Ubuntu tried it and abandoned the project. Ubuntu’s convergence efforts did not materialize, but this has not deterred others from their convergence dreams.Ĭonvergence, in simple terms, is having the same operating system running on desktops, tablets, and smartphones. However, you may keep an eye on the postmarketOS community edition of the PinePhone if you want to purchase a smartphone that runs it. PostmarketOS is in very early phases of development, and it is most likely that you won’t be able to use it like a regular smartphone yet. PostmarketOS wants to achieve the same on the mobile platform, by tweaking Linux into a touch-optimized platform.ĭon’t get too excited. At the same time, you can run Linux on older computers easily. You probably already know that, after a few years, Android and iOS stop providing updates for older smartphones. The idea is to enable a 10-year life cycle for smartphones. PostmarketOS (pmOS for short) is a touch-optimized, pre-configured Alpine Linux with its own packages, which can be installed on smartphones. It is being actively developed, and you can even find PinePhone running on Manjaro ARM while using KDE Plasma Mobile UI if you want to get your hands on a smartphone. Plasma Mobile is the mobile version of the desktop Plasma user interface, and aims to provide convergence for KDE users. Plasma MobileĪ few years back, KDE announced its open source mobile OS, Plasma Mobile. Just to mention, the list is not in any hierarchical or chronological order. Let’s see what open source mobile operating systems are available. Top Open Source alternatives to Android (and iOS) I am going to list not one, not two, but several alternatives, Linux-based mobile OSes. So, what are the alternatives to Android? iOS? Maybe, but I am primarily interested in open-source alternatives to Android.
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Android is still an open-source project, after all.īut, due to the bundle of proprietary software that comes along with Android on consumer devices, many people don’t consider it an open source operating system. Sleep Cycle photo by Daniel Mingook Kim on Unsplash.It’s no exaggeration to say that open source operating systems rule the world of mobile devices. Calm photo by Federico Respini on Unsplash.
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