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= Fedora Mobility =
= Fedora Mobility =


Fedora Mobility is a group of Fedora contributors that are interested in Fedora on small devices. Initially aimed at supporting NetBooks, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and tablets, it could over time be expanded to also cover things such as Set Top Boxes (STBs), connected TVs and other devices.
Fedora Mobility SIG is a group of contributors that are interested in running Fedora on portable devices such as phones and tablets. The revitalised SIG relaunched when open phone and tablet devices started to become available such as the  [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/PinePhone Pine64 Pinephone].


== Mission ==
== Mission ==


Fedora Mobility is a group of Fedora contributors that are interested in Fedora on small devices. Initially aimed at ensuring that the hardware used in devices such as Netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) work out of the box with Fedora. It could also be used to produce various spins for Gnome Mobile development, the MeeGo™ project, KDE Plasma etc
Fedora Mobility is aiming to eventually create an official Fedora spin to run on mobile phones, tablets and other similar portable battery powered devices. Initial focus is on the PinePhone, but we hope to support other smartphones such as the Librem 5. The aim is to get a stable, open source Phone platform that can be used as a daily driver, with full upstream software.


== Current Status ==
== Meetings ==


Fedora Mobility is moving forward. We now incorporate the MeeGo™ NetBook UX and Sugar user interfaces in two official Fedora Spins.  
Meetings are 16:30 UTC on #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net on the second Monday of each month. See: [https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/sresults/?group_id=fedora_mobility_sig&type=team]
* The stock Fedora works well on most netbooks
* Fedora 13 includes two official Fedora Mobility Spins
* The dependency reduction is an ongoing project and always will be.


== Official Fedora Mobility Spins for Fedora 13 ==
== Communication ==


* [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/moblin/ Moblin 2.1]
We communicate in the usual [[Communicate| Fedora channels]].
* [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/ Sugar on a Stick]
* [irc://chat.freenode.net/#fedora-phone #fedora-phone] on Freenode - It's also bridged to [https://t.me/fedoraphone Telegram] and [https://matrix.to/#/#fedora-mobile:matrix.org Matrix]).
* We use the arm mailing list [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm subscribe to here].


== Approved Fedora Mobility Spins for Fedora 14 ==
== Getting Help and Getting Involved ==


* [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/netbook/ Fedora NetBook spin]
The effort is still quite early on, quite a bit of the phosh desktop is in place and we're working to get a Fedora Remix for Fedora 34 which will have a regular image generated soon. There's a number of ways you can get involved and help out:
* [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/soas/ Sugar on a Stick]
* '''Packagers:''' There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged for Fedora. You can find a list of things we need to package on [https://pagure.io/fedora-mobility/issues Fedora Mobility issue tracker]. Or of course you can contribute by packaging them yourself.
* '''Reviewers:''' People able to do [[Packaging/ReviewGuidelines| package reviews]] can find a list of packages currently needing review in the [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817424 Tracker Bug].
* '''Testers:''' If you have a small device and use Fedora on it, file bugs and add them as a blocker for the Fedora Mobility [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817424 Tracker Bug].
* '''Bugs:''' Become a [[BugZappers| BugZapper]] and help us with Fedora Mobility related bugs.
* '''Hardware Enablement:''' If you have the skills to work with low level early firmware, kernel and related components there's a need for assistance for device bring up, kernel development, debug and fixes to get support upstream and fix issues with hardware.
* '''Software Develment:''' Fixes, features, mobile applications, improvement to existing Fedora applications to better run on phones and tablets.


== To the future and beyond ==
== Current Status ==
 
Moving forward Fedora Mobility will continue to support and run the latest Sugar interface. We have some OLPC XO-1s and XO-1.5s and are working to see what is required to get the XO-1 and the XO 1.5 fully supported in vanilla Fedora.
 
We're reviewing the MeeGo™ NetBook UX with the intention of including the MeeGo™ NetBook UX into a future release of Fedora replacing the current Moblin™ UX. This should be initially completed for Fedora 14.
 
The KDE team are working with Fedora Mobility to support the KDE Plasma NetBook interface for Fedora 14.
 
ARM platform support is also on the agenda but that needs more investigation. With the introduction of ARM based SmartBooks and Tablets it will become and important platform for Fedora Mobility and Fedora in general.


Other ideas for the Fedora Mobility project include support for more embedded architectures as well as Spins or Remixes for MIDS or Set Top Boxes such as a Moovida Media Centre spin.
Fedora Mobility has a reasonable amount of mobile focused packages available in Fedora Rawhide. Packages groups include:
* A functional touch desktop environment, phosh.
* A compatible touchscreen keyboard, squeekboard.
* A Calling application for making/receiving phone calls, [https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/calls Calls]
* Numerous other Fedora applications such as Calendar, Maps, Contacts etc


== Getting help and getting involved ==
Fedora recently added support for building aarch64 FlatPaks so we'll be looking at what applications can be packaged as FlatPaks to make them easily consumable.


