hdnclrAnyone using a Linux Smarphone?
I just got myself a fairphone gen 6. I want to put postmarket OS on it, but had a kind of rough start. Haven’t gotten it working yet :(
eOS works great for me on my fairphone 5, I suspect the model 6 is similar. Just be VERY careful about the anti-rollback protection, read the install instructions carefully and follow them exactly. And don’t use the easy installer, it can brick your phone.
doc.e.foundation/devices/FP6/install
For everyone else, here are the supported devices:
asudoxeOS is based on aosp though.
Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤI just fat-fingered myself into a need for a new phone. I’d really like to get away from Android, but I’ve yet to hear anyone say any smartphone running Linux is ready for daily driving.
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Huh, I’ve never noticed you write a message without the need to replace a “th” before.
Sometimes, sentences come togeþer wiþ so many in a row I feel self-conscious. More rarely, I produce one, or none.
You become hyper-aware of how heavily English relies on “th” when you walk þis paþ.
Did you ever read that book that was written without using the letter “e”? Now there’s something on which English - the word itself even - depends.
Blisterexela disparition?
ClusterBombA book without it? I couldn’t show the world a short post not including it! Why though? This is so hard for our brains. 💀
for fun I would say, although I must add that making a short post without including a awfully common part of our common language is a task that can be brought about without too much labor.
I know, I was trying to josh 😭 you almost did it though! Doing this also allow to find about words you don’t know!
Hey i tried
I think you’re making a joke I’m too oblivious to get, but in case I was wrong:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gadsby_(novel)
(Not to be confused with a similarly titled book that definitely uses the letter ‘e’)
Oh, it wasn’t a joke, I’m just french and though you were referring to the french novel la disparition that is also written with no e’s
apoiselI’m using Sailfish OS on a Jolla C2 phone. The OS is great, very good native software and it also runs Android apps.
slacktoidHow’s your experience been with the GPS? I have been using sailfish on a Sony phone and loved it but getting a GPS lock just took forever for me.
Works well enough for me, it’s comparable to my Android phones. But I’m not a heavy GPS user.
Have you done anything to get that? I have not been able to get decent GPS unless I planned 20 mins in advance
DeathByDenimOh yeah, I also daily drive a Sony with Sailfish (Xperia XA2) and the GPS is very unreliable to get a lock. It’s very rare that it works sadly. Other than that the phone works very well.
Yeah that kinda became a dealbreaker for me. I really wish that was better cause it’s the only thing I feel holding it back as an android alternative. Its got the apps (thru android emulation), the control and freedom to brick it as you want. Just needs the GPS sorted and its great! (Yes things could be better but I can forgive those issues)
Wikipedia states the UI layer is propriertary, is that true?
Some components are proprietary. See docs.sailfishos.org/Develop/Open_Source/ .
Jolla is in the process of open sourcing components. See this forum post from today .
Camera app available at Sailfish OS GitHub
Hi all, Like we hinted in last week’s newsletter Camera app was close to be ready for open sourcing and indeed that what it is. It’s open now 🎉 🥳. Please find it from GitHub - sailfishos/jolla-camera: Camera application for Sailfish Please report issues to GitHub Issues (feel free use Forum Bugs as well) and label issues with camera. You can also filter by label. There is droidmedia where you can report issues close to Camera hardware adaptation but generic issues should ...
Can you use Signal on a Linux phone? I know there’s a desktop Linux client, but it relies on being activated from an Android or iPhone app to function, in my experience.
thingsiplaywww.ubuntu-touch.io/apps/ can run Android apps with Waydroid. I don’t know if Signal works with this, but Android apps run with good performance using Waydroid (I just read about it, never used it myself).
I daily drive a Librem 5. First thing to note is do not expect a well polished experience. Battery life is bad, only about 4 hours of light use, and 8 or so hours if left in suspend. It can do VoLTE, send SMS, use web apps and any apps coded with libadwaita or kirigami. Other desktop apps can be forced to scale on the display, but it won’t be perfect.
I use Signal desktop as my main means of communication on the Librem 5. I have a spare normie phone for setup, but Waydroid is an option. I do use Waydroid for a few apps that have no web browser equivalent.
Idk, all I can say is, you have to really want it to live with it. I don’t do gaming or heavy social media use or anything removed that, so it is just fine for me. But it’s definitely not for everyone.
quick_snailIs that battery life in airplane mode or not? Curious how long you get in airplane mode.
You could probably stretch it to 10-12 hours if you turn all the hardware kill switches to off, which activates “lockdown mode.” It turns off every sensor on the device.