Just after the search giant Google was launched in 1998, Baidu was also launched by China two years later in 2000 to give Google a tough competition and now Russia seems to follow the same by launching its own operating system for Smartphone devices.
New Linux-based Mobile Operating System is Arriving to ‘Kill’ Android and iOS
Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry 10 aren’t the only smartphone operating systems vying for a place in your pocket. There are other smartphone operating systems in development — and they’re all Linux-based.
Google’s Android operating system is also based on Linux, although it’s very different from typical Linux distributions. Other smartphone platforms — especially Canonical’s Ubuntu Phone — are much closer to a typical Linux system.
As we noticed, Yandex the Russian search engine brought a complaint against Google for forcing its own apps and services like YouTube, Google Maps, Hangouts on the open source mobile platform “Android” and on which Google was on the losing side in an anti-monopoly case in Russia.
And following that another major development, Russia has taken the first step of developing the new operating system that will put an end to the monopoly of Android and iOS devices. And the amazing part is company has also gained the much-needed support from the Government of Russia.
According to the Nikolai Nikiforov, the Russian Communication Ministry tweeted last month about the development of the brand new Russian mobile operating system and are currently looking for best developers, online security experts, and engineers.
Russia is looking to develop a new Linux-based global operating system for business giants and privacy seekers which will turn out to be best for those looking for trusted mobile solutions. A few months earlier, Nikolai Nikiforov also discussed the new OS in Russia in which he mentioned that BRICS countries which include (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are also working on the project to dominate the American tech firm.
The new operating system will be built on the top of Sailfish OS, which is a mobile operating system combining the Linux kernel with a particular hardware platform use, the open-source Mer core middleware, a proprietary UI contributed by Jolla, and other third-party components. Moreover, Sailfish OS was developed by former Nokia employees.
Sailfish OS is good enough to challenge Android, as it comes up with some good features. Moreover, how can we forget BRICS countries which cover half of the world’s population are supporting to develop this operating system.
We can expect something great coming to our ways in upcoming years.
The Russian minister of communication, Nikolai Nikiforov, told the world via Twitter that Open Mobile Platform, a Russian company, is building a Linux-based global operating system and the company is currently looking for developers and engineers.
In early 2016, Nikiforov talked about the possibility of an Android-alternative in Russia. He discussed the possible partnership with other BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) members to develop this operating system.
It should be noted that the new operating system is not created from scratch. Instead, it’s being created on the top of Sailfish OS, which was developed by a Hong Kong-based start-up Jolla — a company formed by former Nokia employees.
Sailfish OS is based on open source Linux kernel and features Jolla’s open source Mer Core UI and other third party components.
This effort is aimed at making inexpensive smartphones based on the new OS for the mass audience, according to Open Mobile Platform President Grigory Berezkin.
If the new operating system comes with the functions good enough to challenge Android, a good marketing in the BRICS countries–countries with the half of the world’s population–can result in something great for the new Linux-based mobile OS.
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