Basalt Open Source Company presented the release of the mobile platform ALT Mobile 11.0.1 (“Alt Mobile”), designed for smartphones, tablets and embedded touch screen devices, such as barcode readers, cash registers and data collection terminals. The platform is built on the package base of the repository Sisyphus (p11) and is equipped with a graphical shell Phosh, based on GNOME technologies and using a composite server Phoc. Images for x86_64 and ARM64 architectures have been prepared for download, which can be used for installation on devices PinePhone, PinePhone Pro, OnePlus 6/6T, Nothing Phone, Xiaomi Pocophone F1, Xiaomi Redmi 4X, PineTab 2 and “MIG” tablets (on the architecture x86-64), as well as for launch in QEMU. The platform is also ported to work on Anbernic, PowKiddy, Retroid game consoles based on SoC Rockchip, Allwinner and Qualcomm.
Only individuals, including individual entrepreneurs, can freely use the downloaded version. Commercial and government organizations can download and test the platform, but for permanent use of the corporate infrastructure, legal entities must purchase licenses or enter into written licensing agreements. At the same time, the development of ALT Mobile is carried out in accordance with the principles of free software and the code base is open.
The platform provides the ability to work with the system of several users, to switch between which the login manager Phrog is used. If necessary, you can use Waydroid and Wine to launch applications compiled for Android and Windows, as well as open a terminal emulator to work on the command line. Full disk encryption based on LUKS is supported. When connecting a mobile device with a monitor, keyboard and mouse, the platform allows you to use the system as a full-fledged workstation with a GNOME-like environment. It is possible to install applications available in repositories for desktop editions of ALT Linux, as well as packages in flatpak format.
Among changes in the new release: