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Raffaele T.

JingPad A1 (DVT) review, part 1

JingPad A1 (DVT) review, part 1

> This is the first part of our JingPad A1 DVT review. For the second part, click here [https://tuxphones.com/jingpad-a1-linux-tablet-review-part-2/]. This is an interesting year for the mobile Linux world. There is a new trend of companies starting to target the consumer market with Linux devices, alongside the usual

WayDroid brings lag-free Android app integration to the OnePlus 6/6T Linux port

WayDroid brings lag-free Android app integration to the OnePlus 6/6T Linux port

The OnePlus 6 and 6T are quickly becoming among the most popular Linux phones around, thanks to near-full, stable mainline Linux support, active community and fast-evolving features. The latest improvement to be deployed by its main maintainer, Caleb Connolly, is full support, including graphical acceleration, for the popular Android compatibility

Some Kobo e-readers can now run Linux, becoming inexpensive e-ink tablets

Some Kobo e-readers can now run Linux, becoming inexpensive e-ink tablets

Attempts to run Linux distributions on e-readers like the Amazon Kindle and Rakuten Kobo series date to many years ago, when hackers initially discovered the surprising flexibility of these devices, which are usually based on mostly open hardware and lack the advanced bootloader locks found in most phones. However, proprietary

Linux tablet maker JingLing secures $10M funding, starts JingPad crowdfunding campaign

Linux tablet maker JingLing secures $10M funding, starts JingPad crowdfunding campaign

> Update 08/2021: We wrote an in-depth review of the first prototype of this Linux tablet. For our JingPad A1 DVT review, click here [https://tuxphones.com/jingos-linux-tablet-review-part-1/]. One of the projects that we often followed on our Twitter throughout the last months was Jingling's upcoming tablet and desktop environment.

postmarketOS in 2021: over 300 devices, growing technical basis and extensive "mainline" support

postmarketOS in 2021: over 300 devices, growing technical basis and extensive "mainline" support

About one month after targeting smartwatches [https://tuxphones.com/postmarketos-linux-targets-smartwatches-wearables-watch-friendly-asteroid-os-ui/] and weeks after its fourth birthday [https://postmarketos.org/blog/2021/05/26/four-years/], postmarketOS has met another crucial milestone for its vision of an entirely sustainable, 10+ year lifecycle for portable devices: the distribution can now boot, to varying

New, rugged Volla Phone X runs Android and Ubuntu

New, rugged Volla Phone X runs Android and Ubuntu

A relatively small German phone start-up, Volla, became famous in the mobile Linux community after introducing the first Volla Phone [https://tuxphones.com/made-in-germany-linux-ready-volla-phone-kickstarter/] in early 2020. After one year, a concluded Kickstarter campaign and a partnership with UBPorts Foundation for complete Ubuntu Touch support, Volla has teased a new

postmarketOS is finally coming to wearables

postmarketOS is finally coming to wearables

Almost four years after its first release, postmarketOS has just started targeting the valuable niche of smartwatches. As the upper end of these devices tends to offer near-identical hardware configurations to ARM phones, many models come either with Google's own Wear OS, or with proprietary themed and minified Android or