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If only there was any decent hardware for Jolla.

by creshal 10y ago

maheart 10y ago
If you're not satisfied with the "official" devices (e.g. Jolla 1, Intex Aquafish, or Jolla C [if you were lucky enough]), then there are a number of community ports at varying levels of maturity[1]. Otherwise, there's the possibility that the Fairphone 2 will receive official SailfishOS support. Finally, there's a number of yet unreleased devices with official SailfishOS support[2] [1] https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris [2] https://together.jolla.com/question/136143/wiki-available-devices-running-sailfish-os/ https://together.jolla.com/question/136143/wiki-available-de...
rihegher 10y ago
And if only Sailfish OS was open source. https://together.jolla.com/question/80676/request-fully-open-source-sailfish-os/?answer=80678#post-id-80678 https://together.jolla.com/question/80676/request-fully-open...
- maheart 10y ago
  This is true, and I hope SailfishOS will one day be completely FOSS, but please have a look at the bigger picture. Here's a comment I wrote about the situation on reddit: --- Yes, I'd prefer SailfishOS to be 100% FOSS, but Jolla is helping GNU/Linux establish its roots on the mobile. How is it doing this? * libhybris has opened up a whole new world for GNU/Linux, by allowing programs developed against glibc (i.e. GNU/Linux) to run on top of proprietary Android drivers (i.e. phones). * Jolla puts a lot of development into lipstick, which makes it easier to develop UXs for phones/tablets/other form factors [This involved developing Wayland support] * Jolla have opensourced their browser (Qt5 + Gecko engine) and their office suite (Nokia's Calligra Office work, with a QML interface) * Jolla develops a sychronisation framework (buteo-sync) that can be used for syncing emails, Twitter, CalDav/CardDav, etc (I think Ubuntu Touch might adopt it in the future) * Want to see how much manpower Jolla dedicates to developing FOSS? Look at the number of @jollamobile.com emails here: https://git.merproject.org/groups/mer-core/activity https://git.merproject.org/groups/mer-core/activity * The SailfishOS community has been developing sfdroid. A FOSS application for running Android apps on your GNU/Linux mobile. So while SailfishOS isn't 100% open source, it's doing a lot of good for the GNU/Linux community on the mobile.
AsyncAwait 10y ago
The Fairphone 2 has decent* hardware specs[1] and it can run SailfishOS[2]. * approx. the same as OnePlus One, which partially[3] supports sailfish as well [1] - https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ [2] - https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/Install_SailfishOS_for_fp2 https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/Insta... [3] - https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris

If only there was any decent hardware for Jolla.

by creshal 10y ago

If only there was any decent hardware for Jolla.

If you're not satisfied with the "official" devices (e.g. Jolla 1, Intex Aquafish, or Jolla C [if you were lucky enough]), then there are a number of community ports at varying levels of maturity[1]. Otherwise, there's the possibility that the Fairphone 2 will receive official SailfishOS support. Finally, there's a number of yet unreleased devices with official SailfishOS support[2] [1] https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris [2] https://together.jolla.com/question/136143/wiki-available-devices-running-sailfish-os/ https://together.jolla.com/question/136143/wiki-available-de...

rihegher 10y ago

And if only Sailfish OS was open source. https://together.jolla.com/question/80676/request-fully-open-source-sailfish-os/?answer=80678#post-id-80678 https://together.jolla.com/question/80676/request-fully-open...

maheart 10y ago
This is true, and I hope SailfishOS will one day be completely FOSS, but please have a look at the bigger picture. Here's a comment I wrote about the situation on reddit: --- Yes, I'd prefer SailfishOS to be 100% FOSS, but Jolla is helping GNU/Linux establish its roots on the mobile. How is it doing this? * libhybris has opened up a whole new world for GNU/Linux, by allowing programs developed against glibc (i.e. GNU/Linux) to run on top of proprietary Android drivers (i.e. phones). * Jolla puts a lot of development into lipstick, which makes it easier to develop UXs for phones/tablets/other form factors [This involved developing Wayland support] * Jolla have opensourced their browser (Qt5 + Gecko engine) and their office suite (Nokia's Calligra Office work, with a QML interface) * Jolla develops a sychronisation framework (buteo-sync) that can be used for syncing emails, Twitter, CalDav/CardDav, etc (I think Ubuntu Touch might adopt it in the future) * Want to see how much manpower Jolla dedicates to developing FOSS? Look at the number of @jollamobile.com emails here: https://git.merproject.org/groups/mer-core/activity https://git.merproject.org/groups/mer-core/activity * The SailfishOS community has been developing sfdroid. A FOSS application for running Android apps on your GNU/Linux mobile. So while SailfishOS isn't 100% open source, it's doing a lot of good for the GNU/Linux community on the mobile.

AsyncAwait 10y ago

The Fairphone 2 has decent* hardware specs[1] and it can run SailfishOS[2]. * approx. the same as OnePlus One, which partially[3] supports sailfish as well [1] - https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ https://shop.fairphone.com/en/ [2] - https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/Install_SailfishOS_for_fp2 https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris/Insta... [3] - https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris