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New project aims to bring Linux mobile devices back to the mainstream market

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 website [https://www.jingos.com/] . However, this is just the beginning of the project. The fil rouge connecting the varied

New CutiePi Shell "Sidekick" mode brings Linux convergence to the next level

New CutiePi Shell "Sidekick" mode brings Linux convergence to the next level

Back in 2013 or so, "convergence" was one of the most trending topics in mobile software development, taking inspiration from responsive web development and the gap between desktop and mobile CPUs quickly narrowing. However, between 2015 and 2018 this trend seemed to disappear entirely, partly due to the failure of

The $99 "PineTab" Linux tablet is now available for preorder

The $99 "PineTab" Linux tablet is now available for preorder

Almost one year [https://tuxphones.com/pine64-pinetab-pinephone-linux-tablet-postmarketos/] after being announced, PINE64 has finally opened preorders for the AllWinner A64-based PineTab Linux tablet. The PineTab will cost $99 to the public, or $119 with its official keyboard + touchpad module. While this goes slightly above the predicted price of $79, justified by

$79 PineTab Linux tablet supports SATA and LTE expansions, boots postmarketOS

$79 PineTab Linux tablet supports SATA and LTE expansions, boots postmarketOS

While PINE64 has often been in the news in the last months for their PinePhone [https://tuxphones.com/tag/pinephone/], the $150 Linux smartphone (and low-cost Purism Librem 5 alternative), the same can't be said about its big brother, the PineTab [https://www.pine64.org/pinetab/]. At the modest price