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I don't think Drew wanted "anything but Android", it sounds like he wanted Linux, so he could do the same Linux stuff on his phone that he does on other devices
by piaste 3y ago
I don't think Drew wanted "anything but Android", it sounds like he wanted Linux, so he could do the same Linux stuff on his phone that he does on other devices.
Unless I'm missing something, LineageOS and other AOSP-based projects are more open source than Sailfish, can obviously run Android apps better than Sailfish, and can probably do better at pretending to be Linux too (through Termux and its package manager).
- mrbn100ful 3y agoSailfish is Linux, native root access. It uses all the usual Linux build blocks (rpm,wayland,qt,systemd,pulseaudio ...) Sailfish is a Linux distribution with a proprietary DE (built in qml, so modification are easy)
- piaste 3y agoOoh, very interesting. From the wikipedia page I thought it only had a Linux kernel, like Android. I'll keep it on my radar.