#Macdroid alternative android

Tizen OS is a Linux-based open source Android alternative that’s supported by the Linux Foundation.

While there isn’t a long list of devices that were released for this open source Android alternative, it’s interesting to see the non-profit UBports Foundation working hard to keep Ubuntu Touch alive. UBports keeps releasing OTA updates for Ubuntu Touch from time to time. Later, UBports adopted it and started developing it as a community project. The company started working on the mobile version of the OS and named it Ubuntu Touch, but the project was ultimately abandoned in April 2017 due to lack of market interest. Given its explosive growth in recent times, the future of this open source OS seems bright.Ĭanonical’s Ubuntu Linux is the most popular open source operating system around. Like many other options on this list, KaiOS is also basically a Linux operating system as it’s based on the discontinued Firefox OS. In India’s developing smartphone market, this opne source Android alternative has gained great success with the help of JioPhone and has beaten iOS to become the country’s 2nd most popular OS. KaiOS aims to make non-touch phones smart by adding capabilities like 4G, Wi-Fi, GPS, and HTML5-based applications. If you haven’t heard of this phone operating system, it’s not your fault. Just like the Tizen OS from Samsung, which is mentioned further down this article, KaiOS runs on millions of devices (100 million to be precise). The developers are also working on their plans to create a Linux-based phone operating system that’ll be able to replace Android and iOS. The KDE Foundation is also working with partners like Purism to ship Plasma Mobile on a commercial device for the first time.

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