Openmoko is a Linux distribution designed for open mobile computing platforms (not limited to cell phones). It is also the company behind the Openmoko Linux distribution <ind the manufacturers of mobile computing platforms, such as the Neo phones. People tend to associate the name 'Openmoko' with the phone (the hardware) itself, but the phones actually have names of their own. The current phone model on sale is the Neo FreeRunner, whose internal codename is GTA02 (the earlier Neo 1973 model evolved up to the GTA01Bv4).

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With the FreeRunner, the focus of development has shifted from stabilising the hardware platform to developing the software platforms and user interfaces necessary to bring the phone to mass-market usability levels. In true FOSS style, there are already quite a few software distributions available for the phone, most of them under intense development. We'll take a look at those soon.