postmarketOS in 2026-04: new boot splash
PostmarketOS has introduced a new boot splash screen that enhances the booting experience with visual improvements and functional upgrades. The organization has also made changes to its Contributor Support Programme, pausing it for Quarter 2 of 2026 while evaluating its funding strategy. Additionally, several contributors have made significant advancements in technical and administrative tasks across various projects.
- ▪The new boot splash screen features a logo that fades in and out, improving the visual appeal during booting.
- ▪ModemManager was upgraded to a new version, bringing stability and new features like cell broadcast.
- ▪The Contributor Support Programme will be paused for Quarter 2 of 2026 to reassess its funding strategy.
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Booting has been made more appealing by the new splash screen, which is shown above. It changes the splash by adding the three segments of the logo fading in and out, but comes with some underlying functional improvements as well. As we switched from pbsplash to Plymouth, it is now possible to press ESC (or power on phones) to get the boot log and we can finally rotate the splash screen on devices where it looks wrong otherwise. Implementing this was great teamwork by Clayton, Aster, Brady, Rob, Ferass, Hakşiye, Mirthe, bluebunny and Sicelo in !7482!In other news, ModemManager was upgraded to 1.25.95_git20260422 in edge by Achill: "Stable release will be soon (expected in a few weeks) and has been very stable for most users, while bringing new features like cell broadcast that we can…
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