KDE Plasma Mobile — The Linux Phone You’ve Been Waiting For? Plasma Mobile seems to be taking a different approach, and it’s being touted as a way to turn your smartphone into a “fully open hacking device, just like a PC.” The aim is a create a truly customisable UI ‘built with modularity from the ground up’. Plasma Mobile also touts a heavy emphasis on user privacy. Its vision statement is thus: “Plasma Mobile aims to become a complete software system for mobile devices. It is designed to give privacy-aware users back the full-control over their information and communication. Plasma Mobile takes a pragmatic approach and is inclusive to 3rd party software, allowing the user to choose which applications and services to use. It provides a seamless experience across multiple devices. Plasma Mobile implements open standards and it is developed in a transparent process that is open for the community to participate in.” Like Android’s insurgency, Plasma Mobile aims to be a hackable, flashable ROM for existing (popular) Android phones. It can even dual-boot with Android, and is able to run on both ARM and Intel-based devices. A capable smartphone, however dev-driven, need apps. Developers behind KDE’s mobile effort want to make sure that you can access and install an array of apps and add-ons, including native Plasma apps and widgets, some Ubuntu phone apps, and web apps. Support for native Sailfish and Nemo apps is also planned. To create a true “Phone as PC” experience the Plasma Mobile aims to allow you install and run regular Qt. GTK, and X11-based applications (via XWayland) on the OS. Plasma Mobile currently supports the Nexus 5 and the OnePlus One, as well as Intel-based devices. Watch the video at http://ift.tt/2fIjJVU
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