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

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

Johannah Sprinz

December 30, 2018
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  1. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0

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  2. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0
    Mobile OS market share 2018

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  3. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0
    Android
    is not an option

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  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

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  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

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  6. (c) Google

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  7. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0
    sound familiar?
    permissive-licensed kernel,
    proprietary userland….

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  8. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0

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  9. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0
    Where do we go from here?

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  10. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0
    anbox.io

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  11. Jan Sprinz | @NeoTheThird | Lightning Talk at 35c3 | CC BY 4.0
    L IUM
    HA
    halium.org
    (c) Halium Project

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  12. plasma-mobile.org
    ubuntu-touch.io
    (c) KDE Community
    (c) UBports Community

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  13. puri.sm pine64.org
    (c) Purism (c) Pine64

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