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The Ubuntu Touch project was started in 2011. Mark Shuttleworth announced on 31 October 2011 that by Ubuntu 14.04, the goal was that Ubuntu would support smartphones, tablets, smart TVs and other smart screens (such as car head units and smartwatches), [12] but to date has only been supported by vendors on a few smartphones, one tablet and a number of third-party devices which hobbyists have ...
Mobile Linux is a relatively recent addition to the Linux range of use, with Google's Android operating system pioneering the concept. While UBPorts tried to follow suit with Ubuntu Touch , a wider development of free Linux operating systems specifically for mobile devices was only really spurred in the latter 2010s, when various smaller ...
In April 2016, this became the first tablet to be sold with the Ubuntu Touch operating system. [4] One of the main features of Ubuntu Touch is convergence, which means that the tablet has both a "tablet mode" and a "desktop mode": In desktop mode, a keyboard and mouse can be connected and the tablet shows windows with window borders.
LineageOS is a open source [a] Android operating system [c] for smartphones, tablets, and set-top boxes. It is community-developed and serves as the successor to CyanogenMod , from which it was forked in December 2016. [ 7 ]
Computer operating systems based on the Linux kernel are used in embedded systems such as consumer electronics (eg. set-top boxes, smart TVs and personal video recorders (PVRs)), in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), networking equipment (such as routers, switches, wireless access points (WAPs) or wireless routers), machine control, industrial automation, navigation equipment, spacecraft flight ...
By default Google apps are not installed with GrapheneOS, [5] [12] but users can install a sandboxed version of Google Play Services from the pre-installed "AppStore". [12] The sandboxed Google Play Services allows access to the Google Play Store and apps dependent on it, along with features including push notifications and in-app payments.
The tablet is using its own JingOS Linux distribution which is based on the Android hardware layer Halium and KDE Plasma mobile. Ubuntu Touch has been ported to the tablet. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The device is using a Unisoc Tiger T510 SOC, has 8GB of RAM and a maximum of 256GB storage.
CalyxOS is a Android-based operating system for select smartphones, foldables and tablets with mostly free and open-source software. It is produced by the Calyx Institute as part of its mission to "defend online privacy, security and accessibility."