Looks like 2026 is gonna be the year of the #linuxmobile DE. Seems like theres a lot of mobile first DE that are in the works and making some progress.
Marathon-Shell by #MarathonOS is Blackberry inspired built in C++ and QML QT6
Mechanix-GUI by #MechaComet launcher developed in rust using GPUi and companion apps in Rust and/or Flutter
Flick which is developed in Rust using #Slint
If you know of anymore feel free to post them here that way we can keep an eye on them in the coming DE year!
@bart this popped back into my head recently and checked their discord. Looks like @newbyte confirmed that #marathonos is just gonna piggy back off the pmos immutability thats in the works and not make their own.
I also asked about hybris support and the creator mentioned that was in reference to the shell, it runs on hybris devices running other OS like droidian for example.
So it does seem like its mostly a shell and they are using #postmarketos as their base for the OS.
Lilbits: Updates on Pebble, Rebble, and Aluminium (Android + ChromeOS for PCs)
Google’s upcoming PC operating system that merges elements of Android and ChromeOS has a new name… or at least a code name. And there are updates on both sides of the dispute between Core Devices (the company brining Pebble watches back from the dead) and Rebble (the developers who made sure that old Pebble watches were only mostly dead).
Last week the Rebble team made accusations that […]
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Read more: https://liliputing.com/lilbits-updates-on-pebble-rebble-and-aluminium-android-chromeos-for-pcs/
This past week: A PINE64 Community Update with (no actual?) news on a PinePhone 2, Phosh 0.54 release candidate tagged at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2026, postmarketOS announces archival of unmaintained devices after v26.06, first batch of Jolla Phone preorders ready to be completed, and way more. Collected in a city known for a famous tragedy. Enjoy!
For those that didnt see @linmob latest post, it looks like someone got #marathonos or atleast its shell setup on a hackberrypi with a CM5. Looks pretty good from a ux perspective atleast on a mobile device.
Lilbits: iPad-style multitasking on iPhones, and maybe Lenovo didn’t leak any Android PC plans after all
Last week news started to make the rounds that Lenovo has published a web page spelling out the pros (and many cons) of PCs running Android. But Lenovo has since removed that website and claimed that it had nothing to do with Google’s plans to bring Android to PCs in the future… although it’s unclear why Lenovo published that page in the first place.
In other recent tech news from around the […]
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This past week: A PINE64 Community Update with (no actual?) news on a PinePhone 2, Phosh 0.54 release candidate tagged at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2026, postmarketOS announces archival of unmaintained devices after v26.06, first batch of Jolla Phone preorders ready to be completed, and way more. Collected in a city known for a famous tragedy. Enjoy!
BlackBerry 10's spiritual successor could be coming to your Android phone.
BlackBerry 10 may have been a failed rival to Android and iOS, but it was an intriguing and innovative mobile platform in its own right.
https://www.androidauthority.com/blackberry-10-successor-android-phones-3614626/
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