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Phosh 0.56.0
By edward
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Phosh 0.56.0 Link to heading
A new major release of Phosh is out. See below for a list of changes across individual components:
Core components Link to heading
phosh 0.56.0 Link to heading
A graphical shell for mobile devices
Summary of changes Link to heading
- New load meter plugin for the top bar (demo)
- Allow to hide applications from the app-grid when GNOME Software is not in use. This helps on immutable distro variants like postmarketOS Duranium and Phosh’s BengalOS to hide applications that are shipped in the base image:
- Improvements and bug fixes:
- Allow to enable syncthing plugin via mobile settings
- Show notification when app can’t be uninstalled
- Avoid slow startup notification (with e.g. Firefox) by tracking apps we forked so they get more time during startup
- Unquote app-id’s if the app accidentally quotes them fixing another case of seemingly slow startup
- Avoid Bluetooth quick setting getting disabled on output changes
- Allow to rotate lock screen on tablets
- Apply cutout config changes immediately
- Lockscreen style improvements
- Some crash and leak fixes
- Issues fixed:
- Contributors:
- Domenico Iezzi
- Gotam Gorabh
- Guido Günther
- johnwa
- nicole mikołajczyk
i18n updates Link to heading
- UI translations:
- Anders Jonsson (sv)
- Antonio Marin (ro)
- Asier Saratsua Garmendia (eu)
- Danial Behzadi (fa)
- Daniel Rusek (cs)
- Ekaterine Papava (ka)
- Emin Tufan Çetin (tr)
- Flynn Peck (kw)
- Hugo Carvalho (pt)
- Jürgen Benvenuti (de)
- Luiggi R. Cardoso (pt_BR)
- Martin (sl)
- Rafael Fontenelle
- Ryo Nakano (ja)
- Victoria Niedzielska (pl)
- Yaron Shahrabani (he)
- Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
- Марко Костић (sr)
phoc 0.56.0 Link to heading
A Wayland compositor for mobile devices
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Update to wlroots 0.20.1
- Some internal cleanups and fixes
- New protocol support:
- xdg-toplevel-tag-v1
- Contributors:
- Guido Günther
i18n updates Link to heading
- UI translations:
- Ekaterine Papava (ka)
stevia 0.56.0 Link to heading
A user friendly on-screen keyboard
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Allow to specify default layout per app. This allows to e.g. always use the terminal layout with Emacs.
- Enable key repeat to non-modifier keys in the shortcuts bar
- Add cursor keys to shortcuts bar by default
- Add locale and flavor to layout information so Mobile Settings can make use of it.
- Switch to ext-data-control-v1 for paste handling
- Issues fixed:
- Updated layouts
- ge: Add missing keys
- Contributors:
- Guido Günther
- Łukasz Osadnik
- skysphr
Recommended components Link to heading
phosh-mobile-settings 0.56.0 Link to heading
A Mobile (and Phosh specific) Settings Application
Summary of changes Link to heading
- New panels:
- os-updates: Allow atomic OS updates on immutable distros. The currently implemented backend supports systemd-sysupdate and is only enabled when the service is usable.
- Improve sidebar by using
AdwSidebarand moving conf-tweaks to their own section. - Improved panels:
- about: Add image version. This is useful on immutable images like BengalOS to check if everything is up to date.
- overview: Allow to re-enable hidden apps. This is useful on immutable distros as apps shiped in the immutable parts can’t be uninstalled.
