The postmarketOS and Alpine Linux Conference

Why do I think today is the best time for GNU/Linux mobile?
2026-09-27 , 5053.1 (Großer B-IT Raum)

In 2011, Canonical announced Ubuntu touch but failed later. And before Canonical, some companies tried and also failed.

So in this talk, I, as a user who's been using GNU/Linux on desktop computers for almost 10 years and Android/Linux since 2009, tries to give my personal view about why last time we failed and why this time we'll have a bigger opportunity to succeed.

A person who's addicted to FOSS.
A Debian Maintainer.
An amateur radio operator and also volunteer examiner for the USA amateur radio test.
And also, an odorite.