Linux on Android smartphones Announcing "Can My Phone Run Linux?": listing over 200 Linux-supported smartphones It took a while, but Can My Phone Run Linux? is finally available at many.tuxphones.com in its earliest release. This web app lets you know if you are
Further Plasma Mobile improvements bring better stability, music streaming, Gtk app integration and much more In case you tried Plasma Mobile some months ago, and found it somewhat limited and unstable, chances are you will have a completely different experience by trying it now. As
KDE Improved KDE Plasma Mobile introduces "Plasma Nano" minimal shell for embedded devices KDE's Plasma Mobile project was ahead of its time when its "preview release" was announced back in 2016, about three years later than Ubuntu Touch, and had to follow a
Linux Smartphone Video shows PinePhone prototype detailed assembly and boot to Plasma Mobile Just some days after Purism released its first Librem 5 walk-through video, with the final device running its "GNOME" Phosh shell with impressive smoothness, postmarketOS developer Martijn Braam uploaded a
PINE64 PINE64 reveals PineTime technical specifications, pricing and release date Two weeks ago, the PineTime was teased on Twitter as an extremely inexpensive (~$25) open source PinePhone companion smartwatch, running FreeRTOS on a low-power ARM Cortex-M4 core. More detailed information
Librem5 First Purism Librem 5 "Aspen" batch shipped Purism's Librem 5, arguably the first modern privacy-oriented Linux smartphone, has just started shipping its early Aspen batch to their earliest users. This very early batch of Librem 5 devices
Smartwatch Meet PineTime, the official $25 PinePhone companion smartwatch UPDATE: more details on the PineTime have been released Over the last few months, the PINE64 has become one of the most discussed brands within the Linux community. Providing ultra-low
PINE64 Librem 5 vs. PinePhone: comparison of two Linux smartphones Shortly after Purism crowd-funded the Librem 5 $650 privacy-oriented Linux smartphone, Pine64 announced the PinePhone, a $150 entry level alternative with similar design, aim and specifications. So which one should
New Fairphone 3 modular, ethical smartphone is "built to last" (with a lower price tag) As we know, consumer electronics is something that could almost never be considered "ethical" nowadays. No matter what brand you choose, there are high chances that the construction of your
PINE64 All we know about the PinePhone: pictures, specs and release date Over the last months, PINE64/Pine Microsystems has been working hard on the PinePhone, an affordable ($150) privacy-oriented Linux smartphone. As currently available information is relatively fragmented among the PINE64
PineTab $79 PineTab Linux tablet supports SATA and LTE expansions, boots postmarketOS While PINE64 has often been in the news in the last months for their PinePhone, the $150 Linux smartphone (and low-cost Purism Librem 5 alternative), the same can't be said
Librem5 Purism showcases Librem 5: thin bezels, GNOME apps and boot in under 15 seconds If there is a Linux smartphone that does not need any introduction, that is probably Purism's Librem 5. After a successful crowdfunding campaign launched back in 2017, which helped Purism
postmarketOS postmarketOS Linux makes 🎂️ 2 years 🎂️: bringing over one hundred smartphones back to life It's a fact: smartphones tend to have a dramatically short lifespan, no matter the price range. While features remain more or less the same, even high-end smartphones tend to become
Manjaro Phone Official, Plasma-based "Manjaro Phone" teased on Twitter Over the last year, there has been a peak in smartphone oriented Linux distributions, probably due to the huge interest in projects like Purism's Librem5 and, more recently, the entry-level
postmarketOS Running Linux on your smartphone: everything you need to know in 2019 One of the main issues with modern smartphones is the extremely short life-span of those devices, which, unlike other kinds of computers, makes even high-end ones painfully slow within some
Linux Smartphone First prototype for PINE64 "PinePhone" Linux smartphone sports thin bezels and modern design After being announced several months ago, Pine64's inexpensive "PinePhone" Linux smartphone looks like a cheaper, entry-level alternative to the relatively popular Librem5 Linux smartphone by Purism, which promises total privacy
Linux on Android smartphones Xiaomi Redmi 4X might get an unofficial Ubuntu Touch porting soon Launched in 2013, Ubuntu Touch used to be one of the most ambitious projects by Canonical. This OS, based on Ubuntu LTS and the Unity 8 user interface, was probably
KaiOS Inexpensive, compact, powerful: the revolution of "smart feature phones" runs Linux Since the first iPhone in 2007, the whole mobile industry has moved to the "smartphone" form factor: minimal hardware keys, touch screen navigation, desktop-like Internet capabilities. However, while the revolution
Purism Purism Librem5 modem revealed, will provide LTE and GPS support The choice of a modem was arguably the most discussed topics during the Librem5 development. After evaluating many choices and shipping development kits with SimCom SIM7100 (Qualcomm MDM9215) modules, Purism's
GNOME Designing apps for Linux smartphones: a "quick start guide" by GNOME developer Tobias Bernard No matter how cool your smartphone (or its OS) is, you aren't going much further than with a feature phones unless there's a wide, good quality app ecosystem to back
GNOME GNOME is getting ready for next-generation Linux smartphones The GNOME Desktop Environment is, alongside KDE Plasma, probably the most supported and widely used platform for desktop Linux users. Its extremely modern and touch-supported user interface is nowadays the
