Draft:List of mobile operating systems not based on AOSO or Android

Submission declined on 29 April 2024 by Stuartyeates (talk).

There's probably a list here, but it would need to be laid out and formatted something like List of custom Android distributions. Relevant info in sortable columns. Sourcing doesn't look too bad.

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List of mobile operating systems, for smartphones, tablets or others ARM-devices, being independent of the two main mobile's systems, iOS of Apple and Android/AOSP of Google.

Alphabetical order :[edit]

Droidian^[1], fork of Mobian
Manjaro^[2]^[3]^[4], for PinePhone
Mer (ex NemoMobile)^[5]^[6]^[7], Maemo^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11], Meego^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16] (partially abandonned)
Mobian^[17]^[18]^[19], based on Debian^[20]
OpenMoko^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24] (abandonned, first smartphones based on Linux, released before 2010)
Plasma Mobile^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28], project of both entire Operating System and Graphical User Interface
PostmarketOS^[29]^[30]^[31], based on Alpine Linux^[32]
PureOS^[33]^[34]^[35] (Librem^[36]^[37])
SailfishOS^[38]^[39]^[40], partially based on Mer operating system^[41]^[42]^[43] (Jolla and Sony Xperia)
Tizen^[44]^[45]^[46]
Ubuntu Touch^[47]^[48]^[49]^[50]^[51]/UB Ports^[52]^[53]

References[edit]

