Quite frankly, I don’t see a bright future for Tizen OS. Unfortunately, the Samsung Z failed to get much attention in a competitive Indian market.ĭespite being based on Linux, Tizen OS has been marred by security issues. Initially slotted for late 2013 release, it was only in January 2015 that the first Tizen phone, the Samsung Z, was released in the South Asian market. It is often dubbed an official Linux mobile OS, as the project is supported by the Linux Foundation.Īpart from the Linux Foundation, the Tizen project is supported by tech giants Samsung and Intel. Tizen is an open source, Linux-based mobile operating system. There are a handful of devices that are supported by Ubuntu Touch. With UBports’ efforts, Ubuntu Touch gets some updates. However, UBports is still trying to keep Ubuntu Touch alive. Two years and a few Ubuntu-based phones later, Canonical finally decided to call it quits on their mobile OS. Those first few devices were aimed at developers, which is the reason I advised people not to buy the BQ Ubuntu Phone at the time. It was soon followed by Chinese manufacturer Meizu. Spanish manufacturer BQ became the makers of the first device running Ubuntu Touch in February 2015. Though it failed to get the desired amount, it still set a new record, with over $12 million pledged to the campaign.Īfter the failed crowdfunding campaign, Canonical teamed up with some device manufacturers to launch Ubuntu Phone. Keeping convergence in mind, Canonical (the parent company of Ubuntu) ambitiously launched a $32 million crowdfunding campaign to build the first Ubuntu Phone, Edge. The king of desktop Linux world, Ubuntu decided to expand its territory with its open source mobile operating system, Ubuntu Touch. Interested in it? Check out Librem 5 specifications and availability. It’s more of a Linux-based smartphone rather than a Linux-based smartphone OS, but I believe that the convergent PureOS should be able to run on other devices with some tweaks.
Running Free/Libre and Open Source software and a GNU+Linux Operating System designed to create an open development utopia, rather than the walled gardens from all other phone providers”. The motto of the Librem is to be a “phone that focuses on security by design and privacy protection by default. Apart from PureOS, it can run GNOME and KDE, with Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, Fedora, and even Arch Linux. Purism claims that PureOS is convergent, and Librem smartphones will run it.
They are also working on a Linux-based, secure smartphone called Librem 5. The security and privacy-focused company Purism has its own PureOS Linux distribution. Ubuntu tried it and abandoned the project.
Ubuntu’s convergence efforts did not materialize, but this has not deterred others from their convergence dreams.Ĭonvergence, in simple terms, is having the same operating system running on desktops, tablets, and smartphones.
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