In my first article on the use of Flatpaks on Linux mobile devices, I tested the impact of Flatpaks on overall storage capacity. Now, in Part 2, I’m testing whether applications installed via Flatpaks use more or less RAM than the those installed from a traditional package repository. Once again, I’m using the Moto G4…
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The Flatpak Controversy: Part 1 (Storage)
This is the first of several articles I intend to publish on the use of Flatpaks on Linux mobile devices. Rather than dig too deep into a subject I cannot pretend to know inside and out, I conducted a number of tests that I believe illustrate the benefits and drawbacks of using Flatpaks on Linux…
Flashing Resources to your PineTime on postmarketOS
InfiniTime developers recently released a new version of InfiniTime (v 1.11) for the PineTime. Along with several bug fixes and improvements, comes two new watch faces and a special FOSDEM 2023 edition. FOSDEM 2023 is scheduled for February 4th and 5th in Brussels, Belgium. More on that later. PineTime developers have found a neat way…
Tooth: The New Mastodon Client for Linux Phones
If you’re on a Linux phone, but you’re not tooting, then you should register with a Mastodon instance now! If you’re tooting but not yet on your Linux phone, then you should install Tooth now! Tooth is a fork of the now-defunct GTK mastodon client Tootle. Tooth is still in development but already stable with…