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There is SailfishOS[1]. It's real Linux. It has proprietary parts (e.g. Android drivers, UI widgets, core apps), but Jolla (the developer SailfishOS developer)

There is SailfishOS[1]. It's real Linux. It has proprietary parts (e.g. Android drivers, UI widgets, core apps), but Jolla (the developer SailfishOS developer) has contributed a tonne to Linux on the mobile[2]. I use it as my daily phone, and I've developed apps for it, so feel free to ask me any questions. SailfishOS should hopefully be available for the Sony Xperia X soon (within a month according to their blog posts). [1] https://sailfishos.org/ https://sailfishos.org/ [2] https://git.merproject.org/groups/mer-core/activity https://git.merproject.org/groups/mer-core/activity

ocdtrekkie 9y ago
I am interested in Sailfish, but I expect to be able to buy a phone running an OS on my carrier, and it doesn't sound like that is coming with the Xperia X or anything else anytime soon. If you have to flash the OS to use it, they've already lost, and I'd argue that was one of Ubuntu Phone's biggest problems too.
CaptSpify 9y ago
It looks interesting, but I'm really not a fan of all the closed source stuff they put into it. I might give it a go someday