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> Has anyone experience with Sailfish? Can it run apps like Signal and WhatsApp? Is it stable? I ran Sailfish in the 2.x days on an old Moto G Falcon. They di
by memling 5y ago
> Has anyone experience with Sailfish? Can it run apps like Signal and WhatsApp? Is it stable?
I ran Sailfish in the 2.x days on an old Moto G Falcon. They did not support Android apps at the time, but recent versions are supposed to.[1]
My experience with Sailfish was pretty positive, but I have a high pain tolerance and don't need or want my phone to be more than a phone. (I need it to make calls and handle SMS/MMS. MMS messaging was iffy: reception was fine, but multiparty conversations didn't always thread well. I consider web browsing on the phone a bit of a mixed bag. Tethering is a bonus.)
It was pretty. I liked being able to SSH into the phone. I appreciated the easy way to change themes (and that they migrated settings like volume, etc.). It was a slick O/S.
Sadly my Falcon died, and I got a burner phone. It's hard to argue with $40 for the phone (KaiOS) and an MVNO that handles my comms on the cheap. I've toyed with the idea of picking up another one that's compatible and flashing the phone--but it looks like it's harder to get the OS onto newer devices these days.
[1] https://sailfishos.org https://sailfishos.org
- ryantgtg 5y agoI think they did support Android apps at that time, but only on the official devices (which is the same situation as now). I flashed 2.x back then, too, back in the glory days of flashing ubuntu touch and firefox os, etc. I loved the UI of Sailfish. Fatal flaw for me was the inability to group text. As far as I know there is still no group texting. The European users/devs claim this isn’t an issue, because they all use third party messaging apps. I’m glad they’re still developing Sailfish!