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Compass

This is a proof of concept of a simple compass app for Mobile Linux. Source

Description

Currently supported devices:

  • Pine64 Pinephone v1.0, v1.1, v1.2 (LIS3MDL magnetometer)
  • Pine64 Pinephone v1.2b (AF8133J magnetometer)
  • Pine64 Pinephone Pro (AF8133J magnetometer, requires Megi's kernel>=6.3 for the correct mount-matrix)
  • Purism Librem 5 (LSM9DS1 magnetometer)

Known issues:

  • AF8133J is not currently recognized in pmOS

Source

Notice

Works great after calibration!

Project links: Links to (pages with) screenshots:

Rating

Mobile Fit: 5

Perfect - this app fits your phone screen just fine out of the box and works nicely with touch input!

Project status: released

This project has been developed so far, that its authors felt confident enough to create a release.

The project repository was created on 2021-06-20.

The last known commit happened on 2023-04-14.

Please note: This information is not updated continuously. This particular listing was last updated on 2024-10-12

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Build and install your own flatpak: https://gitlab.com/lgtrombetta/compass/-/raw/main/com.gitlab.lgtrombetta.Compass.json

If you're lucky*, you can install this app by just hitting this button:

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* You need to have an appstream:// handler, e.g., GNOME Software or KDE Discover, installed and the app needs to be available in a configured software repository, more details.

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Licensing and technical details

License: GPL-3.0-or-later Metadata: CC0-1.0

Frameworks: GTK3 libhandy

Programming languages: Python

Build system: meson

AppStream Metadata URL: https://gitlab.com/lgtrombetta/compass/-/raw/main/data/com.gitlab.lgtrombetta.Compass.appdata.xml.in