Linux for mobile devices
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As can be learned from the article Linux range of use, Linux kernel-based operating systems are ubiquitously found on diverse hardware platforms. This article, Linux for mobile devices, is about the use of Linux kernel-based operating systems on all sorts of mobile devices, whose primary or only Human interface device (HID) is a touchscreen.
This mainly comprises smartphones and tablet computers, but also some mobile phones, personal digital assistants (PDAs) portable media players that come with a touchscreen separately.
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Operating systems[edit]
Maemo Timeline
This is a list of many Linux kernel-based operating systems used on mobile devices. They differ from one another in parts of the middleware or the entire middleware, and in that they employ individual UIs.
- Android (operating system)
- AsteroidOS
- Plasma Mobile
- postmarketOS
- Sailfish OS
- SHR (operating system)
- Tizen
- Ubuntu Touch
- webOS
- PureOS (announced for 2018)
- Firefox OS (discontinued)
- Openmoko Linux (discontinued)
- OpenZaurus (discontinued)
- Bada (discontinued)
- Ubuntu Mobile (discontinued in favor of Ubuntu Touch)
- Maemo (discontinued)
- Moblin (discontinued)
- MeeGo (discontinued)
Middlewares[edit]
- BusyBox – small footprint alternative to GNU Core Utilities, under GNU GPLv2
- Toybox – BSD licenseed alternative to BusyBox
- mer
- Smart Common Input Method
- Maliit
- Intelligent Input Bus
- Uim
- Fcitx
UI[edit]
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