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⚡ WhatsApp and Anbox: the most popular messaging app now runs on Linux phones

As seen in several previous [https://tuxphones.com/purism-librem-5-run-android-apps-anbox-linux-fdroid/] articles [https://tuxphones.com/postmarketos-linux-gets-anbox-android-app-support/], almost all tuxphone-oriented distributions are actively working on supporting the Anbox abstraction layer in order to integrate Android apps quasi-natively with Linux ones. With Ubuntu Touch, postmarketOS, PureOS and Mobian supporting it, the project is getting

Using a Google Nexus 5 as a Linux phone, in 2020

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 like the Nokia N900. However, specifications increased very quickly in the subsequent years (2011-2013), bringing to much faster portable devices

Large Maemo Leste update brings camera and TV output to 11-year old Nokia N900, PowerVR GPU support for Motorola Droid 4

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 advanced features one could expect on a phone, and the company even developed some essentially full-Linux smartphones with the Maemo

Xiaomi Redmi 4X receives unofficial Ubuntu Touch release

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 [https://tuxphones.com/2020-everything-running-linux-smartphone-guide/] for most devices, and the only one ready for complete daily usage on some Android handhelds [https://many.tuxphones.com/]. The relatively popular Linux distro, initially

Announcing "Can My Phone Run Linux?": listing over 200 Linux-supported 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 [https://many.tuxphones.com] in its earliest release. This web app lets you know if you are one of the (likely many) lucky owners of a smartphone that supports some kind of Linux

Official, Plasma-based "Manjaro Phone" teased on Twitter

Official, Plasma-based "Manjaro Phone" teased on Twitter

Over the last year, there has been a peak in smartphone oriented Linux distributions [https://tuxphones.com/all-linux-distributions-for-smartphones/], probably due to the huge interest in projects like Purism's Librem5 and, more recently, the entry-level PinePhone [https://tuxphones.com/pine64-pinephone-prototype-linux-smartphone-mockup-progress-design/] . Another exciting development for this new segment of Linux devices is

Xiaomi Redmi 4X might get an unofficial Ubuntu Touch porting soon

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 ahead of its time, promising convergence between desktop and mobile applications. However, after a failed Indiegogo campaign [https://www.indiegogo.