#37 Clayton goes full-time, v23.12, smart speakers, musl locales

postmarketOS Podcast

Clayton totally surprises us for real, with his announcement of working full-time on postmarketOS from now on. Furthermore we are super hyped about the upcoming FOSDEM 2024 (as we release this episode, only a week away!) and talk among other topics about how you could become a Trusted Contributor.

Featuring @craftyguy, @ollieparanoid, @calebccff, @pabloyoyoista (in order of appearance).

To support postmarketOS financially, especially now with Clayton working full-time:

• Check out the shiny new Open Collective page
• Read the announcement: postmarketOS needs your help!

Referenced in this episode:

• Clayton: "Today I start my new job, …
• v23.12: The One We Asked The Community To Name
• FOSDEM 2024:
  • FOSS on Mobile Devices devroom (full track listing is announced!)
  • Stands, we'll be at Linux on Mobile
• How to become a Trusted Contributor
  • Part 2
• Amazon Echo Dot 2nd gen (thanks to Ben Westover!)
  • iFixit guide
  • Rooting the Amazon Echo Dot
  • !4532: amazon-biscuit: new device
  • !49: add_mtk_header: Replace hardcoded MediaTek header labels with deviceinfo variables
  • pmbootstrap: parse.bootimg: Separate kernel and ramdisk MediaTek headers
• New maintainers for PINE64 devices (!4529, !4736)
  • Thanks to Jan Jasper de Kroon for taking over PinePhone Pro!
  • Thanks to Arnav Singh for taking over PinePhone!
  • And not in the recorded episode since it just happened a week ago, but also huge thanks to Quade Curry for taking over the PineBook Pro!
• musl: setlocale() again mailing list thread
• mrtest: allow to select multiple packages and use ranges (thanks to Petr Hodina!)

Editing by: @ollieparanoid, Music by: The Passion HiFi