Luca Weiss

Android & Linux Kernel Engineer @Fairphone // Open Source & Linux // #GoVegan 🌱

Website: https://lucaweiss.eu
GitHub: https://github.com/z3ntu
Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/lucaweiss

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2026-06-08 18:27:46 UTC

In less than two weeks I'll be joining Night of the refugees in the Netherlands to walk 50 kilometers to raise money for refugees!
Please donate if you can <3
https://www.nachtvandevluchteling.nl/fundraisers/luca-weiss-2026
#NVDV26
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2026-05-29 11:41:41 UTC

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AFAIK you can change this for your account somewhere in the settings

2026-05-28 08:18:48 UTC

[@pabloyoyoista](https://social.treehouse.systems/@pabloyoyoista ) from postmarketOS is now talking about the distributed phone CI that is being worked on for postmarketOS!
#EmbeddedRecipes2026 #postmarketOS #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile
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2026-05-23 12:29:28 UTC

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Ui da hast du aber ein älteres Video ausgegraben. Sollte aber denke ich noch soweit relevant sein

2026-05-18 12:51:08 UTC

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You need to use "pmbootstrap install" with the "--fde" flag. You cannot use prebuilt images as they can't be encrypted in-place.

2026-05-18 12:46:12 UTC

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As written there, Firefox does not support WebUSB, so no. You cannot use Firefox to flash postmarketOS.
You can use any other flashing method though, command line, UBports installer and so.

2026-05-07 06:27:13 UTC

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What if adding more printf makes less printf appear 🤔
I had that a few days ago debugging Qualcomm bootloader bits

2026-05-02 16:45:28 UTC

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Great to hear, thanks for trying it out!
For SIM card I guess this should help: https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/pmaports/-/merge_requests/8428

2026-05-01 10:23:55 UTC

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Duits is ook geen echte taal!

2026-04-28 19:10:16 UTC

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See https://fosstodon.org/@z3ntu/116478786631329567
#note19h2…9r3c

2026-04-28 15:47:21 UTC

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Because Ubuntu Touch doesn't yet support Fairphone (Gen. 6).
It's just that you can use the UBports installer to install postmarketOS which is a completely different operating system.

2026-04-27 21:27:15 UTC

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There's no audio support at all yet, so no phone calls for sure. See https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairphone-fp6) for all the info.

2026-04-27 21:25:28 UTC

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Zeker langer, ik denk bij de 40km was ik al altijd ongeveer 10 uur mee bezig met pauzes, maar ik had ook nooit haast wat ook fijn is bij Nacht van de vluchteling.

2026-04-27 18:52:25 UTC

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The last couple of years I've always walked 40 km during Night of the Refugee (Nacht van de vluchteling). This year there is a special 50 km route, due to Stichting Vluchteling existing for 50 years. Definitely a challenge since 40 km is already quite long, but I'm confident I will succeed 😊
I'd really appreciate you donating via the link above to raise funds!
#NVDV26
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2026-04-27 18:47:06 UTC

On World Refugee Day, I will be taking part in the Night of the Refugee in the Netherlands. Together with thousands of others, I will walk 50 kilometers in support of people forced to flee.
I’m raising money for emergency aid worldwide, such as clean drinking water and medical care.
Will you support me? Every contribution makes a difference. Or sign up yourself and take action too. 💛
https://www.nachtvandevluchteling.nl/fundraisers/luca-weiss-2026
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2026-04-22 22:26:23 UTC

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To be honest I'm super happy not having to think about exactly what you're writing about, because other people are taking care of it (like you). Sure, kernel dev is fun but a kernel does little without functional user space!

2026-04-22 08:50:04 UTC

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Fairly sure [@cas](https://social.treehouse.systems/@cas ) is also aware of this, this happens on multiple Qualcomm based devices. Could also be due to some code in XBL, I wouldn't 100% blame ABL

2026-04-21 18:39:44 UTC

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Definitely not feature complete yet, check the postmarketOS wiki page for details :)

2026-04-18 10:23:46 UTC

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**Update:** the UBports installer config has been merged so it should be available now with any recent version of the installer!
https://github.com/ubports/installer-configs/pull/307

2026-04-18 10:22:38 UTC

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Some basic level of usability is there, you can see https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Fairphone_(Gen._6)_(fairphone-fp6) for the list of features that work or not work.
Most significantly audio and camera do not work at all yet.

