PINE64 to launch PineCom, a cheaper, modem-free PinePhone-like PDA The first PinePhone, initially launched (more or less) as a cheaper alternative to the Librem 5, gained enormous success thanks to continuous efforts by both software developers and the team,
Using a Google Nexus 5 as a Linux phone, in 2020 One of the main objectives of Linux is to give new life to older devices, and many projects are proving this by running (somewhat) modern UIs even on ancient smartphones
Purism announces Android app support for the Librem 5 While the Purism Librem 5 may not be getting the same level of attention it was during its early crowdfunding phase, its developers seem to be working harder than ever
Exploting pogo pins: PinePhone gets modular Modular phones have been hypothesized for years, with Phonebloks and Project Ara being the most popular concepts and just some shy experiments, like Fairphone 2, LG G5, Motorola Moto Z
PinePhone adds postmarketOS CE and higher-spec'd "convergence" variants to their line-up After the PinePhone "BraveHeart" (hardware 1.1) and the first Community Edition (1.2), Pine64 has released a new revision of their popular Linux phone, as announced in their July
New CutiePi Shell "Sidekick" mode brings Linux convergence to the next level Back in 2013 or so, "convergence" was one of the most trending topics in mobile software development, taking inspiration from responsive web development and the gap between desktop and mobile
The $99 "PineTab" Linux tablet is now available for preorder Almost one year after being announced, PINE64 has finally opened preorders for the AllWinner A64-based PineTab Linux tablet. The PineTab will cost $99 to the public, or $119 with its
New "SXMO" PinePhone desktop brings a full, lightweight tiling-based experience to Linux phones In this period, PinePhone projects seem to appear faster than anything else in the Linux community, like the multi-boot PineLoader bootloader, the JumpDrive recovery system and USB flash storage emulation
postmarketOS now boots on over 200 phones and tablets In its first three years of life, postmarketOS has gotten considerable popularity over time, partly thanks to the rising interest in the field after the huge press coverage of projects
iPhone 7 boots postmarketOS, becomes the first Apple Linux smartphone [updated] Let us face it: six months ago, nobody would realistically have expected a proprietary Apple iOS device to become a Linux smartphone. However, as we have seen in the previous
Linux on iPhones gets nearer as iOS devices gain dual-boot support One month after the first signs of Linux support on several iPhones appeared, with the Linux 4.4 kernel (and Android!) finally booting on the iPhone 7 and some other
GNOME Shell is moving towards a convergent, mobile-friendly UI About a year after the first official GNOME apps received convergent user interfaces with Purism's libhandy, the most popular Linux desktop seems to be ready to take the next step:
Large Maemo Leste update brings camera and TV output to 11-year old Nokia N900, PowerVR GPU support for Motorola Droid 4 In pre-Lumia (read Microsoft) times, Nokia phones used to be extremely widespread and praised for their very durable and innovative designs. Their relatively simple interfaces included some of the most
KDE introduces "Plasma Bigscreen", a Linux desktop aimed at smart TVs In a period of quick evolution of Linux environments towards broader concepts of UI, KDE has just introduced Plasma Bigscreen, a brand new desktop environment aimed at smart TVs. This
postmarketOS gets Anbox integration, will run native Android apps Supporting Android apps to some degree has always been one of the priorities of the postmarketOS project, with Anbox support being one of the oldest issues in the project's bug
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