Mobian's Blog

Moving to Tow-Boot: Towards Device-Independant Images Mar 30, 2022 - 5 min read

Mobian (and most of the Arm Linux ecosystem) have been dealing with device-specific boot sequences since our inception. However, recent changes have made it possible to standardise these. This blog post will discuss how these changes affect Mobian and the long term goal of creating a universal image for Mobian devices.

Script kiddy strikes back Feb 11, 2022 - 11 min read

As you may be aware, a malicious person tried to spread malware through many Matrix rooms used by mobile Linux users and developers, partly taking advantage of a known vulnerability in the stock modem firmware. Here’s a quick analysis of how this malware was supposed to operate.

Game Changers Feb 4, 2022 - 5 min read

While mildly working on and playing with the PinePhone Pro, I recently got amazed at how pleasant to use this device was, and how little work it took us to get to this point!

The PinePhone Pro is here (and it runs Mobian!) Dec 28, 2021 - 5 min read

PinePhone Pro Features

Pine64 recently announced the PinePhone Pro, a significantly upgraded version of their PinePhone. As developers started receiving their devices earlier this month, significant progress have been made already to get existing mobile distributions, including Mobian, to run on this new Linux phone. Keep reading for the latest status updates on the PinePhone Pro support.

Squashing a Book Full of Worms Dec 24, 2021 - 4 min read

Now that the dust has settled on Debian’s new testing repository we are focusing our efforts on Bookworm. This long overdue blog post is a summary of what to expect in the coming updates to Mobian.

To Bullseye and beyond! Aug 11, 2021 - 2 min read

As you might be aware, the next Debian stable release (codename bullseye) is only a few days away.

But what does it imply for Mobian?

2021-05-17 Status update May 17, 2021 - 7 min read

The past few months have been quieter than usual regarding Mobian development, but that’s not to say we didn’t make progress! Actually, even though user-visible changes are few, we kept working on improving both the stability of our distribution and our tooling, so that new developments can be better tested, and reach users faster than they used to.

The road to the Mobian Community Edition (part 1) Apr 8, 2021 - 6 min read

The Mobian project was officially announced on May 14th, 2020. But those who witnessed its birth surely remember it all started a few months prior to this date, a bit more than one year ago, actually. One year hacking and building both a mobile operating system and a community. One year refining our system, getting rid of the early days' hacks in favor of more mature and robust solutions. One year ending with a major milestone for such a young project: getting the Mobian Community Edition PinePhone into the hands of thousands of users. One hell of a year, indeed!

2021-03-17 Status update Mar 17, 2021 - 4 min read

In the past few months, a whole lot has happened for Mobian: we launched, in close cooperation with Pine64, the Mobian Community Edition PinePhone, which by now should have reached the hands of almost all who ordered it. We went through several iterations of our on-device installer and other strategic packages, such as the kernel, and we’ve been busy improving both our packages and infrastructure.

The staging Mobian distro Mar 15, 2021 - 3 min read

Most of us just want their phone to be working. But some like to be more on the edge of things, trying out the newest ~~bugs~~features. The recently announced staging distribution allows users to do just that. Read further to learn its purpose and how to enable it.