Thoughts after daily driving postmarketOS for 3 years
E144 | Sat 15 Jul 4:30 p.m.–5 p.m.
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Anjan is a free software hacker that was troubled by the proprietary smartphone operating system duopoly formed by Google and Apple. He learned about postmarketOS, a FOSS project founded by Oliver Smith to install the GNU/Linux desktop FOSS activists enjoy onto old Android phones. Persuaded by the ethics behind postmarketOS - Anjan uses a device with postmarketOS as his primary phone, co-maintains a UI called Sxmo, and helps improve the wider FOSS ecosystem.
Anjan is a free software hacker that was troubled by the proprietary smartphone operating system duopoly formed by Google and Apple. He learned about postmarketOS, a FOSS project founded by Oliver Smith to install the GNU/Linux desktop FOSS activists enjoy onto old Android phones. Persuaded by the ethics behind postmarketOS - Anjan uses a device with postmarketOS as his primary phone, co-maintains a UI called Sxmo, and helps improve the wider FOSS ecosystem.
Abstract
PostmarketOS is a "sustainable, privacy and security focused free software mobile OS that is modeled after traditional Linux distributions". PostmarketOS protects users' rights on one of their most personal devices. However, https://postmarketos.org warns that it is "for Linux enthusiasts". For the last 3 years, Anjan has been using Sxmo with postmarketOS as his primary mobile device. In this talk, Anjan shows how he does his mobile computing using a Xiaomi Poco f1 (SDM845 device) and why he can't imagine using a different OS for his phone.
PostmarketOS is a "sustainable, privacy and security focused free software mobile OS that is modeled after traditional Linux distributions". PostmarketOS protects users' rights on one of their most personal devices. However, https://postmarketos.org warns that it is "for Linux enthusiasts". For the last 3 years, Anjan has been using Sxmo with postmarketOS as his primary mobile device. In this talk, Anjan shows how he does his mobile computing using a Xiaomi Poco f1 (SDM845 device) and why he can't imagine using a different OS for his phone.