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The PocketReform is a made-in-Berlin Linux handheld

The PocketReform is a made-in-Berlin Linux handheld

Update 27/06/2022: The PocketReform has been officially announced! More information can be found at this page. In the last year, we have seen an unexpected revival of handheld computers (or PDAs) with hardware keyboard, all of which based on Linux: the PinePhone with its keyboard case, the GPD

Two new Linux handhelds with nostalgic vibes

Two new Linux handhelds with nostalgic vibes

Our long-time followers will know how much we love PDAs, be them Linux evergreens [https://tuxphones.com/tag/pinephone/], radical RISC-V experiments [https://tuxphones.com/bunnie-studios-precursor-open-hardware-risc-v-linux-pda-phone/] or somewhat esoteric Android/Linux hybrids [https://tuxphones.com/best-linux-phones-buying-guide-2022/#4-%E2%80%94-fxtec-pro1-x]. Not one, but two new homebrew PDAs were presented in

"CutiePi Shell" is a new, open-source UI for mobile devices

"CutiePi Shell" is a new, open-source UI for mobile devices

Mobile-oriented Linux UIs and window managers are still rare, and a fair share of them happens to be based on old technologies or look understaffed, or even abandoned. However, we might soon have a new contender in this niche: the primarily tablet and Raspberry Pi-oriented CutiePi Shell [https://github.com/

Improved KDE Plasma Mobile introduces "Plasma Nano" minimal shell for embedded devices

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 similar fate: underlooked and understaffed at first, it started getting mainstream interest in 2018 after getting a Nexus 5 port,

First prototype for PINE64 "PinePhone" Linux smartphone sports thin bezels and modern design

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 [https://tuxphones.com/purism-librem5-smartphone-gemalto-pls8-4g-lte-modem-bands-regions-speeds-gps/] Linux smartphone by Purism, which promises total privacy and a full mobile Linux experience. In fact, most of the work on Linux for smartphones

Designing apps for Linux smartphones: a "quick start guide" by GNOME developer Tobias Bernard

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 it up. As we've seen in our previous post [https://tuxphones.com/gnome-desktop-phosh-ready-for-purism-necunos-linux-smartphones/], both Purism and GNOME are actively workin