- convergence: Support NexDock 2025
- Unbreak Librem 5 panel so it can be found in search
- libpms: Allow to add OSK layout that matches the current locale
- Issues fixed:
- Contributors:
- Brian Hom
- Guido Günther
- nicole mikołajczyk
- Tomi Lähteenmäki
- Yuri Chornoivan
i18n updates Link to heading
- UI translations:
- Anders Jonsson (sv)
- Antonio Marin (ro)
- Asier Saratsua Garmendia (eu)
- Danial Behzadi (fa)
- Daniel Rusek (cs)
- Ekaterine Papava (ka)
- Hugo Carvalho (pt)
- Luiggi R. Cardoso (pt_BR)
- Martin (sl)
- Rafael Fontenelle (pt_BR)
- Ryo Nakano (ja)
- Sabri Ünal (tr)
- Victoria Niedzielska (pl)
- Yaron Shahrabani (he)
- Yuri Chornoivan (uk)
- burns (pt_BR)
- Марко Костић (sr)
phosh-tour 0.56.0 Link to heading
A short introduction to Phosh
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Translation updates
i18n updates Link to heading
- UI translations:
- Asier Saratsua Garmendia (eu)
- Jürgen Benvenuti (de)
- Victoria Niedzielska (pl)
- Yaron Shahrabani (he)
xdg-desktop-portal-phosh 0.56.0 Link to heading
Mobile friendly portals
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Bookmark handling bugfixes
- Ensure dialogs get maximized on mobile
- Issues fixed:
- Contributors:
- Arun Mani J
- Guido Günther
phosh-session-services 0.2.0 Link to heading
Rust based services for Phosh’s session.
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Add new OS update check service
- Ensure services get pulled into the session
- Issues fixed:
- Contributors:
- Arun Mani J
- Guido Günther
phosh-first-boot 0.1.0 Link to heading
A first-boot helper for Phosh
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Automatically select OSK layout by locale
- Use libpms-rs 0.0.3
- Contributors:
- Guido Günther
i18n updates Link to heading
- UI translations:
- nicole mikołajczyk (pl)
phosh-osk-data 0.53.0 Link to heading
Completion data for Phosh’s on screen keyboards
Not released in the 0.56.0 cycle, latest is 0.53.0
phosh-wallpapers 0.55.0 Link to heading
Phosh wallpapers, sounds and other artwork
Not released in the 0.56.0 cycle, latest is 0.55.0
Libraries Link to heading
libcall-ui 0.1.5 Link to heading
Common user interface parts for call handling
Not released in the 0.56.0 cycle, latest is 0.1.5
gmobile 0.7.2 Link to heading
Bits useful in mobile related, glib based projects
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Don’t leak libexecdir into public headers
- Make sure we render all devices in tests
- Contributors:
- Guido Günther
libphosh-rs 0.0.7 Link to heading
Rust bindings for libphosh
Not released in the 0.56.0 cycle, latest is 0.0.7
libpms-rs 0.0.3 Link to heading
Rust bindings for libpms
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Updated bindings to phosh-mobile-settings 0.56~rc1
- Contributors:
- Guido Günther
pfs 0.1.1 Link to heading
File selector widget and related tooling
Summary of changes Link to heading
- Fix bookmark initial state sync
- Issues fixed:
- Contributors:
- Achill Gilgenast
- Arun Mani J
These components are purely optional:
phom 0.20.0 Link to heading
A virtual mouse prototype
Not released in the 0.56.0 cycle, latest is 0.20.0
Dependencies Link to heading
Without these the above wouldn’t be possible. This release is based on:
- callaudiod 0.1.10
- Calls 50.0
- cellbroadcastd 0.0.3
- feedbackd 0.8.9
- feedbackd-device-themes 0.8.9
- GNOME 50
- iio-sensor-proxy 3.9
- mmsd-tng 2.6.4
- ModemManager 1.25.95
- wlroots 0.20.1
- wys 0.1.12
For more details on dependencies and required patches see the detailed list of changes of the individual components.
Other components often used with Phosh but not mandatory:
- phrog 0.53.0: A Mobile Device Greeter using Phosh’s UI
- phosh-antispam 3.5: Avoid spam calls
- vvmd 1.1: Visual Voice Mail Daemon
- vvmplayer 2.6: Visual Voice Mail Player
- livi 0.4.0: A simple video player for mobile
- chatty 0.8.9: A messaging app for SMS and MMS
- libfeedback-rs 0.0.1: Rust bindings for libfeedback
Links Link to heading
- Find Phosh useful? Please consider donating to support our work.
- What’s next? See future milestones.
- Looking for more information? See the about, the FAQ, and the Wiki.
- Do you have questions or suggestions? See getting in touch.
- All Signed release tarballs
- Found any errors? Please send corrections to
releases at phosh.mobi.
