postmarketOS

Also known as pmOS, Postmarket OS

postmarketOS (abbreviated as pmOS) is an operating system primarily for smartphones, based on the Alpine Linux distribution. Developed since 2016, it was launched in 2017, and continues to be a work in progress.

Key facts

OS.name: postmarketOS
OS.logo: PostmarketOS logo.svg
OS.logo_size: 150px
OS.screenshot: Phosh_homescreen_2.png
OS.screenshot_size: 250px
OS.caption: postmarketOS running Phosh
OS.developer: postmarketOS open-source community
OS.family: Linux (Unix-like)
OS.working_state: Active
OS.source_model: Open source
OS.marketing_target: Operating system replacement for Android and other mobile devices
OS.language: English, Czech, German, French, Italian, Spanish, etc.
OS.updatemodel: apk-tools (package manager)
OS.package_manager: apk-tools (from Alpine Linux)
OS.supported_platforms: ARM, ARM64, x86, x86-64
OS.kernel_type: Monolithic (Linux)
OS.ui: GNOME, Phosh, Sway, Sxmo

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Official website

postmarketOS // real Linux distribution for phones

Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones

postmarketos.org →

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections

Contents

History
Architecture
State of development
Features
Device support
Porting to a new device
Camera support
Voice Over LTE (VoLTE) and Voice over Wifi (Vowifi) support
Gallery
See also
References
External links

It is capable of running different X and Wayland based user interfaces, such as Plasma Mobile, MATE, GNOME, and XFCE; later updates added support for Unity8 and Phosh. It is also capable of running Docker, if the device specific kernel has cgroups and relevant configs enabled. The project aims to provide a ten-year lifecycle for smartphones.

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