Picture this, if you may: it's the year 2009, middle of the summer and you're a teenager with wrecked sleep schedules who stays up late watching TV shows waiting for weariness to reach you. You've become a fan of an old show where the host discuss the latest trends in the technology business, and they happen to mention one night the existence of Linux. The next morning, having nothing to do and bored out of your mind, you suddenly remember Linux is a thing that exists, so you decide to give it ...

First of all, happy new year 2010! Sorry, but has someone actually flashed a custom ROM in the last 5 years? I know the answer is yes, but it feels to me like something that has gone out of fashion over time, as less and less people have been talking about adding new features to your phone, or even just rooting it to get some precious extra storage. While it is true that both smartphone technology as a whole has improved in the last 10 years, to the point where most phones work just fine out of...