Dear @Mer__edith and the the amazing @signalapp team,

After the last update, the Signal "desktop app" is requiring us to launch the mobile app - however, many of us do not have the Android or any other "mobile" version of the Signal app any more.

We are a large (by our standards) group of #Linux phone users, and your "desktop" app is our "mobile" app : )

Our previous phones on which #SignalApp was initially activated was an Android or Apple device and we have since then completely migrated to #Linuxphones. Some of us may have registered Signal on #signalcli, Flare, #Molly, Signal Android in #WayDroid, etc.

The #mobileLinux community is growing - we have members spanning a good number of projects and devices, e.g.
- @purism #Librem5 and #LibertyPhone running #Debian-based #PureOS #GnuLinux, #Alpine-based #PostmarketOS or #Mobian,
- @PINE64 #Pinephone and PP Pro running #ManjaroARM, #SailfishOS, etc.
- @furilabs #FLX1 running #Droidian-based #FuriOS,
- a wide variety of Android phones (including OnePlus 6, Google Pixel 3, #Fairphone 4 & 5) running #Alpine-based @postmarketOS ,
- @volla , #Fxtec and #Brax3 devices running #UbuntuTouch by @ubports,
- devices running @mobian which is part of #Debian project, etc.

[Apologies to any project I may have failed to include - you are all appreciated]

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old pic, taken in 2020-10-05

not sure what linux distro is running, probably postmarketOS with i3wm.

Woooo, never thought this moment would actually happen - got my fxtec pro 1x in the mail today. Took only four years or so?

Not sure about the physical keyboard quite yet. Typing this on the phone. Not sure yet if I will end up using this as a daily driver. There is a cool factor for sure. But the hardware being so much poorer than my Sony Xperia, especially the camera, going to be a tough choice. Need to spend some time on the keyboard I guess. Having the full screen available while typing is kinda nice.

just sent my v2 patches for #fxtec #pro1x mainline linux support yesterday

F(x)tec Pro¹ X finally arrived. It was sitting in a warehouse for ages, but thankfully the battery was not dead and it powered up. Shipped with Android, but in about 10 minutes work with the UBports installer, had Ubuntu Touch up and running. Yay!

Yes the slide-out keyboard is a bit fiddly, but it seems worth a try and is no worse than a miniature on-screen keyboard.

UB usually takes a few days to get configured right. Updates to follow

#ubuntu #ubuntutouch #fxtec #pro1x @ubports @linmob

haha yes usb now works again on #fxtec #pro1x

OMG, I never thought this day would happen. Only somewhat over 3 years late from original schedule. Now if I can still think of any usage for it, hardware is somewhat out of date since they switched to a worse chipset and, well, time goes on. A mini livingroom tablet?

Certainly the last thing I'm ever buying from a crowdfunding campaign that was supposed to be for daily usage. I went on a shitty old phone for so long waiting for this, eventually giving up and buying a second hand nice handset, with much more modern hardware than this has.

#fxtec needs to just take its website down already if they aren't going to sell anything anymore. #lineage #sailfishos

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For anyone after a #Psion Agenda-like experience on a #MobileLinux #PDA, I've just released v0.2.9 of #Pygenda (alpha, WIP!).

Demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvQqFmlZ6nM

GitHub: https://github.com/semiprime/pygenda

v0.2.9 adds two nice new features: repeats like "last Monday in May" and todo item due dates.

I run it on my #GeminiPDA, but it's written in Python/GTK3 so should run on similar keyboard devices. Would love to hear from anyone running it on a #PinePhone, #FXTec #Pro1x, #GPD, #eeePC, #Zaurus, or other!

I've released a new version of #Pygenda, my work-in-progress Psion Agenda-inspired agenda app targeting keyboard #PDA/ #palmtop devices.

Source: https://github.com/semiprime/pygenda

I use it on my Linux-running #GeminiPDA, & someone ran it on a #DevTerm, but it should work on anything with Python3.5+ & GTK3 (for handhelds that probably means Linux). I'd love feedback from anyone running it on other platforms (#PinePhone, #Fxtec #Pro1x, #GPD), and from other fans of #Psion Agenda.

Cc @inlovewithpda @linmob

The #SailfishOS #Jolla Community Newsletter is now out, in which we discuss Pine Logs (that's PinePhones and Log files ). Adam talks about his porting activity (#fxtec #volla #PinePhone) Damien gives his repository roundup and we look at the latest apps in the Jolla Store

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-community-news-1st-december-pine-logs/13664

Don't mind me I'm just yelling about how #fxtec promised LineageOS and Ubuntu Touch support for their phone and therefore should be obligated to pay for the porting of those operating systems

XDA should be embarrassed to have their logo on the #fxtec #pro1x