PostmarketOS

postmarketOS
DeveloperpostmarketOS open-source community
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateActive
Source modelOpen source
Initial release26 May 2017 (2017-05-26)
Latest release24.06 (The One With Over 250 Devices)[1] / 16 June 2024 (2024-06-16)
Repository
Marketing targetOperating system replacement for Android and other mobile devices
Available inEnglish, Czech, German, French, Italian, Spanish and many more
Update methodapk-tools (package manager)
Package managerapk-tools (from Alpine Linux)
PlatformsARM, ARM64, x86, x86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface
Phosh, Sxmo, Plasma Mobile
Official websitepostmarketos.org

postmarketOS (abbreviated as pmOS) is an operating system primarily for smartphones, and tablets, based on the Alpine Linux distribution.[2][3][4][5]It's totally Android/AOSP-independent.

postmarketOS was launched on 26 May 2017[3][6] with the source code available on GitHub before migrating to GitLab in 2018.[7] It is capable of running different X and Wayland based user interfaces, such as Plasma Mobile,[8][9] MATE, GNOME 3, and XFCE;[10] later updates added support for Unity8 and Phosh.[11] It is also capable of running Docker, if the device specific kernel has cgroups and relevant configs enabled.[12] The project aims to provide a ten-year lifecycle for smartphones.[13]

  1. ^ "v24.06: The One With Over 250 Devices". postmarketOS. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  2. ^ Staff, OSNews. "100 days of postmarketOS". www.osnews.com.
  3. ^ a b "Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones". postmarketos.org.
  4. ^ "PostMarketOS Saves Old Smartphones". Hackaday. 2018-01-09. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  5. ^ DistroWatch. "DistroWatch.com: Put the fun back into computing. Use Linux, BSD". distrowatch.com.
  6. ^ Ward, Craig (3 January 2018). "PostmarketOS team makes progress towards goal of 10 year smartphone lifecycle - NotebookCheck.net News". Notebookcheck.net. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
  7. ^ "postmarketOS is #movingtogitlab". postmarketos.org.
  8. ^ "Get Plasma Mobile". plasma-mobile.org.
  9. ^ Shah, Bhushan (20 November 2017). "14:00 Plasma Mobile". Akademy 2017.
  10. ^ Verma, Adarsh (2 January 2018). "postmarketOS--A Linux Distro For Smartphones--Now runs Plasma/Lune UI/Xfce On Real Devices".
  11. ^ "600 days of postmarketOS".
  12. ^ "User talk:Docker - postmarketOS". wiki.postmarketos.org. Retrieved 2020-11-18.
  13. ^ "Linux-based postmarketOS project aims to give smartphones a 10-year lifecycle". Linux Today. 2017-08-17. Archived from the original on 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2018-01-29.

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