Huawei has unveiled HarmonyOS NEXT, a new operating system that completely ditches Android apps.
    • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]
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      4 months ago

      NEXT is proprietary, built from FLOSS OpenHarmony
      https://gitee.com/openharmony
      openharmony.cn

      • Luna [she/her]
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        4 months ago

        Could be interesting to see another OS similar to GrapheneOS built off of OpenHarmony instead of Android

        • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]
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          4 months ago

          it would! there’s a bunch of derivatives already, but most seem customised for specific commercial use, and there’s one for running on Pi boards
          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenHarmony#Software_distributions

          runs on a POSIX multi-kernel with a BSD license that has been supporting android apps previously to help with a transition but now is being dropped, so android apps would need to be rebuilt

          a LineageOS/GrapheneOS type situation that wouldn’t be as limited by a lack of google services would be great