What we’re about
Förderung des Austausches zwischen Embedded (Linux) Entwicklern in der Schweiz.
Building and Networking within the Swiss Embedded (Linux) Community.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- Debian GNU/Linux on a mobile phone?!Räffelstrasse 26, Zürich
Join for a session about Debian on mobile phones aka Mobian.
Learn about the current status of running a free "as in freedom" operating system on a mobile phone. There will be some mobile phones and tablets available to get in touch. If you have a mobile device running a GNU/Linux (not Android) operating-system, please bring it along.
Agenda
- What is the difference to Debian on a PC?
- What is the Mobian: Bootloader? Linux kernel? User-space?
- Which phones are supported?
- What 'apps' are available and usable?
- Which limitations exist?
- Is it usable as a daily driver?
- How to contribute to Mobian?
- How to develop own 'apps'?
About the Speakers
Manuel Traut
Manuel has been dreaming about Linux on his mobile phone since OpenMoko launched the Freerunner in 2008. Now, this dream is becoming a reality. Manuel is a maintainer of two Debian packages, both usable on mobile phones, and has contributed to adding mainline Linux support for the PineTab2 in the 6.9 kernel. During the day, he has worked with embedded Linux for nearly two decades.Evangelos Ribeiro Tzaras
Evangelos is a Debian/Mobian maintainer and an active contributor to the Phosh project and GNOME ecosystem. His journey with Debian began in 2020 with the Pinephone Braveheart Edition, leading him to support and contribute to the Mobian project. He maintains applications like gnome-calls and Chatty and has extensive experience packaging for Debian and other Debian-based distributions, focusing on mobile devices such as the Librem5 and the PinePhone. Evangelos is committed to expanding his work in mobile applications and VoIP for the GNOME ecosystem.
