Twisting Debian for running on Mobile Devices

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Describes how DebianOnMobile and Mobian build ready-to-flash Debian images for select smartphones and tablets by packaging mobile-friendly Debian software and automating image generation. Covers specific tooling: Salsa CI pipelines, image-generation scripts, and processes for stable kernel upgrades, and explains how those CI/image workflows apply to other embedded hardware for easier device enablement.

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