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PinePhone Linux Smartphone Priced At $149 To Arrive This Year

Smartphone users are usually torn between the two choices — Android or iOS. Their dominance is such that other competing OS like Windows, BlackBerry OS, or Symbian have almost been abandoned. Those who don’t want either of them can opt for Pine64’s Linux phone dubbed the PinePhone, which offers good hardware and software at an affordable […]

Open Source Smartphone Librem 5 Will Officially Support Ubuntu Touch

When Canonical decided to halt the development of Ubuntu Touch mobile operating system, it came as a surprise to many. However, due to the lack of interest of smartphone manufacturers and community, this tough decision was taken. Later, UBPorts decided to take up the Ubuntu Touch development work. Down the line when Librem 5 open source […]

Linux-based, Open Source Smartphone Librem 5 Crosses $1 Million In Funding

Ever since Purism has launched its crowdfunding campaign for Librem 5 smartphone, the project has been getting overwhelming support from the Linux and open source community. In recent past, Purism announced partnerships with KDE and GNOME. The Librem 5 crowdfunding campaign is aiming at a funding of $1.5 million. If you look at the current stats, […]