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Linux for mobile devices

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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.

Contents

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.

Operating systems

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)
  • Replicant (operating system)
  • webOS
  • Maemo
  • Moblin
  • MeeGo
  • Tizen
  • Sailfish OS
  • Firefox OS
  • Openmoko Linux
  • OpenZaurus
  • Bada
  • Ubuntu Touch
  • Ubuntu Mobile
  • SHR (operating system)
  • AsteroidOS
  • Middlewares

  • 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

  • KDE Plasma Workspaces
  • Unity
  • GPE Palmtop Environment
  • OPIE user interface
  • References

    Linux for mobile devices Wikipedia