GNOME Shell on Mobile is Shaping Up Nicely

gnome shell phone concept

Of course, if you’re familiar with Linux phone development you will should of heard of (and maybe even tried) Phosh by now. This is a mobile UI associated with the GNOME project but initially spearheaded by Purism (with design by Tobias Bernard) that uses core GTK technologies and comes with a UI inspired by GNOME Shell.

A new grant from the German Ministry of Education is, GNOME developer Jonas Dressler details in a new blog post, allowing GNOME developers to manifest their mobile ambitions a touch faster.

In his overview of work to date, Dressler shares a couple of (rather impressive) real-world demos, plus concept art. He also gives us a brief glimpse at this newer, mobile-friendly GNOME Shell running on an actual Linux smartphone, namely the PinePhone Pro.

See https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/05/gnome-shell-mobile-support-is-coming-along-nicely

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