5.2.0 is out!
The most exciting change is support for vertical tabs by @nprofile…mq6z. Give it a try and let us know what you think, we might make this the default in the future!
Release:
https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-firefox/-/tags/5.2.0
LINMOB.net post on vertical tabs:
https://linmob.net/mcf19-going-vertical/
New docs pages:
https://docs.postmarketos.org/mobile-config-firefox/main/index.html
#linuxmobile #firefox #postmarketos
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2026-02-01 11:36:32 UTC

The recording of my talk is already available 😁
postmarketOS: Reliability in 2026
https://video.fosdem.org/2026/ub4132/QUYXW7-postmarketos-reliability-2026.av1.webm
Thank you FOSDEM video team!
#postmarketos #linuxmobile #fosdem #ci_tron
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2025-04-03 23:52:26 UTC

:firefox: less than 10 days after the last release --- happy to announce that mobile-config-firefox 4.6.0 is out:
* Adjustments for the latest FF 137 (thanks @nprofile…293t!)
* Per-site user-agent spoofing (makes e.g. youtube use its proper mobile site, thanks @nprofile…rr4g and people working on furios-firefox-tweaks! also: sad that this is needed 😵‍💫)
* Using defaultPref() instead of pref() where possible, allowing users to override them via about:config (thanks @nprofile…rr4g!)
https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-firefox/-/tags/4.6.0

2025-03-26 19:23:13 UTC

:firefoxnew: mobile-config-firefox 4.5.0 is out. This release mostly contains fixes and adjustments for FF >= 133.
Thanks to everybody who contributed, especially @nprofile…293t and @nprofile…rr4g!
https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-firefox/-/tags/4.5.0
See also https://linmob.net/mcf17-getting-back-into-userchrome/ with some development background from @nprofile…293t.

2025-03-16 12:22:02 UTC

If you always wanted to run a tiling window manager on your smartphone, give Sxmo a try.
They just added a nice getting started guide to nicely illustrate how gestures are used to open the menu, bring up and close the keyboard, switch between workspaces and more:
https://sxmo.org/docs/gettingstarted/
Great work @nprofile…f3fn and Sxmo team!
#postmarketos #sxmo #tiling #linux

2025-02-05 19:35:09 UTC

The recording of "postmarketOS - what is it and what's new?" has been released!
https://video.fosdem.org/2025/h2214/fosdem-2025-4654-postmarketos-what-is-it-and-what-s-new-.av1.webm
Not in the video: three very nice people in the front immediately holding up their laptops as somebody in the audience asks about postmarketOS on other devices than phones 😀
Check out the other talks from the FOSS on Mobile Devices room too. I saw most of them and they were quite interesting!
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2025-02-03 09:31:03 UTC

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Thanks all for coming to my talk!
FYI there was a problem with the rec, it shows 8 min of @nprofile…qyvu's previous one & cuts right into the middle of mine. using the "fix start/end position" tools doesn't help. I've ticked the box for letting an admin to please have a look. I've tried to "reset" the video, but same result.
If somebody happens to have had recorded the live stream for some reason, let me know!
(Maybe we can get the CCC relive feature at fosdem at some point? 🙂)
#fosdem #fosdem2025

2025-02-02 00:12:27 UTC

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@nprofile…xt5t
Personally I use a tiling window manager, and force a specific size for the qemu window through that. But looking at "pmbootstrap qemu --help" I see that we also have:
> --video QEMU_VIDEO Video resolution for QEMU (WidthxHeight@RefreshRate). Default is 1024x768@60.
So that might do the trick! 👍
Regarding GNOME Mobile specifically it seems that it only enters the "mobile" UI thing if on boot the resolution looks like a mobile device (my last experience).
@nprofile…vjnh

2025-02-01 07:58:28 UTC

Excited for my FOSDEM talk! 😀 :postmarketos:
postmarketOS: what is it and what's new?
From 18:40 to 19:00 in H.2214:
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-4654-postmarketos-what-is-it-and-what-s-new-/
Also via live stream:
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/streaming/
#fosdem #fosdem2025 #linuxmobile #postmarketos

2024-12-27 20:55:10 UTC

Just watched the #38c3 #libobscura talk from @nprofile…tfka. I especially liked the idea form, very visual explanation of feedback loop and credits roll. Great project and awesome presentation! 😀
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-libobscura-cameras-are-difficult

2024-11-10 18:39:19 UTC

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As usually, thanks to all contributors! ❤️
Especially thanks to @npub1x7d…sddw this time because they kicked off this version with rewriting a lot of old legacy code: https://connolly.tech/posts/2024_06_15-pmbootstrap-v3/