Linux on Android smartphones 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
Linux on Android smartphones 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
Ubuntu Touch Xiaomi Redmi 4X receives unofficial Ubuntu Touch release Despite all the work on "pure" Linux distributions for smartphones in 2020, Ubuntu Touch is likely still the safest choice for most devices, and the only one ready for complete
postmarketOS Running Linux on your smartphone: everything you need to know in 2020 One of the main issues with modern smartphones is the extremely short lifespan of this category of devices, which makes even high-end ones painfully slow within years. In fact, studies
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
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
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
