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 	"description":"Wayland screen locker for mobile devices",
 	"state":"experimental"
 }
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+Using Linux on smartphones becomes more and more realistic. An excellent place
+to get software, documentation and new contacts is the
+[postmarketOS](https://postmarketos.org/) distribution. Mind especially the
+[devices page](https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices) where I found the
+[OnePlus 6](https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/OnePlus_6_(oneplus-enchilada))
+from 2018 I am currently using.
+
+Since using a desktop like Gnome or a window manager like Sway is not a lot of
+fun on a mobile device, you need a proper user interface. postmarketOS has a
+wiki page about suitable [user
+interfaces](https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Category:Interface). My personal
+preference is [Sxmo](https://sxmo.org/) based on the tiling window manager
+[Sway](https://swaywm.org/) and Wayland.
+
+While Sxmo works great for me it has currently no screen locker. The default
+screen locker for Sway is [swaylock](https://github.com/swaywm/swaylock) which
+is developed for desktop environments with a keyboard only. This does not work
+well on a phone with a virtual keyboard.
+
+Since I do not want to leave my primary phone without a screen locker it is
+time to write one! Furthermore this is an opportunity to learn about the
+Wayland protocol and the [Cairo](https://www.cairographics.org/) graphics
+library.