At the moment Fedora Mobility is primarily maintained by two people. They are [[User:Pbrobinson|Peter Robinson]] and [[User:Sdz|Sebastian Dziallas]]. We need more help!
== Supported devices ==
The list of devices we're planning to initially support are as follows:
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/PinePhone Pine64 Pinephone]
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/PineTab Pine64 Pinetab]
* [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/Librem5 Purism Librem 5]


We have a couple of communications channels as well as the usual [[Communicate| Fedora channels]]. We have a mailing list which you can [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/mini subscribe to here] and there's a dedicated IRC channel on Freenode: [irc://chat.freenode.net/#fedora-mobility #fedora-mobility].
We will review other devices as opportunity and interest arises, if you're capable and interested in adding support for other devices do reach out or file a RFE in the [https://pagure.io/fedora-mobility/issues Fedora Mobility issue tracker] with details of how you can assist in adding support for the new device.


If you have no idea how to help us, here are some proposals where we need help:
== Reporting Bugs ==
* '''Packagers:''' There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged for Fedora. Package it to improve the user experience.
We have a few different places to report bugs and request features:
* '''Reviewers:''' Only a few people are doing reviews. [[Packaging/ReviewGuidelines| Help us with reviews]] so that more packages could be included.
* For bugs in packages we use the [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/enter_bug.cgi?classification=Fedora Fedora package bugzilla]. Please add the [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1817424 Tracker Bug] as a blocking bug to the bug report so we're aware the issue relates to Mobility.
* '''Testers:''' If you have a small device and use Fedora on it file bugs and add them as a blocker for the Fedora Mobility [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462851 Tracker Bug]
* For issues with the images, new package requests or RFEs we use the [https://pagure.io/fedora-mobility/issues Fedora Mobility issue tracker].
* '''Bugs:''' Become a [[BugZappers| BugZapper]] and help us with Fedora Mobility related bugs.


== Related Fedora projects ==
== Related Fedora projects ==


* The [[Architectures/ARM|ARM]] secondary architecture project.
* The [[Architectures/ARM|ARM]] architecture project.
 
== Devices ==
 
An overview of the hardware found in the various Netbook/Nettop devices can be found on the [[SIGs/FedoraMini/Hardware| Hardware]] page.
 
Some of the devices include:
* [[Netbooks]]
** [[Acer Aspire One]]
** [[Dell Inspiron Mini 9]]
** [[Eee PC]]
* [[Fit-PC]]
* [[OLPC]] XO-1 and XO-1.5
 
== Links ==
 
The upstream projects of interest to Fedora Mobility include<br>
The upstream sugar related projects:
* [http://www.sugarlabs.org/ Sugar Labs]
* [http://www.laptop.org/ One Laptop Per Child]
 
Netbook releated projects:
* [http://www.moblin.org Moblin website]
* [http://www.meego.com MeeGo website]
 
Other related projects:
* [http://www.gnome.org/mobile/ GNOME Mobile]


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[[Category:Fedora special-interest groups]]

Revision as of 13:17, 15 December 2020

Fedora Mobility

Fedora Mobility SIG is a group of contributors that are interested in running Fedora on portable devices such as phones and tablets. The revitalised SIG relaunched when open phone and tablet devices started to become available such as the Pine64 Pinephone.

Mission

Fedora Mobility is aiming to eventually create an official Fedora spin to run on mobile phones, tablets and other similar portable battery powered devices. Initial focus is on the PinePhone, but we hope to support other smartphones such as the Librem 5. The aim is to get a stable, open source Phone platform that can be used as a daily driver, with full upstream software.

Meetings

Meetings are 16:30 UTC on #fedora-meeting on irc.freenode.net on the second Monday of each month. See: [1]

Communication

We communicate in the usual Fedora channels.

Getting Help and Getting Involved

The effort is still quite early on, quite a bit of the phosh desktop is in place and we're working to get a Fedora Remix for Fedora 34 which will have a regular image generated soon. There's a number of ways you can get involved and help out:

  • Packagers: There are so many interesting packages that are not yet packaged for Fedora. You can find a list of things we need to package on Fedora Mobility issue tracker. Or of course you can contribute by packaging them yourself.
  • Reviewers: People able to do package reviews can find a list of packages currently needing review in the Tracker Bug.
  • Testers: If you have a small device and use Fedora on it, file bugs and add them as a blocker for the Fedora Mobility Tracker Bug.
  • Bugs: Become a BugZapper and help us with Fedora Mobility related bugs.
  • Hardware Enablement: If you have the skills to work with low level early firmware, kernel and related components there's a need for assistance for device bring up, kernel development, debug and fixes to get support upstream and fix issues with hardware.
  • Software Develment: Fixes, features, mobile applications, improvement to existing Fedora applications to better run on phones and tablets.

Current Status

Fedora Mobility has a reasonable amount of mobile focused packages available in Fedora Rawhide. Packages groups include:

  • A functional touch desktop environment, phosh.
  • A compatible touchscreen keyboard, squeekboard.
  • A Calling application for making/receiving phone calls, Calls
  • Numerous other Fedora applications such as Calendar, Maps, Contacts etc

Fedora recently added support for building aarch64 FlatPaks so we'll be looking at what applications can be packaged as FlatPaks to make them easily consumable.

Supported devices

The list of devices we're planning to initially support are as follows:

We will review other devices as opportunity and interest arises, if you're capable and interested in adding support for other devices do reach out or file a RFE in the Fedora Mobility issue tracker with details of how you can assist in adding support for the new device.

Reporting Bugs

We have a few different places to report bugs and request features:

Related Fedora projects

  • The ARM architecture project.