Phosh 0.47, a screen shell for mobile devices based on GNOME technology and GTK library, has been released. Originally developed by Purism as an analogue of Gnome Shell for the Librem 5 smartphone, Phosh is now one of the unofficial GNOME projects. It is used in postmarketOS, Mobian, Droidian, some firmware for Pine64 devices, and Fedora editors for smartphones. Phosh uses the composite server Phoc, which works on top of Wayland, as well as its own screen keyboard called Squeekboard. The projects are distributed under the license GPLv3+.
Among changes:
- In the system for output of notifications, a broadcasting mode of processing events associated with Wayland objects has been implemented, defined in the specification xdg-desktop-portal.
- Fixed flicker when blocking the screen with an active widget for managing multimedia content playback.
- Added a state page to quick settings, allowing users to turn on the “do not disturb” mode and quickly access popup panel settings.
- Provided an active network on the Wi-Fi state page for wireless networks with multiple access points.
- Hidden buttons to control mobile network data exchange when blocking the SIM card.
- In the PHOC composite server, added options to use the drawing engine provided in the WLROOT based on the graphic API VULKAN. Also added options “–sockt” and “-no-XWayland”.
- Added options to the PHOSH-MOBILE-SETTINGS configurator for setting and disconnecting background images. Implemented a dialogue to confirm the operation of resetting the list of selected applications. Separate volume controls for warnings, notifications, and multimedia output in the popup panel.
- Added API in Gmobile, processors for GNOME on mobile devices, to set the Wakeup Time. Support for the start/stop button on headphones for Pinephone
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