The postmarketOS devs released today postmarketOS 24.06 as the latest stable version of this Alpine Linux-based operating system for mobile devices and computers that introduces support for new devices and the latest versions of supported graphical interfaces.
Highlights of postmarketOS 24.06 include support for the Google Nexus 10 tablet, the Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptop, the MS Surface RT tablet, as well as generic x86_64 support allowing you to run postmarketOS on pretty much any PC or laptop, and NVIDIA Tegra ARMv7 support allowing you to use postmarketOS on a bunch of devices powered by Tegra 2/3/4 chips, such as Asus Transformer, Google Nexus 7 (2012), LG Optimus Vu, and WEXLER Tab 7t.
Based on the Alpine Linux 3.20 release, postmarketOS 24.06 also brings updated graphical interfaces, namely the latest and greatest KDE Plasma Mobile 6 and GNOME Shell on Mobile 46, the latter introducing a new scheduling manager that improves UI smoothness and support for triggering the keyboard with double-tap on the bottom bar.
For those who want to use the GNOME-based Phosh graphical interface, postmarketOS 24.06 also ships with the Phosh 0.39 release, which brings new features like folders in the app overview, better handling of devices that have a notch, the ability to select Wi-Fi networks via Quick Settings, and the ability to open the on-screen keyboard by long pressing on the bottom bar.
It also ships with the Sxmo 1.16.3 graphical interface, improving suspension control and introducing new device configurations for the Nokia N900, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, and PineTab 2 devices. All four graphical UIs come with the beautiful Meadow wallpaper.
Among other noteworthy changes, postmarketOS 24.06 adds new keyboard mappings for Chromebook devices, GPU acceleration support for the Samsung Chromebook, logbookd as the default logger, support for initramfs to export logs on boot failure, non-free firmware installed by default, the ability to install the interfaces cage when building your own images, as well as numerous improvements and bug fixes.
Check out the release announcement page for more details about the changes included in postmarketOS 24.06, which you can download from the official website for your device. Existing users running postmarketOS 23.12 should check out the official wiki on upgrading their installations to a newer postmarketOS release.
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