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Free and open-source alternative to Google Android libraries

MicroG is a free and open-source implementation of proprietary Google libraries that serves as a replacement for Google Play Services on the Android operating system. It is maintained by the German developer Marvin Wißfeld. He describes microG as "the framework to create a fully-compatible Android distribution without any proprietary Google components". Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: MicroGA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Diagnostic Interpretation and further evaluation of Extreme Hyperferritinemia (>10,000 microg/L) with reduced % Tsat (<50%) in pediatric patients in Tertiary care HospitalInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Microgravity Investigation of Crew Reactions In 0-G (MICRO-G)The most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Cognitive Deficits Associated with Blood Lead Concentrations <10 microg/dL in US Children and AdolescentsCited 689 times
  5. Go sideways: IodéOSA closely related topic
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

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