The method to get root access to T-Mobile’s G1 hasn’t been around for too long, but someone has already found a way to get Debian Linux running on the G1. Apparently installing Debian will allow you... [
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Mobile Monday Boston is lucky to have Nokia's Research Center close by, but this sounds like something you wouldn't want to tell the world. They [NRC] is apparently working on a mobile phone platform derived from the Debian Linux distribution. ---
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IntoMobile on 10th Feb 2008 (via intomobile.com)
NewsFactor - After a long wait, Google's Chrome browser is now available for Apple Macintosh and Linux computers. In a blog post Tuesday, Brian Rakowski, product manager for Chrome, announced that beta versions of Chrome are now available for Mac OS X 10.5 and later (Intel only) and several flavors of Linux, including Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE. In addition, Rakowski announced the av...
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iPhoneTopic on 8th Dec 2009 (via iphonetopic.com)
Thanks to the efforts of one appropriately named Jay Freeman, it is now possible to get a version of the Debian Linux distro running on your T-Mobile G1 along side of Android. You get the same Android phone functionality you’ve always had, but you can also install and run normal Linux compatible applications on the
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AndroidAuthority on 11th Nov 2008 (via androidauthority.com)
Mer is not a maemo fork but the result of joined efforts between maemo, ubuntu and of course debian (deblet), alpha version can be installed to freerunner mobile. Watch video demo.... read more
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NewLC on 9th Jun 2009 (via newlc.com)
The Linux Phone Standards (LiPS) Forum has announced that its activities and membership are to be folded into follow Mobile Linux forum, the LiMo Foundation from the end of this month.
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CellularNews on 26th Jun 2008 (via cellular-news.com)
Google may have pushed out recent firmware updates for the Google Android T-Mobile G1, but it seems they weren’t quite quick enough for one hacker. Apparently Jay Freeman who just happens to be the author of such Apple iPhone programs as Cydia, Winterboard and Cycorder, has managed to get Debian running on the jailbroken T-Mobile
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PhonesReview on 12th Nov 2008 (via phonesreview.co.uk)
The varied commercial Mobile Linux platforms, now with active involvement from the OHA (Open Handset Alliance) and LiMo Foundation, are likely to undergo a consolidation process through which two or three standard mobile Linux platforms will dominate the market by 2012-2013, according to Richard Lee, country manager, Wind River Taiwan. There are more than 25 companies developing Linux-based applic...
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JustAnotherMobilePhoneBlog on 16th Jan 2009 (via feeds.feedburner.com)
On Monday new members will be announced by the LiMo Foundation which includes one that is sharing code for developing mobile Web apps, and the group say it is an indication that its Linux mobile phone platform is maturing. Network World reports, the LiMo Foundation recently subsumed the weakening Linux Phone Standards Forum has stated it
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CellPhonesZone on 5th Aug 2008 (via cellphoneszone.net)
Google’s Android OS may be enjoying the majority of the Linux-limelight, what with the T-Mobile G1’s recent launch and all. But, there are other Linux-based mobile operating systems in the works, waiting for their turn to shine in the smartphone segment. Even amidst the transition to an open-source Symbian code-base, Nokia is open to using non-Symbian
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