Open Source and Smartphones

Open Source and Smartphones December 27, 2020 | Smartphones · Open Source I use Android and I work on Android apps because it’s the most open mainstream platform on the market. That doesn’t mean I like it, it just means I dislike it less than the other options. What I would really like is to be able to run a fully open source OS like Linux on my smartphone. Android uses modified Linux kernel, but it’s not a real Linux. I deeply respect people who try to make Android more open like the folks from LineageOS, but it seems like a pointless battle against a hostile platform. Google doesn’t

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