Android Alternatives

One of the most popular alternatives to Android is GrapheneOS, which is free and open source. Other popular alternatives are LineageOS, /e/, Nura (postmarketOS) and CalyxOS. Operating Systems like Android are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Android, Linux, self-hosting, iPhone and Chrome OS.

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  1. Fedora Pocketblue Remix icon

    Fedora Pocketblue Remix

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    Fedora Atomic for mobile devices.

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    • Linux Mobile
    • Fedora
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  2. Marathon OS icon

    Marathon OS

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    Qt6/QML Wayland compositor on PostmarketOS. Runs on any device with mainline Linux support or Libhybris. Core features work at 60 FPS on OnePlus 6. Performance target: fluid on decade-old chipsets, exceptional on newer hardware.

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    • Linux Mobile
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    • European Union flagEU
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