Ethereum OS: A Novel Open Source Mobile Operating System
A few days ago, it was announced version 1.0 of an interesting and novel Open source mobile operating system called “EthereumOS”.
which is also often called "ethOS", but as it is written, with the lowercase letter e. To differentiate from "EthOS", with the uppercase "letter E", which refers to the already known Computer Operating System focused on Digital Mining.
Mobian: A Mobile Operating System based on Debian GNU / Linux
And as usual, before entering fully into the today's topic about “EthereumOS”, we will leave for those interested the following links to some previous related posts:
Ethereum OS (ethOS): An Android web3 Operating System
What is Ethereum OS?
According to one information posted on Twitter, its developers have announced the release of said mobile Operating System based on the fork of Android called LineageOS, and oriented for a special use of Web3 technologies.
"Yes, ethOS v1.0 is here! We are very excited for the community to test and help build native web3 features and applications into the operating system.".
However, in its Official website there is a lot of information about it, in which its creators detail valuable information about it, its objectives, technologies and scope.
"ethOS will be the ultimate tool for Web3 creators and explorers. Until we have a mobile OS as permission-free as the blockchain that Web3 is built on, the technological transformation will be incomplete, and the economic and cultural renaissance made possible by Web3 economic and cultural renaissance made possible by Web3 will be delayed".
While, in his GitHub official website You can find excellent technical information and the source code of the project. For example, we may access information related to your installation, and his web installer.
Features
Among its main features, novelties, objectives and scope the following may be mentioned:
- It is a community development and open source.
- The operating system is in a beta version of development.
- It has native access to wallets and applications of the Ethereum network.
- At the moment, it can be installed exclusively on Pixel 3, 3XL and 5a devices. While in the future they plan to work on a dedicated mobile device called Ethereum Phone.
- It seeks to position itself as an ultimate tool for Web3 creators and browsers. To one day be a mobile OS as free of permissions as the Blockchain that operates on the Web3.
- It is built on top of the popular Android fork called LineageOS, allowing it to focus on blockchain-specific features, and expand Android only where needed.
- It runs an Ethereum light client as a system service, which means that it does not store all the data on the blockchain, but verifies all the blocks itself.
- It will come with a built-in wallet that will be very useful for crypto beginners, and guaranteed support for some of the most popular wallets.
- It will use for the security management of the wallets, a process where the private keys are encrypted by hardware and stored, using the integrated security chip.
- It will offer decentralized browsing, and will include support for IPFS and .eth domains, allowing for greater decentralization of content.
"LineageOS is one of the most widely used Android forks today, and it is devoid of Google-specific features. Which makes it suitable from a security and privacy perspective. In addition, it is open source and compatible with most Android phones.".
Free or open operating systems for existing mobiles
Finally, we will leave below our list of current Free or open operating systems for mobiles existing and known to which we will surely add to Ethereum OS: ethOS, as it is also known. And these are the following:
- / e / (Eelo)
- AOSP (Android Open Source Project)
- Calyx OS
- Graphene OS
- Kaios (Only partially open source)
- LineageOS
- MoonOS (WebOS)
- Mobian
- Plasma Mobile
- postmarketOS
- PureOS
- Repeat
- Sailfish OS
- Tizen
- Ubuntu Touch
"ethOS is a new paradigm in mobile OS, where the underlying layer of the system is decentralized and can be governed by the community".
Summary
In summary, “EthereumOS” It is a new and great alternative to try, to use in the future on our mobile devices, especially if we are users who are passionate about ungoogled alternatives (free of Google apps and services), and users who are passionate about Web3 technologies (Blockchain and DeFi). So, hopefully it will be an IT project that comes to fruition, and offers not only the use of new and better technologies, but higher levels of computer security and privacy.
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