In this eleventh episode Ezra and Peter discuss the June Community Update and interview content creator Linux Lounge! They also discuss (your) community feedback and questions!

What have we been up to lately?

• Ezra:
  • is releasing a game!
    • It’s nearly done! It should be released June 22nd if no serious issues arise. Otherwise, shortly after.
    • The game is, of course, open source. So, you can make fun of my horrifying code.
    • It’s a mysterious adventure filled with a handful of minigames, a short story and minimal moon logic.
    • It’s called “Televoid: Out of The Loop” and is a fangame for a show I enjoy: Televoid, an online series staring Ian MacLeod on his YouTube Channel. To show our appreciation of this amazing series, some fans and I got together to make this game.
    • It’s pretty much consumed my life these past few weeks…
    • After the released, I might have some fun and see if I can’t port it to the pinephone, for the giggles. otherwise…
  • I’ve also been back on the video making train!
    • YouTube,
    • Odysee.
• Peter:
  • wrote a bad blog post because of having had a PinePhone for a year,
  • GloDroid video,
  • has written the 50th installment of LinBits, the weekly update on all things Linux Phones in between recording and publication of this episode.

App of the Episode

• Spot
• Get it on Flathub!

Interview with Linux Lounge

Make sure to follow Linux Lounge on the following platforms:

• YouTube
• Odysee
• PeerTube.co.uk
• TilVids
• Fosstodon
• Linux Lounge’s Videos about PINE64 hardware

Workflow:

• Linux Lounge: How I Create Videos Using Linux and FOSS Software!

BTW: There’s a project that tries to recreate the Windows Phone Live Tile experience on the PinePhone:Retiled

Community News

PINE64: June Community Update sub-titled “new hardware and more on the way”

• Full blog post
• Video by PizzaLovingNerd
  • YouTube,
  • Odysee,
  • TilVids.

Housekeeping

• Availability tracker
• Getting started

Quartz64

• PINE64 store: Quartz64
• Quartz64 Software support status

PinePhone: Keyboard accessory news

• Go read Megi’s blog for more

PinePhone Software:

• Plasma Mobile’s update
• MMS progress by Chris/kop316
  • mmsd-tng

Pinecil

• PINE64 store: Pinecil Preheater Hammerhead Tip

Community engagement 😀

Listener Feedback

• Blort blort@tube.tchncs.de on TilVids

Listener Questions

Frater Michal” @MonsDraconis asked on Twitter:

Any information on kde/gs connect for pinephone distributions?

• Try GNOME on Megi’s p-boot-demo image to try GSConnect
• KDE Connect

@PitrusCitrus@mastodon.social asks:

Question to the both of you @talkpine.

What is a project you want to see on the pinephone that can be realistically done by a beginner programmer who’s looking to get their hands dirty and expand their skillset? Be it practical, cool or just plain fun, throw us some ideas!

• We crowdsourced this question on Discord, Twitter and (most successfully) Fosstodon, and came up with the following (thanks again!)
  • Roku Remote
    • rokugtk
  • Nextcloud client
  • Port GadgetBridge to Linux
    • Siglo
    • Amazfish
  • Martijn Braam had four suggestions
    More general suggestions were also received
  • Perhaps adding functionality to an existing application might be a good way to start?
  • LVGL (a lightweight toolkit that could be used for a fast GUI)
    • Lup Yuen Lee: LVGL on PinePhone

Also, if this is not enough, you might want to have a look at the Mobian App Wishlist.

Feedback and Questions welcome!

Remember: This is a community podcast, so please leave feedback on what we should do better, get your suggestion’s in and feel free to ask questions!

Use #askpinetalk or tweet at us @talkpine, toot at us @talkpine@fosstodon.org, send email to pinetalk@pine64.org and join our Discord!
Or just add something to the dedicated PineTalk Feedback and Questions forum thread!

Credits

Intro and Outro Music

Music by Bradley (PixelPaintbrush) Ames

Thank you to NerdZoom Media for being PineTalk’s audio producers!