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diff --git a/content/git/phonelock.md b/content/git/phonelock.md index 6055704..731ee13 100644 --- a/content/git/phonelock.md +++ b/content/git/phonelock.md @@ -4,3 +4,27 @@ "description":"Wayland screen locker for mobile devices", "state":"experimental" } + +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. |