Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (22/2025): Is it June already?

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (22/2025): Is it June already?
Weekly GNU-like Mobile #LinuxUpdate (21/2025): Librem 5 5G and other fun stuff
I've said it before and I'll say it again: the EU should reserve some serious money, fork Mozilla and make regulations that governmental websites need to work on their fork (and Big Tech gatekeeper websites as well).
This is one of the items to stay independent from Google's, Apple's and the US's whims.
(The other item is a mobile OS like @jolla's #SailfishOS.)
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 77. The intricacies of combining an expander with a context menu for comment items.
I'm taking a short 7 day break from posting these dev diaries, but rest assured I'll be back on Monday 2nd June to pick up where I've left off!
@thelovebug
Working fine now on my #SailfishOS 'phone. Not in front of my laptop, currently.
@iverbpunkt #sailfishOS würde glaube auch gehen. Auch das allerneuste!
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 75. Comparing the three different comment formatting options: fixed height; variable height; and expandable/collapsable!
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 74. The third comment option: expandable comments!
@justsoup @Sturmflut @MuhammadFreeSoftware @eliasr @Tutanota There's also #UbuntuTouch and #SailfishOS as additional alternatives.
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 72. Real comments on the video page
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 71. Adding comments to the video page. Just the initial design.
Always nice to see Sailfish OS getting a shoutout from Research Engineering at the Turing in their FOSDEM 2025 recap. A small nod that means a lot in a sea of Android and iOS.
Full recap here. Great read with personal reflections and devroom gems: https://medium.com/@turinghut23/highlights-and-reflections-from-fosdem-2025-987fabd26932
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (20/2025): A Linux Phone From Africa and #Phosh 0.47.0
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 68. Proper quality-of-life improvements! Adding video controls so it's not necessary to watch videos from beginning to end without pausing, rewinding or forwarding.
Also C++ modules!
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 66. Some kind of milestone: a video player that plays videos
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 65. Adding a page to play the videos
Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (19/2025): Waking it up to wake you up
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 65. Moving forwards with app permissions and adding the little thumbnail images in the search listing!
#NewPipe #SailfishOS dev diary day 63. Or 0b111111 if you prefer
Today I got the search results hooked up to the front end, so the application finally has some functionality! It's still early days, but making progress.
@fede improbable #sailfishOS even exists, sitll survives. Earlier versions also looked 'improbable' cause their #glow effects.