Why we need GNU/Linux on mobile devices (now more than ever)

We take a look at Google Fuchsia and discuss what it means for the future of Android and FOSS on mobile devices. Finally, some FOSS projects that are working towards a better future are presented.

Links:
- Recording: https://media.ccc.de/v/35c3-9568-lightning_talks_day_4#t=5291
- Anbox: https://anbox.io
- Halium: https://halium.org
- Ubuntu Touch: https://ubuntu-touch.io
- Plasma Mobile: https://plasma-mobile.org
- Pine64: https://pine64.org
- Purism: https://puri.sm

Transcript

1. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0
2. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Mobile OS market share 2018
3. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Android is not an option
4. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Android is foss, isn’t it? • crucial features are being moved to GMS, increasingly also security features • every device has its own patched Linux kernel (and modified AOSP on older devices) • many devices are locked down • not a single fully functional foss android device exists
5. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Fuchsia and the Zirkon kernel the looming danger to our way of life
6. (c) Google
7. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 sound familiar? permissive-licensed kernel, proprietary userland….
8. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0
9. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 Where do we go from here?
10. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 anbox.io
11. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0 L IUM HA halium.org (c) Halium Project
12. plasma-mobile.org ubuntu-touch.io (c) KDE Community (c) UBports Community
13. puri.sm pine64.org (c) Purism (c) Pine64