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An unexpected revival of Firefox OS

An unexpected revival of Firefox OS

The dream of an HTML-based operating system is nothing new, and in fact, something we have seen since the early 2000s. With the Internet exploding in popularity and complexity, it has always been tempting to think of browsers as convenient graphical renderers, and CSS as the ultimate markup language for

Linux machines that just work

Linux machines that just work

In some sense, 2022 has been resembling the long-memed Year of the Linux Desktop. Although this sounds like some cult's prophetic rubbish, by looking at the success of the Linux desktop in very empirical terms an improvement of the last couple of years becomes clearly noticeable. The Steam Deck alone

The Pine Formula

The Pine Formula

I should start by notifying readers that is a slightly old post, initially written in reaction to first Fairphone, then Pine64 announcing their "true wireless headphones" in April. In spite of this draft staying on my laptop since then, the situation has not particularly changed. Some days ago, I was

First camera samples from the PinePhone Pro revealed

First camera samples from the PinePhone Pro revealed

So far, cameras on Linux phones have been known for their extremely basic results. Lacking good sensors, premium optics, and most importantly good post-processing capabilities, the PinePhone's, extremely basic sensor cannot often offer the shots one would expect. Even on the Librem 5, which uses a somewhat better Samsung sensor,

What the new PowerVR driver means for mobile

What the new PowerVR driver means for mobile

Much to the suprise of many people, Imagination created a merge request for an open source PowerVR vulkan driver to Mesa.

Picture of the PINE64 PinePhone with the Tow-Boot installer running

Booting ARM Linux the standard way

A deeper look in the new Tow-Boot firmware project for ARM devices.

The best Linux phones you can buy right now

The best Linux phones you can buy right now

⚠️ Hi Hacker News! The devices linked in this article are not yet suitable for daily use. If you are not familiar with terminals, kernel panics, disappointing battery life, or a lack of mobile-friendly applications in general, do not take one of these devices as anything like your "daily driver" phone.