Hardware hacker bunnie Huang‘s latest project is a mobile device called Precursor. While it looks a bit like a phone or PDA, Huang describes it as a “mobile, open source electronics platform” designed for development purposes. It’s set to go up for pre-order through a Crowd Supply crowdfunding campaign soon, but Huang has published a […]
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Manjaro’s smartphone OS is making progress
The Pinephone Manjaro Community Edition smartphone is now up for for pre-order from the Pine Store, which means customers can reserve a phone that will ship with a mobile-friendly version of the popular Manjaro GNU/Linux distribution. Manjaro ARM is very much a work in progress a the moment, but the developers have been making progress, and […]
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Run Android apps on the Librem 5 with Anbox
Anbox is a tool that allows you to run Android apps on devices running a GNU/Linux-based operating system. First released in 2017, the Anbox was originally designed to bring Android apps to desktop computers. But it didn’t take long for developers to begin porting Anbox to run on Linux smartphones. It’s already possible to use […]
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PinePhone Manjaro Community Edition pre-orders begin September 17
The PinePhone may be a smartphone designed to run any operating system you care to load on it. But Pine64 has been partnering with developers to offer PinePhone Community Edition devices that come pre-loaded with a specific OS, and which have a logo for that OS on the back. Next up? The PinePhone Manjaro Community […]
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Mobian Linux is now available for the PineTab (as well as the PinePhone)
Mobian is a project that transforms the Debian GNU/Linux distribution into a mobile-friendly operating system by bundling Debian with a phone-friendly user interface and a selection of mobile apps. First launched this summer as an image that can be installed on the PinePhone, the developers of Mobian have announced that the operating system is now […]
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p-boot is a tiny, crazy fast PinePhone bootloader with multi-boot support
There’s a new bootloader available for the PinePhone, and it’s small, speedy, and has a graphical user interface that allows you to choose between different operating systems when you start up the phone. The new p-boot utility takes up less than 32KB of space and boots in less than 60 milliseconds. Once loaded, it takes […]
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About LinuxSmartphones.com
Linux Smartphones is a website dedicated to covering the emergence of smartphones designed to run free and open source software (FOSS). While Google’s Android operating system is an open source OS that uses a Linux kernel, many key apps and features are proprietary. That includes the Chrome web browser, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, and the […]
