postmarketOS: The Opportunities and Challenges

Explore a conference talk from the Linux App Summit 2025 where Pablo Correa Gomez discusses postmarketOS, an Operating System designed to extend the life of consumer electronics through free and open-source software. Learn how this versatile OS now runs on phones, laptops, desktops, tablets, routers, smart clocks, and TV boxes, while maintaining its unique focus on smartphones. Discover why postmarketOS stands out as the Linux platform with the most extensive phone support and strongest commitment to smartphone specificity. The 23-minute presentation examines both the opportunities and challenges that postmarketOS presents to the broader app ecosystem. Pablo, a software developer who evolved into a program and community manager, serves as a postmarketOS Core Contributor and GNOME Foundation Board member, bringing insights on both technical and social aspects of FOSS (Free and Open Source Software).