2026-04-17 14:09:35 UTC

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The ADSP firmware seems to require write support via these fastrpc protocols, otherwise it just refuses to work. If you have some other ideas, feel free to try them!
For audio, some basics are already in the kernel branch, but for actual speaker support I've been working in this branch but it's not working yet with the amplifier not initializing correctly https://github.com/z3ntu/linux/tree/milos-6.19.y-wip-speaker
You'll also need something like https://github.com/z3ntu/audioreach-topology/commits/fp6/ The UCM is super basic, don't think I pushed this yet

2026-04-17 14:05:41 UTC

An easy way to install #postmarketOS on the #Fairphone (Gen. 6), with the UBports installer and the postmarketOS web flasher!
The UBports installer config is currently under review, and the postmarketOS web flasher support for Fairphone (Gen. 6) is already live at https://flash.postmarketos.org/ Enjoy!
#MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #FP6
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2026-04-13 08:23:44 UTC

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Yep, with https://github.com/linux-msm/hexagonrpc/pull/21 it seems to be functional, but this PR will surely need some more work to be ready to be integrated into hexagonrpc.

2026-04-07 12:49:32 UTC

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So in short: only Fairphone 3(+) so far, Fairphone 4, 5 and Gen. 6 do not have NFC support in the kernel yet. But there now being an end-user usable way of at least reading NFC tags, there may be some more motivation now (though it's still quite low as there's way more important features that need to be worked on) :)

2026-03-13 16:12:20 UTC

Front camera enablement for Fairphone 5: sent upstream ✅
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arm-msm/20260313-fp5-s5kjn1-v1-0-fa4f1c727318@fairphone.com/
Vladimir Zapolskiy developed and submitted the actual S5KJN1 driver upstream (for a different device), so just some dts additions were left for me :)
#LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #Fairphone

2026-01-31 19:20:49 UTC

My #FOSDEM talk recording from today is already public! Check it out in case you missed the talk (or didn't get into the room because it was packed full)
Edit: not fully available yet as of 20:29, check back a bit later :)
https://video.fosdem.org/2026/ub4132/ZNAAZX-mainline_kernel_for_fairphones_-_2026_update.mp4
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/ZNAAZX-mainline_kernel_for_fairphones_-_2026_update/
#postmarketOS #Fairphone #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux

2025-10-29 21:45:58 UTC

Well, I'm on a camera bringup streak it seems! 🚀
As of tonight the Fairphone 3 cameras (front and rear) are working on postmarketOS with mainline Linux!
And if you saw, only last week I got the Fairphone 4 cameras to work.
A bright future is ahead for mobile Linux! 📸
(Brought to you by a night train 🚂)
#postmarketOS #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #libcamera #Fairphone #Fairphone3
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2025-10-24 14:55:17 UTC

Camera support on Fairphone 4 with postmarketOS is coming to you very soon!
All 3 cameras are supported, main rear camera, ultra-wide camera and front camera.
And all with a completely open source software stack of course!
#postmarketOS #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #libcamera #Fairphone #Fairphone4 #Cat #Caturday
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2025-09-07 21:24:19 UTC

Evening vibes in the Berlin metro with @npub1r2h…ajkt
#ShotOnPostmarketOS #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #postmarketOS #ShotOnFairphone5 #ShotOnFairphone #Akademy #Akademy2025
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2025-08-12 00:17:33 UTC

Late night hacking at #WHY2025: Linux and #postmarketOS on the (Qualcomm SC7280) Samsung Galaxy Book2 Go!
Huge shoutout to @npub16cx…57qw for doing the majority of the work, I was mostly a helpful rubber duck 🦆
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2025-08-11 19:22:19 UTC

Quick demo at #WHY2025: The Fairphone 5 connected to Nreal AR glasses with Phosh and postmarketOS!
Together with @npub1et6…a9a2 at the NixOS tent, he's also trying to get them working with Monado!
#Phosh #postmarketOS #MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #NixOS
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2025-08-11 17:11:20 UTC

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Is a new fixed Synapse version to be expected today? If I read https://element.io/blog/coordinated-matrix-security-update/ correctly, it's only to be released tomorrow??

2025-06-25 09:28:26 UTC

I'm super happy to share, that the #Fairphone (Gen. 6) was just announced, and we've been able to already publish a lot of code for it!
* #postmarketOS support is submitted
* 59(!) patches were sent to bring up upstream #Linux on the SM7635 SoC and enable the device.
* The stock Android source code is public on code.fairphone.com
This has been a lot of work over the last couple of months so it's awesome to finally be able to share it!
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2025-06-05 19:54:30 UTC

The talk from me at Linaro Connect last month is now available on my YouTube channel, with subtitles as always!
https://youtu.be/xR-PlOlWRz8
#LIS25 #LinaroConnect

2025-05-21 10:58:24 UTC

CFP for #FrOSCon: ✅
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2025-05-18 13:44:54 UTC

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And already the talk recording for my talk from Thuesday "Making Android phones Last" at Linaro Connect is published!
https://resources.linaro.org/en/resource/tSoFTmuxMgx5hv9xWJPVV5
I'll also soon put it up on my YouTube channel with manually corrected subtitles!
@npub176z…wsa6 #LIS25 #LinaroConnect

