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> Update 01/2021: A video showing an iPhone 7 running Ubuntu 20.04 with GNOME
desktop has been released [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO8vt34kTh0],
bringing further ground to consider this the first Linux running iPhone
Let us face it: six months ago,…

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