postmarketOS February 2026 Update: Organizational Changes and Development Progress
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Summary
The article provides a monthly update on postmarketOS development for February 2026, focusing on organizational changes including new Trusted Contributors, progress on the Contributor Support Programme, and ongoing work toward achieving a 10-year lifecycle for smartphones. Key developments include welcoming new contributor Bhushan, acknowledging contributions from Minecrell and Anton, and detailing various technical improvements and community activities from the FOSDEM hackathon.
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The biggest thing in February for postmarketOS was of course FOSDEM and our hackathon, about which we wrote a whole blog post already.
Because of this, and the new approach outlined in the last monthly post, the blog post here is comparatively short.
Contributor Support Programme: January 2026 - The contributors in the CSP worked on the following tasks:
Aiming for a 10 year life-cycle for smartphones
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