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from the desktop-handheld-convergence dept.

Previously, Maru OS, an operating system that senses the peripherals connected and will switch from handheld to desktop mode, was closed-source and would only run on a Nexus 5.

LWN (formerly Linux Weekly News) has published a message [lwn.net] they received from the Maru OS Project.

I'm happy to announce that Maru has been fully open-sourced under The Maru OS Project!

There are many reasons that led me to open-source Maru [maruos.com], but a particularly important one is expanding Maru's device support with the help of the community.

If you'd like to help out with a device port (even just offering to test a new build helps a lot), let the community know on the device port planning list [google.com].[1] [archive.li]

We currently have a few Nexus, LG, and Motorola builds being planned. If you don't see your device on there and would like to help with development or testing, please do chip in and we'll get it added to the list.

If you're interested in contributing in general, please check out the project's GitHub [github.com], get up and running with the developer guide [github.com], and join the developer group [google.com].[2] [archive.li]

Our previous discussions [soylentnews.org] of Maru OS.

[1][2] archive.li will run the scripts for you.

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