Linux-based mobile operating systems, Android aside, is a slow-moving story with many chapters. Currently there are not a few projects that are trying, among which stand out Mobian, Arch Linux, Manjaro, Ubuntu Touch or the protagonist of this article that today launched postmarket OS 21.06 Service Pack 2. It comes with some new features, among which its core and graphical interface stand out.
postmarket OS 21.06 Service Pack 2 uploaded Phosh to version 0.12.1, but no less important are the kernel updates and this SP2 uses Linux 5.13-20210819-1611 from megi. About the rest of the news, there are not many, and you have a summary after the cut.
Postmarket highlightsOS 21.06 Service Pack 2
- Megapixels 1.3.0, with performance improvements and new image post-processing. The release note image for this Service Pack was taken with this version of Megapixels on a PinePhone, which has its developers excited to the point of encouraging users to test the camera on their PINE64 devices.
- Phosh 0.12.1
- The kernel 5.13-20210819-1611 from megi for the PinePhone and PineTab.
- Light daemon is now available for use in Sxmo.
- gpodder-adaptive 3.10.21, with major performance and user interface fixes.
- u-boot-pinephone 2017.07 with a new version of the cortex that significantly improves the life of the battery in standby.
La v21.06 from postmarketOS arrived in early June based on Alpine 3.14. As for Phosh, it is one of the environments preferred by many, especially for those who use the system on a mobile phone or on a tablet with a keyboard. If you prefer Plasma, you can visit our tutorial on how to install it on, for example, a PinePhone or PineTab. Although I have to warn that, although it points ways and allows us to do much more than Ubuntu Touch, Plasma Mobile has many more bugs than Phosh.