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Delib<p>The small N900 screen was good, since a resistive-screen stylus controlled all those linux app buttons so easily. No finger-width spacing! The stylus was simple plastic, easy to replace. </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N900" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N9</span><span class="invisible">00</span></a></p><p>I read makers saying they don't want to make room for a stylus, but honestly I would be willing to hold mine on with a rubberband, to get that level of touch-screen control again. </p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/PHOSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PHOSH</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/pinephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pinephone</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/n900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n900</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/smallComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallComputing</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/linuxphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linuxphone</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mntmn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mntmn</span></a></span></p>
Matthew Exon<p>You place an order for a Furilabs <a href="https://friendica.exon.name/search?tag=FLX1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FLX1</span></a>. Roll a D20:</p><ul><li>1-6: The Deutsche Bank PhotoTAN app doesn't work, rendering the phone useless. You throw it in the bucket of shame with the other Linux phones.</li><li>7-14: Several important apps don't work and you have to find terrible workarounds. Many things suck. You struggle on out of bloody-mindedness. At least you have a decent terminal.</li><li>15-19: It is actually an adequate replacement for your iPhone.</li><li>20: It is actually an adequate replacement for your Nokia <a href="https://friendica.exon.name/search?tag=N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a>.</li></ul>
Macer<p>so does this whole thing with <a href="https://social.macer.life/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> mean we will finally be getting a fully functional <a href="https://social.macer.life/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> phone that doesn't suck? it would be great if fxtec started selling phones again. the last legitimate linux phone was the nokia <a href="https://social.macer.life/tags/n900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n900</span></a> running <a href="https://social.macer.life/tags/maemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maemo</span></a> and i really wish we could get back to those days.</p>
David Heidelberg<p>Needed to relax a bit, so I rewrote the coil device tree binding for the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a>... A weird way to relax. Wish my N900 were still working. <a href="https://patchwork.linuxtv.org/project/linux-media/patch/20250209203940.159088-1-david@ixit.cz/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">patchwork.linuxtv.org/project/</span><span class="invisible">linux-media/patch/20250209203940.159088-1-david@ixit.cz/</span></a></p>
T_X<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@jz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jz</span></a></span> oh, had been eyeing the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/pinephone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pinephone</span></a>, too, how satisfied are you with it, would you get it again? As an old <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a> user I find the keyboard accessory nice and found the LoRa addon very interesting. And the variety of free, mobile <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> distros / ecosystem that supposedly runs with it.<br>The other device I've otherwise been eyeing is the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a>, also because of its long software warranty and advertised <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/LineageOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LineageOS</span></a> support.</p>
Pavel Machek<span class="h-card"><a class="u-url mention" href="https://ma.fellr.net/@fell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fell</span></a></span> Xfce should be usable on <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/n900" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#N900</a>. But you should really take a look at Maemo Leste, you get working system for little effort. <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/maemo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Maemo</a>, <a class="hashtag" href="https://social.kernel.org/tag/maemoleste" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MaemoLeste</a>, I guess?
dorotaC<p>Thank you <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@fosdem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fosdem</span></a></span> for keeping the Pentabarf XML format of the schedule!</p><p>I'm still using ConfClerk on the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a> .<br>I hope one day <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/LinuxMobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMobile</span></a> phones will become pocket sized and only need charging every 5 days, but until then, I'm only carrying my museum piece.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/FOSDEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSDEM</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/fosdem2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fosdem2025</span></a></p>
httpster<p>Nokia <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a> lanserades den 11e november 2009 och var en av de allra sista Linux-telefonerna som kom ut med fullt QWERTY-tangentbord.</p><p>Jag firar 15-åringen med att uppdatera Maemo Leste, kickar igång Frotz och spelar lite textäventyr i soffan.</p><p>Påminns om att jag måste köpa nytt batteri och försöka hitta en stylus.</p>
Alexander Goeres 𒀯that was a nice phone! and a nice computer!<br><br>#<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=nokia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nokia</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=maemo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">maemo</a> #<a class="" href="https://hub.netzgemeinde.eu/search?tag=n900" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">n900</a> <br><br> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/users/danct12" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"></a><span><a href="https://fosstodon.org/users/danct12" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[danct12@fosstodon ~]$ :idle:</a> wrote the following <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@danct12/113460079356557535" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">post</a> <span class="">Sun, 10 Nov 2024 19:30:17 +0100</span></span> <br>Today is <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Nokia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nokia</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/N900" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#N900</a> 15th anniversary.<br><br>Nokia N900 was released on November 11th, 2009 and is one of the few last mobile Linux devices.<br><br>It is also the last device to be shipped with the Maemo operating system.<br><br><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mobilelinux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mobilelinux</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/maemo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maemo</a>
