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Liberux NEXX Linux Smartphone
A smartphone running a full-on Linux operating system, not just some jazzed-up Android skin, feels like a middle finger to the iOS-Android stranglehold. Meet the Liberux NEXX, a bold project from a scrappy Spanish crew aiming to win over privacy geeks and open-source diehards. But with a crowdfunding campaign that didn’t hit its sky-high $1.7 million mark, the NEXX’s story is as gripping as it is shaky.

Fujitsu LOOX F-07C Smartphone Windows 7
In 2011, Fujitsu unleashed a curious experiment onto the mobile world: the LOOX F-07C. This wasn’t just another smartphone trying to muscle its way into a market dominated by Android and iOS. It was a bold, almost defiant attempt to fuse a full-fledged desktop operating system—Windows 7 Home Premium, no less—with the compact form of a Symbian-based phone.