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I'm very sad it failed. I think one thing could have made it a success: Target existing popular devices like the latest Nexus/Pixel or the OnePlus models and ma

I'm very sad it failed. I think one thing could have made it a success: Target existing popular devices like the latest Nexus/Pixel or the OnePlus models and make it very easy to flash and restore. That way one can put their toe in the water without spending money on a non-android device and that risk is negated. I gave the OP3 dev some money I would have loved to play with Ubuntu Phone and especially with convergence, it might have stopped me from buying a laptop. But I didn't want to buy an expensive, high-end non-android device (I didn't like that high end Meizu) and I didn't want to try it on a cheap device either. I would certainly have bought a recent Nexus/Pixel to try it though, if I knew I could always go back to Android.

maheart 9y ago
Another real-Linux-on-the-mobile project, SailfishOS, has community ports onto popular Android devices[1]. Jolla, the main developer of SailfishOS, is set to announce an official port of SailfishOS, to the Sony Xperia Z sometime this month (according to their blog)[2]. [1] https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris_reboot https://wiki.merproject.org/wiki/Adaptations/libhybris_reboo... [2] https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sony_Jolla_press_release_MWC2017_FINAL.pdf?x12599 https://jolla.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Sony_Jolla_pres...
- Brakenshire 9y ago
  Just a quick correction, the model they mentioned appears to be Xperia X not Xperia Z.