Andrew Flegg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@danct12" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>danct12</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nokia</span></a> did a (soft) launch party for the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a> at the BFI on the South Bank in London in September 2009.</p><p>lcuk had had a prototype, so we were able to do a cool demo: <a href="https://youtu.be/yk27PenpAz0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/yk27PenpAz0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Maemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maemo</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/MeeGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeeGo</span></a></p><p>_EDIT:_ I note wryly that Nokia's blog post about this is now on the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> website: <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2009/09/04/n900-to-appear-in-london-next-week/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blogs.windows.com/devices/2009</span><span class="invisible">/09/04/n900-to-appear-in-london-next-week/</span></a></p>
[danct12@fosstodon ~]$ :idle:<p>Today is <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nokia</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a> 15th anniversary.</p><p>Nokia N900 was released on November 11th, 2009 and is one of the few last mobile Linux devices.</p><p>It is also the last device to be shipped with the Maemo operating system.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/mobilelinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mobilelinux</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/maemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maemo</span></a></p>
Reto 🫕 🇺🇦 🫕<p>Ja, das <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nokia</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a> habe ich wirklich geliebt. Das Teil mit neuer Hardware würde ich sofort wieder kaufen.</p><p><a href="https://www.golem.de/news/nokia-n900-das-multitasking-smartphone-mit-linux-2411-181759.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">golem.de/news/nokia-n900-das-m</span><span class="invisible">ultitasking-smartphone-mit-linux-2411-181759.html</span></a></p><p>Der Werbespot ist mir neu - glaube ich hätte gerne damals bei Nokia gearbeitet.</p><p>Spot: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PGMp4rIAY0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=5PGMp4rIAY</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Nostalgie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nostalgie</span></a> #</p>
ralf tauscher :FreiburgSocial:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bonn.social/@Sascha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Sascha</span></a></span> wer hat noch alles ein <a href="https://freiburg.social/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a> zuhause?</p>
Alex<p>Wow, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/postmarketos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postmarketos</span></a> feels right at home on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nokia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/n900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n900</span></a> with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/i3wm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>i3wm</span></a>. Performance is amazing and overall it’s very useable. No graphical browser though (as in it works, but way too slow) but didn’t expect that anyway.</p>
Alexander Shendi<p>Another piece of hardware:</p><p><a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/n900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n900</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/nokia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nokia</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/phone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>phone</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/maemo5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maemo5</span></a><br><a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/pda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pda</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a> <a href="https://rollenspiel.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a></p><p>/cc <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@inlovewithpda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>inlovewithpda</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@thelastpsion" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thelastpsion</span></a></span></p>
Andrés<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rebel.ar/@soldan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>soldan</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://rebel.ar/@cybercirujas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>cybercirujas</span></a></span> Thank you for this! Do you think this will work for a phone blocked by pin? Muchas gracias por la guia! Crees que funcionará para un telefono bloqueado por pi? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/n900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n900</span></a></p>
Matt Lewis<p>I've just released v0.3.3 of Pygenda - my WIP <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Psion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Psion</span></a>-inspired agenda app for keyboard-equipped mobile linux devices. Main change is to move to more modern packaging, which should mean less fiddly installation &amp; less work for me. So in theory a good time to try it out.</p><p>Source/docs: <a href="https://github.com/semiprime/pygenda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/semiprime/pygenda</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Video I always share of Pygenda on a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GeminiPDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GeminiPDA</span></a>: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvQqFmlZ6nM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=uvQqFmlZ6n</span><span class="invisible">M</span></a></p><p>Devices it should fit: <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PinePhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PinePhone</span></a>+keyboard, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GPD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPD</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pro1x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pro1x</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/n900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>n900</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Zaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zaurus</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CosmoCommunicator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CosmoCommunicator</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/LinuxMobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LinuxMobile</span></a></p>
Pixel Purrito<p>Of course, people <em>want</em> to run <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/9front" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>9front</span></a> in their <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a> <br>Proof: <a href="https://shithub.us/foura/n900/HEAD/info.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shithub.us/foura/n900/HEAD/inf</span><span class="invisible">o.html</span></a></p>
txt.file<p>Ausnahmen gibt es natürlich. Zum Beispiel die wikipedia-relevant schlechte microUSB Buchse vom Nokia <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/N900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>N900</span></a>.</p>
sous-ex, flou, et bougé<p></p> <p>խցիկ՝ <a class="hashtag" href="https://xn--49ap3c.xn--y9a3aq/streams/tag/n900/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#n900</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://xn--49ap3c.xn--y9a3aq/streams/tag/fcamera/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fcamera</a></p> <p><a class="hashtag" href="https://xn--49ap3c.xn--y9a3aq/streams/tag/%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A5%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%B6/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#երեւան</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://xn--49ap3c.xn--y9a3aq/streams/tag/yerevan/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yerevan</a></p>