Manjaro ARM Beta17 with Phosh for PinePhone released

Manjaro ARM Beta17 with Phosh for PinePhone released. Most Gnome applications got updated to 40.5. This image is running the 5.14 kernel from Megi, which is designed for the PinePhone.

Features:

Firefox uses a dedicated configuration and plays videos on Youtube pretty well
Camera app with access to back and front camera, including autofocus
Auto-Rotate function and manual rotate
Welcome wizard for easy setup of the device
We have now a working Torch in the quick-access-menu
Prime phone functions working, including resume from deep-sleep and free speaking
Recording of audio works
Most applications got added to scale-to-fit
Haptic feedback functions are given
Optimized keyboard layout for terminal
Maps working with geolocate
Volume buttons working
Sensors fully functional
Easy access to Bluetooth, Wlan, Rotate and Mobile functions via quick settings
Default branch is arm-stable. This can be changed by editing /etc/pacman-mirrors.conf
usage of callaudiod for better audio experience with calls
This image uses a Crust enabled uboot

Changes since Beta16

Kernel is now at 5.14.12
eg25-manager is now at 0.4.1
pipewire got updated to 0.3.38
Phosh-Antispam got added, which is disabled by default. You may want to take a look at ~/.config/gnome_calls_spam_options
most Gnome applications got updated to 40.5
Mesa is now at 21.2.3
postmarketos-tweaks-app 0.8.0 gained more features
manjaro-tweaks got a workaround for a packagekit issue added and we removed some unneeded scripts
vvmplayer got fixed, so a profile switching on startup won’t happen
Calls got more SIP enhancements
Chatty has another set of polish for MMS
Firefox is now at 93.0
Numberstation got added, a Gnome Authenticator clone. This generates 2fa tokens based on secrets installed. It registers as uri-handler for otpauth:// urls so they can be added from Megapixels.
Gnome-Calendar is now adaptive
uboot got updated to 2021.10-1 and restructured and simplified
regular upstream package updates and cleanups

A detailed list of package changes can be found here

Currently broken:

GPS may not work as it should

Known issues

Chatty may crash with experimental features like MMS enabled. You may disable them via gsettings set sm.puri.Chatty experimental-features false if that is the case
UI becomes unresponsive after a while.
Doing a recording may result in noisy audio savings
Lots of apps are still missing or are not mobile friendly yet

Manjaro ARM Beta17 with Phosh for PinePhone can be downloaded from here. Manjaro users can update their system via the pamac utility.