2025-04-29 21:18:11 UTC

#RazerGenie 1.3.0 is out!
While it's mostly just a release switching over to Qt6, it's also got some good quality of life improvements for DPI configuration and we've added a reference for input-remapper so that you know what to use for key remapping, macros, etc!
https://github.com/z3ntu/RazerGenie/releases/tag/v1.3.0
#OpenRazer #Linux

2025-04-09 15:23:40 UTC

Version 0.2 of my eSIM Manager app is out!
We've got significant UI improvements alongside many other additions such as an app icon, providing environment variables for lpac via the command line, error handling, eUICC 'notification' handling, viewing of eUICC chip info and appstream metainfo data!
https://codeberg.org/lucaweiss/lpa-gtk/releases/tag/0.2
#eSIM #eUICC #LinuxMobile #MobileLinux #postmarketOS
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2025-03-12 16:04:04 UTC

My talk "Making Android phones Last" for #LinaroConnect 2025 has been accepted!
Thursday, 15 May 12:30 - 12:55 (WEST/UTC+1), on location in Lisbon, Portugal (but at least the recording should be available afterwards, not sure if a live stream will be available for free)
https://www.kitefor.events/events/linaro-connect-2025/submissions/323
@npub176z…wsa6 #LIS25

2025-02-10 09:45:39 UTC

And #Fairphone is also now finally no longer active on ex-Twitter!
Just a bit sad that Mastodon doesn't seem to be in the picture. Seems Mastodon is not a great place for corporate social media, which maybe even is a good thing to keep it more human-centered.
(source: https://x.com/Fairphone/status/1888883732137787618)
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2025-02-08 10:57:02 UTC

And my talk from #FOSDEM 2025 titled "Kernel support for Mobile Linux: The missing 20%" is now live on my YouTube channel! Of course with subtitles like all the talks on my channel.
Hope you enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdHPwc9RRJY
#MobileLinux #LinuxMobile #postmarketOS #Fairphone

2025-02-04 22:59:08 UTC

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review: definitely an artsy film, retro aesthetics and maybe I'll understand it after some days of it sitting in my mind. Definitely not for someone without an attention span

2025-02-03 19:39:03 UTC

The recording of #FOSDEM talk about the missing 20% in Mobile Linux is live! Check it out now! https://video.fosdem.org/2025/h2214/fosdem-2025-4836-kernel-support-for-mobile-linux-the-missing-20-.av1.webm
If you're looking for subtitles, I hope to write them in the next weeks and have the video public on my YouTube channel with them soon!

2024-12-15 15:03:16 UTC

See you soon at #FOSDEM!
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2024-11-22 10:49:47 UTC

#FOSDEM proposal: ✅
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2024-11-18 20:47:10 UTC

Coming soon to a #Fairphone 5 running @npub1vnu…8mqn near you!
#LinuxMobile #MainlineLinux
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2024-11-11 20:52:27 UTC

Just learned of this website for European alternatives to well-known services such as Gmail. Really awesome to see that!
https://european-alternatives.eu/

2024-11-10 18:25:47 UTC

I've just released #RazerGenie 1.2.0!
With it comes an improved main UI layout, many new features and new and updated translations, including Bulgarian and Esperanto!
https://github.com/z3ntu/RazerGenie/releases/tag/v1.2.0

2024-08-20 20:47:35 UTC

My talk "eSIM management on Qualcomm phones" from Sunday at #FrOSCon is now subtitled and ready to watch on my YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8WyIrwg14E
I hope you enjoy and learn something!
#FrOSCon19 #FrOSCon2024

2024-08-18 20:58:56 UTC

Finally finished up a blog post about my website & blog being available over the #Gemini protocol, which I've enabled in January this year.
https://lucaweiss.eu/post/2024-08-18-blog-gemini/
Or: gemini://lucaweiss.eu/post/2024-08-18-blog-gemini/

2024-08-17 22:38:02 UTC

👀
[ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
[ 0.000000] Linux version 6.10.3-dirty (luca@otso) (arm-none-eabi-gcc (Arch Repository) 14.1.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.42) #163 SMP Sun Aug 18 00:34:15 CEST 2024
[ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [410fd041] revision 1 (ARMv7), cr=10c5383d
[...]
[ 0.000000] OF: fdt: Machine model: Xiaomi Mi Smart Clock
@npub1f36…pk0l #FrOSCon19 #FrOSCon

2024-08-11 17:21:15 UTC

I've finished up writing subtitles for my second talk earlier this year at #FOSDEM. You can watch it now with subtitles on my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RkM34IJIig (or watch it on the FOSDEM website where it's been available since February)
#FOSDEM2024