By Ratchanan Srirattanamet
Currently, the mobile operating system is occupied by Apple-Google duopoly, with their iOS and Android (respectively) occupying over 99% of the worldwide mobile OS market share [1]. However, it doesn’t have to be that way.
This talk will talk about Ubuntu Touch (https://ubuntu-touch.io), an alternative operating system for smartphones. It’s not yet another Android fork; rather, Ubuntu Touch is based on Ubuntu Linux and strives to give a truly different choice to freedom- and privacy-conscious users.
This talk will give you the overview of what Ubuntu Touch is, the history of it, and how it’s built, as well as the landscape of Linux-based mobile operating systems in general.
[1] as of February2024. Information comes from Statcounter.
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Ratchanan Srirattanamet
Ratchanan Srirattanamet is an open source developer, focusing on system development. He has been involved in the development of Ubuntu Touch since 2016, and is now one of the maintainer of Ubuntu Touch in UBports community. He is also interested in web development, system administration, and software licensing.