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^ "Break Away From Android: 7 Free Open-Source Mobile OSes to Try". PCMag UK. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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^ "Maemo Harmattan Qt And More". SlideShare. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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^ Gatti, Matteo (2020-06-21). "Mobian OS sul PinePhone: Debian sbarca sugli smartphone". Linux Freedom (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ Moss-Pultz, Sean (June 28, 2007). "[openmoko-announce] New Oceans". Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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^ "Openmoko linuxfordevices.com". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Why KDE's Plasma Mobile is the ideal platform for Linux fans and developers - TechRepublic". 2018-02-05. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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^ "Sebastian Kügler: KDE's Plasma Mobile is running on Plasma 5 and Kubuntu | ITworld". 2015-07-27. Archived from the original on 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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^ "Break Away From Android: 7 Free Open-Source Mobile OSes to Try". PCMag UK. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "Christian's Blog". 2017-10-28. Archived from the original on 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "postmarketOS now boots on over 200 phones and tablets". TuxPhones - Linux phones, tablets and portable devices. 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "Linux PinePhone 'Community Edition' With postmarketOS: All You Need To Know". 2020-06-17. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Break Away From Android: 7 Free Open-Source Mobile OSes to Try". PCMag UK. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "PureOS: One Linux for both PCs and smartphones | ZDNet". ZDNet. 2019-03-25. Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software". www.fsf.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ Evangelho, Jason. "My First 24 Hours With Purism's Librem 15 v4 Laptop And PureOS". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ Byfield, Bruce. "Librem 5 and the Challenge of the Free Phone » Linux Magazine". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "Jolla gives first look at Sailfish OS as it plans assault on Google, Apple app stores". ZDNET. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ Costello, Steve (2016-05-30). "Jolla looks to boost ecosystem with developer initiative". Mobile World Live. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ Rockman, Simon. "Jolla launches Sailfish 2.0, now with added security". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "Adaptations/libhybris - Mer Wiki". wiki.merproject.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "Jolla's MeeGo UI is ready to go - and it's on the hunt for mobile talent". ZDNET. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ "Mer Wiki". wiki.merproject.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ Savov, Vlad (2014-02-23). "Samsung drops Android for Tizen in new Gear 2 smartwatches". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ Souppouris, Aaron (2013-01-03). "Samsung confirms it will launch multiple Tizen handsets this year". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
^ Zetter, Kim (2017-04-03). "Samsung's Android Replacement Is a Hacker's Dream". Vice. Retrieved 2024-04-28.
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[1] "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[2] "PinePhone To Ship With Manjaro ARM + Plasma Mobile UI As Default OS - It's FOSS News". 2021-02-16. Archived from the original on 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] "PinePhone To Ship With Manjaro ARM + Plasma Mobile UI As Default OS". It's FOSS News. 2021-02-16. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[4] "Break Away From Android: 7 Free Open-Source Mobile OSes to Try". PCMag UK. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[5] "Porting Nemo Mobile and Mer Project to new Hardware". archive.fosdem.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[6] "Distribution kit for mobile phones NemoMobile 0.7 Released - itsfoss.net". 2021-11-25. Archived from the original on 2021-11-25. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[7] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150923212428/http://daimi.au.dk/~cvm/cphnotes.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2024-04-28. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[8] "Software freedom lovers: here comes Maemo 5". flors. 2009-08-27. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[9] "Maemo Harmattan Qt And More". SlideShare. 2009-07-04. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[10] Paul, Ryan (2008-04-23). "Nokia Internet Tablets get Ubuntu and Qt". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[11] "Mark Wilcox's Forum Nokia Blog | Trolltech, Linux, Open Source, the future?". 2008-04-12. Archived from the original on 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[12] "Key MeeGo team members leave Nokia, N9 owners swipe away a few tears -- Engadget". 2012-07-06. Archived from the original on 2012-07-06. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[13] "Acer Iconia M500 - MeeGo tablet shown at Computex - All About MeeGo". 2011-06-06. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[14] "AMD Backs MeeGo OS Project | PCMag". 2022-08-13. Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[15] "Metasys Announces MeeGo-Based Operating System". 2011-08-25. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[16] "Intel Teams With China's Tencent on MeeGo Mobile OS - PCWorld". 2010-04-22. Archived from the original on 2010-04-22. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[17] Nestor, Marius (2020-07-09). "Mobian Project Wants to Bring Debian GNU/Linux to Mobile Devices". 9to5Linux. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[18] By (2021-09-02). "Pining For A De-Googled Smartphone". Hackaday. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[19] Aufranc (CNXSoft), Jean-Luc (2020-07-10). "Debian based Mobian Linux OS Brings Librem 5 Phosh Shell to Pinephone - CNX Software". CNX Software - Embedded Systems News. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[20] Gatti, Matteo (2020-06-21). "Mobian OS sul PinePhone: Debian sbarca sugli smartphone". Linux Freedom (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[21] Moss-Pultz, Sean (June 28, 2007). "[openmoko-announce] New Oceans". Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[22] "Debian On the Openmoko Neo FreeRunner Phone - Slashdot". linux.slashdot.org. 2008-08-15. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[23] "Reuteurs (archive.org)". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2009-01-10. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[24] "Openmoko linuxfordevices.com". Archived from the original on 2013-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[25] "Why KDE's Plasma Mobile is the ideal platform for Linux fans and developers - TechRepublic". 2018-02-05. Archived from the original on 2018-02-05. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[26] "Akademy: Plasma Active and Make Play Live [LWN.net]". lwn.net. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[27] "Sebastian Kügler: KDE's Plasma Mobile is running on Plasma 5 and Kubuntu | ITworld". 2015-07-27. Archived from the original on 2015-07-27. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[28] "Break Away From Android: 7 Free Open-Source Mobile OSes to Try". PCMag UK. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[29] "Break Away From Android: 7 Free Open-Source Mobile OSes to Try". PCMag UK. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[30] "Christian's Blog". 2017-10-28. Archived from the original on 2017-10-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[31] "postmarketOS now boots on over 200 phones and tablets". TuxPhones - Linux phones, tablets and portable devices. 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[32] "Linux PinePhone 'Community Edition' With postmarketOS: All You Need To Know". 2020-06-17. Archived from the original on 2020-06-17. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[33] "Break Away From Android: 7 Free Open-Source Mobile OSes to Try". PCMag UK. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[34] "PureOS: One Linux for both PCs and smartphones | ZDNet". ZDNet. 2019-03-25. Archived from the original on 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[35] "FSF adds PureOS to list of endorsed GNU/Linux distributions — Free Software Foundation — Working together for free software". www.fsf.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[36] Evangelho, Jason. "My First 24 Hours With Purism's Librem 15 v4 Laptop And PureOS". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[37] Byfield, Bruce. "Librem 5 and the Challenge of the Free Phone » Linux Magazine". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[38] "Jolla gives first look at Sailfish OS as it plans assault on Google, Apple app stores". ZDNET. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[39] Costello, Steve (2016-05-30). "Jolla looks to boost ecosystem with developer initiative". Mobile World Live. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[40] Rockman, Simon. "Jolla launches Sailfish 2.0, now with added security". www.theregister.com. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[41] "Adaptations/libhybris - Mer Wiki". wiki.merproject.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[42] "Jolla's MeeGo UI is ready to go - and it's on the hunt for mobile talent". ZDNET. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[43] "Mer Wiki". wiki.merproject.org. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[44] Savov, Vlad (2014-02-23). "Samsung drops Android for Tizen in new Gear 2 smartwatches". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[45] Souppouris, Aaron (2013-01-03). "Samsung confirms it will launch multiple Tizen handsets this year". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[46] Zetter, Kim (2017-04-03). "Samsung's Android Replacement Is a Hacker's Dream". Vice. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[47] "Break Away From Android: 7 Free Open-Source Mobile OSes to Try". PCMag UK. 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[48] "Ubuntu Touch beats Firefox OS to win best of MWC from CNET | Mobile World Congress - CNET Reviews". 2013-03-01. Archived from the original on 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[49] Covert, Adrian (2013-01-02). "Ubuntu is coming to smartphones, but will anyone use it?". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[50] "Ubuntu Touch - Operating systems - CNET Reviews". 2013-03-01. Archived from the original on 2013-03-01. Retrieved 2024-04-28.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[51] Peter. "XDA partners with F(x)tec to make a phone that runs LineageOS and Ubuntu Touch OS". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2024-04-28.

[52] PurismBeautiful; Secure; Laptops, Privacy-Respecting; Tablets; PCs; Phones (2018-04-24). "Purism and UBports officially collaborate to offer Ubuntu Touch on Librem 5". Purism. Retrieved 2024-04-28. {{cite web}}: |first3= has generic name (help)

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