Android Leftovers

• OnePlus X, OnePlus 2, & OnePlus 3/3T get AOSP Android Pie ports

• The OnePlus 6T will launch in October – on T-Mobile

• Android Messages Gets Dark Mode, Revamped Interface, and Smart Reply Feature

• Google Voice for Android gets updated w/ new icon and slight visual refresh

• Google adds Gmail Confidential Mode to Android

• Apple is rethinking the hearing aid -- and now Android is, too

• 3 ways Android apps make Chromebooks more like Windows PCs

• Sony made a pretty infographic to explain why Android updates can be so slow

• Android Circuit: New Galaxy S10 Secrets, OnePlus 6T Exposed, Google's Massive Pixel 3XL Leak

Zephyr Project Embraces RISC-V with New Members and Expanded Board Support

The Linux Foundation’s Zephyr Project, which is developing the open source Zephyr real-time operating system (RTOS) for microcontrollers, announced six new members, including RISC-V members Antmicro and SiFive. The project also announced expanded support for developer boards. Zephyr is now certified to run 100 boards spanning ARM, x86, ARC, NIOS II, XTENSA, and RISCV32 architectures. Antmicro, SiFive, and DeviceTone, which makes IoT-savvy smart clients, have signed up as Silver members, joining Oticon, runtime.io, Synopsys, and Texas Instruments. The other three new members -- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, The Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), and Northeastern University – have joined the Vancouver Hack Space as Associate members.

today's leftovers

• Ubuntu Podcast from the UK LoCo: S11E23 – Twenty-Three Tales - Ubuntu Podcast

  We’ve been upgrading RAM and tooting in the fediverse. We discuss Hollywood embracing open source, a new release of LibreOffice, pacemakers getting hacked and fax machines becoming selfaware and taking over the planet. We also round up the community news and events.

• How to install InvoicePlane on Ubuntu 18.04

• What is your favorite Linux window manager?

  While many Linux users have a strong preference for a window manager of choice, for those just making their way over from Windows or Mac, it may be hard to understand what a window manager is, or that it's even something you have a choice in. A window manager is the part of your system that dictates how individual application windows look, and how you can interact with, control, and arrange them. There are many choices, some more popular than others. Yesterday, we wished the GNOME Project a happy twenty-first birthday and launched a cheat sheet for interacting with GNOME 3's windows via hotkeys. But others are popular too; our article on "5 reasons the i3 window manager makes Linux better" was last week's most-read article.

• Elive 3.0 to be released in a month

  For those of us who have been following this stunningly beautiful distro, the 8-year waiting seems to be finally coming to an end.

 

• Android 9 Pie Digital Wellbeing: Here Is Everything You Need to Know

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