Mobile GNU and Linux: Not Just Android

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2013-11-01 12:19:16 UTC
Modified: 2013-11-01 12:19:16 UTC

Firefox OS

Summary: Addressing the misconception that only Android counts when it comes to Linux-based operating systems in mobile devices

WHILE it is true that Android is conquering the market of mobile devices (including tablets, which outsell laptops [1]) and that it dominates among the Linux-powered platforms, Android is far from the only game in town. To give just a few new examples, Firefox OS shows real momentum on the low end, with some hardware backers and even support from Google [2], the maker of Android which snubs Windows Phone (for the same type of app). Putting aside some other players like Jolla, Ubuntu Mobile and a few others, it turns out that out of the ashes of MeeGo (destroyed in covert means by Microsoft moles in Nokia) comes a Tizen-based tablet. Systena is making/distributing/selling it [3].

What a great time to be promoting GNU and Linux. They're becoming standard and they are being preloaded on many devices; Windows is not even an option. Microsoft in general is becoming just a criminal patent leech, trying to feed its employees using fraud and racketeering. More on that in our next post... ⬆

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