Open Source
Fairphone and /e/ team up for a sustainable Google-free Android phone
For most people, Android is synonymous with Google and almost inconceivable without it. It’s an association that some, including ROM makers and even phone makers →
Intel Xe-HP “High Performance” DG2 GPU spotted in open source documentation
We still have much to learn about Intel’s Gen12 GPUs, but it turns out that Intel published information about the Xe-HP architecture in January. Spotted →
PinePhone UBports Community Edition brings back an old but ongoing dream
Linux phones like the PINE64 PinePhone and Purism Librem 5 may be the hot topic in the free and open source community but they are →
Pixel 5 is real, Google just confirmed it
While it will be a surprise to precisely no-one, we now know for sure there will be a Google Pixel 5 smartphone. The unannounced next-generation →
7 free GIMP scripts and plug-ins for filters, brushes, textures and more
Collect ’em all! The free and open source photo-editing program called GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is a nice alternative to the subscription-based or boxed →
Linux phones need to succeed and it isn’t just about privacy
Android and iOS may be the mobile platforms today but there have always been attempts to push other horses into the race. Most of them →
You can’t do real work on Android, at least not all of it
While not an Apple hater, I personally prefer more open or at least less restrictive platforms and devices. That primarily translates to Linux and open →
Purism Librem 5 Linux phone delayed a bit due to CPU thermal problems
Making smartphones is hard business, especially if you’re not a giant like Samsung or even someone smaller like Motorola. It becomes even more difficult when →
Samsung Linux on DeX is dead, here are open source alternatives
Over the weekend, Samsung sent a relatively small number of its customers an email that they probably didn’t want to read on a weekend or →
Does the Huawei Mate 30 run Android?
The Huawei Mate 30 line up has just launched and it might be one of the most exciting Android phones. But the big question on everyone’s lips is does →
5 things Huawei HarmonyOS needs to do to beat Android
Last week Huawei finally unveiled its alternative to Android, introducing the new HarmonyOS operating system to the world. The open source software was triumphantly unveiled at the Huawei →
Purism Librem 5 open source Linux phone latest news, official specs, release date, price and where to buy
Purism released the final specification of Librem 5 on its website and said it would go on sale in the third quarter of 2019. Librem →
Huawei P30 and P30 Pro: How will the Google block affect these phones?
With a newly-imposed block upon Huawei at the request of the US government, a question mark looms over the future of the Chinese company’s products and →
The Huawei Mate 30 Pro might be a very different phone after the Google ban
Huawei hasn’t officially announced the Huawei Mate 30 or Mate 30 Pro yet, but after the news surrounding the Google block these might end up →
Google suspends Android support for Huawei
Huawei was last night dealt a major blow in its hopes of one day leapfrogging Apple and Samsung to become the world’s number one smartphone →
How to Get the New Microsoft Edge on Mac
Microsoft’s latest version of the Edge web browser — which is based on the open source Chromium engine, which also underpins Google Chrome — isn’t just coming →
Pixel 4 gets Google mention: Here we go again
The Pixel 3 isn’t even six months old yet, but already the Pixel 4 leaks are starting to surface. This time, it’s Google itself drawing →
Daiwa 43-inch 4K TV Review
The Daiwa 43-inch TV is priced at Rs 26490 and boasts of a 4K resolution with HDR 10 support. It comes with a remote control →
Surface Go with Linux Review: almost the perfect open source notepad
You have probably had your fill of Surface Go reviews that seem to split the tech world in two. You’ve also most likely seen the →
AsteroidOS review : We get to know the smartwatch OS alternative to Google’s Wear OS
While AsteroidOS doesn’t have the same sophistication and app support as Wear OS, there’s a lot to like in this open source effort, and it’s →
Samsung Gear S4 with Wear OS: Tizen is dead
Although they have never really disappeared, traditional smartphone manufacturers have more or less backed out of the smartwatch market. It has become the territory of →
Android in 2017: the highs and the lows
Another 365 (and one-fourth) days have passed. Naysayers have again been proven wrong. Android is still going strong and the open source operating system is →
Living with Asteroid OS – The open source Android Wear alternative
Asteroid OS is an open source, Linux-based smartwatch OS developed primarily by a French student and hoping to take on the might of Android Wear →
Hands on: Jide Remix Mini review
The history of alternative operating systems is littered with dead bodies from big and small companies – from the mighty IBM and the mightier Intel →
Hands on: Onda OBook 10 SE review
OUR EARLY VERDICT Remix OS is a refreshing operating system but the impending merger between Chrome OS and Android may well make it less attractive, →
Henry Audio USB DAC 128 MkII review
If you’ve ever thought to your self “DACs are all good and that, but what I really want is one I can open up and →
Razer announces OSVR’s first batch of SteamVR games
This week is a big week for “unreal” reality. Microsoft has just started the pre-orders of its prohibitively expensive augmented reality HoloLens development edition headgear. →
AsteroidOS can run on some Android Wear smartwatches
There are several smartwatch operating systems out there today. A number of the wearables available right now run Android Wear. A new watch OS has →
LG will show off new webOS 3.0 for smart TVs at CES 2016
webOS started out life as an open source descendant of the now defunct Palm OS, initially geared to become a mobile platform to stand tall →
IBM makes ‘biggest code drop’ as Canonical and Suse tie-up brings better Linux to mainframes
IBM HAS ANNOUNCED what it describes as the single biggest donation of mainframe code to the open source community, despite reeling from even more financial →