PinePhoneBoy Operating System

Linux UI customized to resemble a Fallout Pip-Boy. To be used with the PINE64 PinePhone running Arch Linux ARM, enclosed in the PinePhoneBoy harness.

Screenshots

Radio tab

Components

• sway: Window Manager
• waybar: Side panel
• termite: Terminal emulator
• mako: Notifications daemon
• mpd: Music player daemon
• xfmpc: Music player client
• mplayer: Sound effects player

Dependencies

• Sway on PinePhone
• feather icons

Install

sudo pacman -S \
  sway swaylock swayidle swaybg waybar \
  termite termite-terminfo \
  htop dialog \
  imv \
  ttf-font-awesome unicode-emoji \
  portfolio-fm \
  mplayer pavucontrol \
  xfmpc mpd mpc \
  git

git clone --recurse-submodules https://git.dejvino.cz/dejvino/PinePhoneBoyOS

cd PinePhoneBoyOS

./convert_icons.sh

sudo cp -R usr/* /usr/
sudo cp -R etc/* /etc/

mkdir -p ~/.config
cp config/* ~/.config/
cp config/.dialogrc ~/.dialogrc
cp config/.menuoptions ~/.menuoptions

sudo systemctl disable phosh || echo "Needed only if you still have phosh installed."
sudo systemctl enable --now sway
...

Virtual Keyboard (Squeekboard)

Terminal layout replaces (default) English layout:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/squeekboard/keyboards/
wget https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/squeekboard/-/raw/master/data/keyboards/terminal_wide.yaml -O ~/.local/share/squeekboard/keyboards/us_wide.yaml

Source: puri.sm

Theme

git clone https://github.com/i-mint/midnight
mkdir -p ~/.themes
cp -R midnight/Midnight* ~/.themes/
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme "Midnight-GreenNight"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences theme "Midnight-GreenNight"

git clone -b Abyss-Desktop-Theme-Icons-and-Folders https://github.com/rtlewis88/rtl88-Themes
cp -R rtl88-Themes/Abyss-ENVY-Suru ~/.icons/Abyss-ENVY
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme "Abyss-ENVY"

Bootsplash

1. Find an image you want shown during boot (see example)
2. Clone the bootsplash package, replace the image and profit!

   git clone https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch
   cd PKGBUILDS/danctnix/bootsplash-danctnix
   # change the sha256sum for danctnix.png to 'SKIP'
   vim PKGBUILD
   # download your image
   wget some-image-url -O bootsplash.jpg
   # rotate it to face the right way up
   convert bootspalsh.jpg -distort SRT -90 danctnix.png
   # install!
   makepkg -sif
   # reboot to see it during the next startup
   

DATA - Epiphany

Source: ArchWiki

Ad blocking

gsettings set org.gnome.Epiphany adblock-filters "['https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt', 'https://easylist.to/easylist/easyprivacy.txt', 'https://easylist.to/easylist/fanboy-annoyance.txt', 'https://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=1&mimetype=plaintext', 'https://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt', 'https://mirror.cedia.org.ec/malwaredomains/justdomains']"

RADIO - MPD

Packages: mpd xfmpc mpc

mkdir -p ~/.config/mpd/playlists

Notes

• make sure mpd is running user-wide and not system-wide, otherwise it can't access alsa or pulseaudio (i.e. create ~/.config/mpd/mpd.conf)