User Empowered Smartphones
User Empowered Smartphones
GNU/Linux phones!
A look at user-empowered smartphones running GNU/Linux, giving users full control over their mobile devices.
The Linux Phone Landscape
This video provides an overview of the GNU/Linux smartphone ecosystem, covering the various projects working to bring true Linux to mobile devices.
Devices Covered
- PinePhone - Pine64's affordable Linux phone, designed for the community
- Librem 5 - Purism's privacy-focused smartphone with hardware kill switches
- UBports - Continuing Ubuntu Touch development
- Sailfish OS - Jolla's Linux-based mobile OS
- Maemo/Leste - Continuation of Nokia's Maemo platform
- LuneOS - Open webOS successor
- Plasma Mobile - KDE's mobile interface
- Digital freedom - You own your device and control what runs on it
- Privacy - No mandatory data collection or tracking
- Copyleft - GPL-licensed software you can study, modify, and share
- Longevity - Community support beyond manufacturer end-of-life
Operating Systems and Projects
Why Linux Phones Matter
User-empowered smartphones are about:
Resources
The video references several YouTube channels covering Linux phone development and news, making it a great starting point for anyone interested in following the mobile Linux community.
Project: Triggers
The video also mentions a project called Triggers:
Triggers on Bitbucket
The Future of Mobile
Linux phones represent an alternative vision for mobile computing - one where users are in control, software is free and open, and privacy is a default rather than an afterthought.