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pmbootstrap v3

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 03:59:59 +0200

I’ve been doing a lot of work on pmbootstrap recently, it’s the backbone of postmarketOS, and in my opinion it’s extensive capabilities and ease of use is one of the hallmarks of our success as a community.

This is just a thread about the refactoring and some of the cool new features I’m proud of.

Broken Connections (and USB gadgets)

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

So I’ve been messing with USB ACM gadgets recently…

What Is Linux Mobile

Sat, 06 Jan 2024 17:09:42 +0000

So, you just heard the term Linux Mobile for the first time, maybe you saw a random post on social media, saw it mentioned at a conference, or maybe something else entirely. Let me explain…

I'm still daily driving postmarketOS

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 03:06:06 +0000

It only takes one person to make a difference.

-DDEBUGging the kernel

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 21:42:31 +0000

You won’t believe this one small trick!

I'm daily driving postmarketOS

Sun, 10 Dec 2023 23:49:07 +0000

A post about my OnePlus 6 with postmarketOS.

All Control

Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:05:31 +0100

Testing, GitLab CI, and moving towards a more stable postmarketOS.

Getting privately diagnosed with ADHD in the UK

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 19:14:50 +0000

As I procrastinate exam revision, here’s a writeup on my experience getting diagnosed with and medicated for ADHD.

How you can help the Linux Mobile ecosystem

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 15:09:47 +0100

The Linux Mobile ecosystem is really blossoming now as we enter the last quarter of 2022. More and more people are getting involved, and I’m starting to be asked one question in particular a lot more: “I’m just a user, how can I help?”.

My workflow as an embedded Linux developer

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 12:23:29 +0100

I’m rarely one to follow the beaten path when I find something new, and kernel development was no different. It usually takes me weeks or months of pain before I give up my home-grown workflow for something a bit more standard, nonetheless I’ve picked up a few tricks along the way…

Linux 5.14 - The state of mainline on SDM845 devices

Tue, 20 Jul 2021 19:55:40 +0100

Summarising the state of the Linux kernel on SDM845 mobile devices as of Linux 5.14-rc2.

The state of Android bootloaders, a call to developers

Thu, 06 May 2021 07:59:35 +0100

Android bootloaders have long been a frustration in the custom OS development scene… On many devices they’re unusably broken for developers!