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Just another step towards Ubuntu or another proper linux distro to take over the phone space.

jraph 3y ago
Ubuntu actually pioneered the domain with Ubuntu Phone, and then abandoned it. It's been taken over by UBPorts, a community effort, with Lomiri for it's graphical environment. I don't know these much, as I think they don't let you run regular Linux apps. There are many linux mobile distributions, I think the most mature / widespread ones are Mobian, PostmarketOS and Manjaro. And UBPorts of course. Mobian has been upstreaming most of its work to Debian proper, which is cool. I'm using Mobian but there's not much Mobian-specific stuff remaining. I think they nailed the development model.
- glodalitazic 3y ago
  SailfishOS is totally usable. It is not as open as some others, but they get more stuff to work
  - fifteen1506 3y ago
    How are they, as a company, with all the Russia shenanigans (trade bans, etc.?)
    - unnah 3y ago
      From what I have been able to determine as a user, the sanctions have been a big blow to the company, but they are still able to operate in Western countries and are also seeking partnerships in China. We'll have to see if they can pull through and keep some part of their business profitable.
  - jraph 3y ago
    Yes, I always forget about it (because I'm not interested personally. The way I see it is that if I want a mostly open source mobile OS but with some proprietary blobs, Android is just fine. I just can't justify using SailfishOS).
palata 3y ago
I strongly disagree. It's just another step towards other open source apps taking over those two use-cases on alternative Android systems. AOSP is still open source, and maintained by Google. So this doesn't seem like a big deal to me, like at all. I feel like people tend to really under-estimate the difference between "proper linux distros" (why "proper", btw?) and Android. Android was designed for smartphones, good luck catching up with "proper" distros.

Ubuntu actually pioneered the domain with Ubuntu Phone, and then abandoned it. It's been taken over by UBPorts, a community effort, with Lomiri for it's graphical environment. I don't know these much, as I think they don't let you run regular Linux apps. There are many linux mobile distributions, I think the most mature / widespread ones are Mobian, PostmarketOS and Manjaro. And UBPorts of course. Mobian has been upstreaming most of its work to Debian proper, which is cool. I'm using Mobian but there's not much Mobian-specific stuff remaining. I think they nailed the development model.

glodalitazic 3y ago
SailfishOS is totally usable. It is not as open as some others, but they get more stuff to work
- fifteen1506 3y ago
  How are they, as a company, with all the Russia shenanigans (trade bans, etc.?)
  - unnah 3y ago
    From what I have been able to determine as a user, the sanctions have been a big blow to the company, but they are still able to operate in Western countries and are also seeking partnerships in China. We'll have to see if they can pull through and keep some part of their business profitable.
- jraph 3y ago
  Yes, I always forget about it (because I'm not interested personally. The way I see it is that if I want a mostly open source mobile OS but with some proprietary blobs, Android is just fine. I just can't justify using SailfishOS).

palata 3y ago

I strongly disagree. It's just another step towards other open source apps taking over those two use-cases on alternative Android systems. AOSP is still open source, and maintained by Google. So this doesn't seem like a big deal to me, like at all. I feel like people tend to really under-estimate the difference between "proper linux distros" (why "proper", btw?) and Android. Android was designed for smartphones, good luck catching up with "proper" distros.