Linux-based mobile OS 'postmarketOS' to revive old smartphones that are no longer supported by manufacturers

Most smartphones have iOS or Android OS, but older smartphones may not be able to receive updates due to the manufacturer's end of support and may become unusable. The latest version of the mobile OS 'postmarketOS', ' v.22.06 ', which was developed to be installed on old smartphones and tablets for which manufacturer support has ended and can be used again, will be released on June 12, 2022. It has been released.

postmarketOS // v22.06 Release: The One Where We Started Using Release Titles
https://postmarketos.org/blog/2022/06/12/v22.06-release/

postmarketOS 22.06 aims to revive end-of-life smartphones • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2022/06/15/postmarketos_2206/

Many third-party mobile operating systems are based on Android developed by Google, but unlike them, postmarketOS is an open source mobile operating system based on the Linux distribution Alpine Linux . By building on Alpine Linux, which is relatively lightweight among Linux distributions, it can be installed on mobile devices with low processing performance whose manufacturer support has ended, and it will be possible to further extend the life of the device. ..

The postmarketOS development team said on the official website , 'We're tired of getting updates right after we buy a new phone and the walled yard that's deeply integrated into Android and iOS. 'Comment. Therefore, he said that he developed a postmarket OS based on a Linux distribution as a mobile OS that is sustainable and focuses on privacy and security.

The postmarketOS, the first version released in 2017, supports more than 200 types of devices in the latest version 'v.22.06' at the time of article creation. Compatible devices include not only smartphones but also tablets and e-readers, including PINEPhone developed by PINE64 , Librem 5 made by Purism, N900 , a smartphone equipped with Nokia's physical keyboard, MeMO Pad 7 from ASUS, and Galaxy series from Samsung. , Amazon's Kindle Fire series, ASUS's ZenFone series, Sony's Xperia series, Google Pixel, etc., and it is also compatible with Apple's iPhone.

A complete list of devices supported by postmarketOS can be found on the following page.

Devices --postmarketOS
https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices

The Register, a foreign media outlet, points out that postmarketOS does not support all devices equally, and that phone features are only available on PinePhone and Librem 5. It can still boot on many older devices and connect to Wi-Fi, which could help bring outdated devices back as sub-devices, and expect help from the open source community.

'PostmarketOS is still in its infancy, but it's a promising project.' 'It's great to see effective alternatives to retired tablets,' said The Register, resurrecting old devices is e-waste. It was suggested that it would also help reduce the number of people.