Work on Debian for mobile devices continues

Work on Debian for mobile devices, i.e. telephones, tablets, and
handheld computers, continues. During the recent
DebConf17 in Montréal, Canada, more
than 50 people had a meeting to reconsider opportunities and
challenges for Debian on mobile devices.

A number of devices were shown at DebConf:

• PocketCHIP: A very small
  handheld computer with keyboard, Wi-Fi, USB, and Bluetooth, running
  Debian 8 (Jessie) or 9 (Stretch).
• Pyra: A modular
  handheld computer with a touchscreen, gaming controls, Wi-Fi,
  keyboard, multiple USB ports and SD card slots, and an optional
  modem for either Europe or the USA. It will come preinstalled with
  Debian.
• Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G:
  An Android smartphone featuring a physical keyboard, which can
  already run portions of Debian userspace on the Android kernel.
  Kernel upstreaming is on the way.
• ZeroPhone: An
  open-source smartphone based on Raspberry Pi Zero, with a small
  screen, classic telephone keypad and hardware switches for
  telephony, Wi-Fi, and the microphone. It is running Debian-based
  Raspbian OS.

The photo (click to enlarge) shows all four devices, together with a
Nokia N900, which was the
first Linux-based smartphone by Nokia, running Debian-based Maemo and
a completely unrelated
Gnuk cryptographic token,
which just sneaked into the setting.

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