Linux Smartphone New project aims to bring Linux mobile devices back to the mainstream market A project that has recently got the attention of many FOSS journalists is the JingOS Linux distribution, coming from China and offering an explicitly "iPadOS-style" user interface according to its
postmarketOS Linux on your smartphone: everything you need to know in 2021 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
GTK Building responsive Linux mobile apps with libhandy 1.0 and Gtk3 November 2020: This tutorial is being updated to reflect the minor API and configuration changes in libhandy 1.0, which is the upcoming version. Thanks to Martin Chang (@marty188586) for
PINE64 PINE64 to launch PineCom, a cheaper, modem-free PinePhone-like PDA The first PinePhone, initially launched (more or less) as a cheaper alternative to the Librem 5, gained enormous success thanks to continuous efforts by both software developers and the team,
Flashes ⚡ Official "Fedora Mobility" project targets PinePhone (and more) After several years of inactivity, the official Fedora Mobility SIG team has been revived to work on bringing the popular Linux distro to the PinePhone in the immediate future, but also aims for expansion to other devices in the future. This interest may be
Librem5 Purism announces Android app support for the Librem 5 While the Purism Librem 5 may not be getting the same level of attention it was during its early crowdfunding phase, its developers seem to be working harder than ever
PinePhone Exploting pogo pins: PinePhone gets modular Modular phones have been hypothesized for years, with Phonebloks and Project Ara being the most popular concepts and just some shy experiments, like Fairphone 2, LG G5, Motorola Moto Z
PinePhone PinePhone adds postmarketOS CE and higher-spec'd "convergence" variants to their line-up After the PinePhone "BraveHeart" (hardware 1.1) and the first Community Edition (1.2), Pine64 has released a new revision of their popular Linux phone, as announced in their July
Linux Smartphone Linux-ready, made-in-Germany "Volla Phone" succeeds on Kickstarter Some months after a failed Kickstarter campaign with an ambitious €350k goal, German startup Volla has managed to raise more than €20k in a new campaign (still open for the
Linux Smartphone Developer gets Linux kernel booting on iPhone 7 and A10-equipped iPads Many years after the OpeniBoot/iDroid utopia that brought early Android versions to some iDevices back in 2010, a new attempt at running a Linux kernel ("mainline" 5.4.14
Linux Smartphone Yet Another Librem 5 and PinePhone comparison Let's start off with mentioning that both these new phones are great steps forward for Linux. While they will probably not beat Android and iOS in popularity, they will at
Purism First Purism Librem 5 "Birch" user reviews report good build quality and display, software still WiP Some days after the first Purism Librem 5 smartphones from the second, still developer-oriented "Birch" batch release, user reviews and videos have started appearing on the Internet. The most popular
PINE64 PinePhone "Brave Heart" early bird developer edition now available for $150 About two months after the first Purism Librem 5 batch was shipped, Pine64 has finally made the very first batch of PinePhones openly available for sale. We discussed the differences
Linux Smartphone Video shows PinePhone prototype detailed assembly and boot to Plasma Mobile Just some days after Purism released its first Librem 5 walk-through video, with the final device running its "GNOME" Phosh shell with impressive smoothness, postmarketOS developer Martijn Braam uploaded a
Librem5 First Purism Librem 5 "Aspen" batch shipped Purism's Librem 5, arguably the first modern privacy-oriented Linux smartphone, has just started shipping its early Aspen batch to their earliest users. This very early batch of Librem 5 devices
PINE64 Librem 5 vs. PinePhone: comparison of two Linux smartphones Shortly after Purism crowd-funded the Librem 5 $650 privacy-oriented Linux smartphone, Pine64 announced the PinePhone, a $150 entry level alternative with similar design, aim and specifications. So which one should
PINE64 All we know about the PinePhone: pictures, specs and release date Over the last months, PINE64/Pine Microsystems has been working hard on the PinePhone, an affordable ($150) privacy-oriented Linux smartphone. As currently available information is relatively fragmented among the PINE64
Librem5 Purism showcases Librem 5: thin bezels, GNOME apps and boot in under 15 seconds If there is a Linux smartphone that does not need any introduction, that is probably Purism's Librem 5. After a successful crowdfunding campaign launched back in 2017, which helped Purism
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 Smartphone 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 Linux smartphone by Purism, which promises total privacy
Purism Purism Librem5 modem revealed, will provide LTE and GPS support The choice of a modem was arguably the most discussed topics during the Librem5 development. After evaluating many choices and shipping development kits with SimCom SIM7100 (Qualcomm MDM9215) modules, Purism's
GNOME 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
GNOME GNOME is getting ready for next-generation Linux smartphones The GNOME Desktop Environment is, alongside KDE Plasma, probably the most supported and widely used platform for desktop Linux users. Its extremely modern and touch-supported user interface is nowadays the
