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Marathon OS Promises BlackBerry 10-Like Fluidity on a Pure Linux Base
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Linux on mobile devices remains a niche effort in a world dominated by iOS and Android, but projects aiming to build a true alternative continue to move forward.
One of the newest of these is Marathon OS, a new mobile Linux system built around a Qt6-based Wayland compositor and a QML interface modeled directly on BlackBerry 10’s gesture navigation. The project inherits its core userspace from postmarketOS, which itself is built on Alpine Linux.
Who is it for? According to information on the project’s website, Marathon OS targeted “Former BB10 users who miss that workflow, mobile Linux enthusiasts, PostmarketOS community, and privacy advocates who want full device control.” Now, let’s dig a little deeper into the technical details.