Linux for mobile devices
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.
Lists
Operating systems
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
- Bada (discontinued)
- Firefox OS (discontinued)
- KDE Neon[1]
- LuneOS[2] (based on HP webOS)
- Maemo Leste (fork of discontinued Maemo based on Devuan)
- MeeGo (discontinued)
- Mobian OS
- Moblin (discontinued)
- Openmoko Linux (discontinued)
- OpenZaurus (discontinued)
- postmarketOS
- PureOS
- Sailfish OS
- SHR (operating system)
- Tizen
- Ubuntu Touch (discontinued by Canonical, adopted by UBports Community)
- webOS
Middlewares
- BusyBox – small footprint alternative to GNU Core Utilities, under GNU GPLv2
- Fcitx
- Halium
- Intelligent Input Bus
- Maliit
- mer
- Smart Common Input Method
- Toybox – BSD licensed alternative to BusyBox
- Uim
UI
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References
- "Plasma Mobile". www.plasma-mobile.org. Retrieved Oct 23, 2020.
- "Running Linux on your smartphone: everything you need to know in 2019". TuxPhones - Linux on smartphones. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
- "Phosh". developer.puri.sm. Retrieved 2019-06-09.
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