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EcoVadis Awards Fairphone for Being Good for the Environment and Labor

Fairphone, the Dutch-based company behind the eponymous branded mobile phone, has announced that it’s received the highest ranking for sustainability that any mobile phone maker has ever received.
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Mitigating Android’s “AutoSpill”/Autofill Credentials Leak

Are you afraid that someone’s out to steal your passwords from your phone? Well, they might be, but they’re probably not. Ars has published an article that explains it all.
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FOSS Week in Review: Window Maker Live Adopts Systemd, New Tails on the Down Low, and Google-Free /e/OS

In this week’s news roundup we look at the release of three Linux-based operating systems — one focused on privacy, one on the desktop, and the third for going mobile.
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GNOME’s Phosh 0.29: Lockscreen Notifications for Ongoing Calls

GNOME’s Phosh 0.29 Mobile UI improves the lockscreen notifications to use more vertical space. Learn about more new features.
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India’s New Indigenous BharOS Is Basically DeGoogled Android

India’s new Android-based mobile operating system, BharOS, was publicly tested on Tuesday. It’s part of a project to make India less dependent on technology developed outside the country.
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You Can Now Pre-Order the PinePhone Pro Explorer Edition Linux Smartphone

Unveiled in mid-October 2021, the PinePhone Pro features a custom-made RK3399S Rockchip Hexa-Core processor that runs at at 1.5GHz, an ARM Mali T860 GPU, a gorgeous in-cell 1440×720 IPS display with 18:9 aspect ratio and Corning Gorilla Glass 4, 4GB of dual-channel 800MHz LPDDR4 RAM, and 128GB of internal eMMC flash storage. The Linux phone […]

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FSFE Calls for Device Neutrality in EU’s Proposed Digital Markets Act

The proposed legislation, which would regulate “gatekeeper” platforms in the EU, doesn’t go far enough, according to the FSFE.
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Ubuntu Touch OTA-20 Released for Linux Phones, Here’s What’s New

Still based on the Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) operating system series, Ubuntu Touch OTA-20 is a maintenance update that introduces support for the notification LED and vibration for incoming notifications on Halium 9 devices, such as OnePlus 6, OnePlus 6T, Xiaomi Mi A2, Xiaomi Mi 6, and others. However, the devs note the fact […]

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Here are 5 Linux-based Tablets

There are Linux laptops, Linux mini PCs, and Linux Phones. What about Linux-based tablets? What if you want to use a real Linux on a tab? Here are your options.
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Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 Is Slated for Release on September 17th, Now Ready for Testing

Still based on the Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) operating system series, Ubuntu Touch OTA-19 is slated for release this Friday on September 17th, 2021, packed with some minor improvements to the App framework, compatibility with QtWebEngine apps, as well as keyboard improvements in the messaging app. For Halium 5.1 and 7.1 devices, the Ubuntu Touch […]

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