Exciting developments around Linux on Phones

Video: https://media.ccc.de/v/36c3-10524-lightning_talks_day_2#t=4909

There have been countless attempts to dethrone Android. Many tried, many failed. But 2020 might be the year we finally see this change!

A brief overview of the things you absolutely *have* to know about all the hot alternative mobile operating systems out there, as well as some upcoming devices. If you ever wondered what happened to Ubuntu Touch since UBports took over, what KDE is up to with Plasma Mobile, or you're thinking about buying a PinePhone, this is the talk for you.

Links:
- https://ubuntu-touch.io
- https://plasma-mobile.org
- https://postmarketos.org
- https://pine64.org
- https://volla.systems
- https://github.com/ubports/ubports-installer

Transcript

1. Exciting developments around Linux on Phones
   Lightning Talk at the 36th Chaos Communication Congress
   Jan Sprinz (@NeoTheThird)
   28.12.2019
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2. About me
   who i am
   Jan Sprinz, 22, he/him
   FOSS dev
   board member @ UBports Foundation
   where to find me
   twitter.com/neothethird
   mastodon.social/neothethird
   github.com/neothethird
   gitlab.com/neothethird
   jan@ubports.com
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3. Why even bother?
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4. Why even bother?
   . . . because Android f@¢1ng sucks
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5. Ubuntu Touch
   ubuntu-touch.io
   started in 2013 as the official mobile
   version of Ubuntu Linux
   shipped four phones and two tablets,
   plus community ports
   handed over to the UBports Community
   in 2017
   lives on as a non-profit project
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6. KDE Plasma Mobile
   plasma-mobile.org
   adaptation of KDE neon for mobile
   devices
   not entirely ready for daily use yet, but
   man, it’s cool
   it’s KDE on a phone, how are you not
   excited about this?
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7. PostmarketOS
   postmarketos.org
   aims for longevity of existing phones
   re-thinks some technical aspects
   alpine-linux based rootfs
   alpha state
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8. PinePhone
   pine64.org
   Open Hardware
   Software provided by communities
   Actual Linux (“or as I’ve recently taken
   to calling it, GNU plus Linux”)
   Affordable price (150 USD)
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9. Volla Phone
   volla.systems
   up and coming German startup
   experimenting with alternative OSs
   phone built in the EU
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10. UBports Installer
    github.com/ubports/ubports-installer
    user-friendly cross-plattform GUI installer
    originally created for Ubuntu Touch, now
    bringing more OSs
    join in on the fun at
    github.com/ubports/ubports-installer
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11. Thank you for listening
    what we talked about
    ubuntu-touch.io
    plasma-mobile.org
    postmarketos.org
    pine64.org
    volla.systems
    github.com/ubports/ubports-installer
    how to get in touch
    twitter.com/neothethird
    mastodon.social/neothethird
    github.com/neothethird
    gitlab.com/neothethird
    jan@ubports.com
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