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Android-x86 is an open source project that makes an unofficial porting of the Android mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance to run on devices powered by x86 processors, rather than RISC-based ARM chips.
On January 3, 2013, the project released Replicant 4.0 SDK as a fully libre replacement to Android SDK. [44] The Replicant SDK was released in response to Google updating the license for add-ons and binaries under a proprietary agreement. [45] Replicant's SDK was discontinued on April 28, 2017 in favour of the free SDK packaged by Debian. [46]
Android phones, like this Nexus S running Replicant, allow installation of apps from the Play Store, F-Droid store or directly via APK files. This is a list of notable applications ( apps ) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software .
OmniROM was founded in reaction to the commercialisation of ROM project CyanogenMod. [1] At launch, the project provided custom firmware based on Android Jelly Bean, and they moved to Android KitKat shortly after its release.
[146] [147] [148] The unofficial Android-x86 project provided support for x86 architectures ahead of the official support. [149] [150] Since 2012, Android devices with Intel processors began to appear, including phones [151] and tablets. While gaining support for 64-bit platforms, Android was first made to run on 64-bit x86 and then on ARM64.
Open Compute Project, an organization for sharing designs of data center products among companies; Open Graphics Project, a project that aims to design a standard open architecture for graphics cards; OpenCores, a loose community of designers that supports open-source cores (logic designs) for CPUs, peripherals and other devices.
This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
MicroG (typically styled as microG) is a free and open-source implementation of proprietary Google libraries that serves as a replacement for Google Play Services on the Android operating system.