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These are my 3 favorite open-source operating systems that aren't Linux

There's more to open source than desktop Linux ...
Wired

The Best Alternative Operating Systems to Get Google Off Your Phone

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...
ExtremeTech

GrapheneOS Claims Google, Apple Are Blocking Alternative Phone Operating Systems

The GrapheneOS Foundation has accused Google and Apple of using device verification to lock users into the hardware and software approved exclusively by either company. On Sunday, the organization ...
Android Authority

GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices

GrapheneOS claims Google and Apple are increasingly using device verification systems to lock users into their own hardware and software. The platform says tools like Google’s Play Integrity, Apple’s ...
Android Authority

Pebble cements its smartwatch legacy as Google shares source code with the community

Google has released the source code for the Pebble watch on GitHub. This comes a little over 8 years after Pebble ceased operations. With the source code, developers can not only implement alternative ...
Reuters

Tie, tee or tiz? Operating systems also-rans seek to outsmart Google, Apple

(Reuters) - You may have heard of the operating system Tizen (you may even know how to pronounce it: tie-zen, not tee-zen or tiz-zen). But the chances of it running your smartphone are slim, about the ...