Tinker ☀️If @signalapp put up a crowd-sourced project fund to create a native app for linux (to support the many linux phone initiatives), I guarantee it would be funded quickly.
Owl Eyes@tinker @signalapp IMHO porting #Deltachat would be simpler, because it doesn't care about the phone number/SIM card, SMS verification, etc.
Fossman@d1 @tinker @signalapp DeltaChat already works on Linux mobile and other platforms - no need to port...
@opensourceopenmind @tinker @signalapp #DeltaChat doesn't seem to be ported to the #Jolla phone, which is #Linux-based
@d1 @tinker @signalapp If #SailfishOS cannot run flatpaks, appimages, debs, or rpms, comes with a proprietary closed source UI and components, uses the Android kernel instead of mainline Linux, it's simply diverged so much from traditional desktop Linux that I'd not consider it "Linux" any more, just like Android.
fooxl@fooxl No idea, a little before my time. I was probably in diapers when it came out. Anyway, can it even connect to 4G mobile networks still... otherwise it's irrelevant and cannot be called a phone.
@opensourceopenmind It was broadly accepted as linux phone although it had the same characteristics as SailfishOS. But ofc everybody can define for themselves what's considered "linux".
BTW SailfishOS is based on RPM.
Björn@fooxl @opensourceopenmind Also there's on going open sourcing. If you're interested check out the forum.
Regarding mainline from my personal point of view it's probably that there isn't any available out of the box for mainline socs.
Regarding mainline from my personal point of view it's probably that there isn't any available out of the box for mainline socs.
@fooxl So does that mean #SailfishOS can use rpms? #DeltaTouch is packaged as rpm but people are still saying it doesn't work on SFOS...?
https://delta.chat/en/download
Perhaps they haven't tried the rpm?
ElGrossKotzowhats deltachat? can it chat with wa and tg?
@opensourceopenmind @d1 @Muppensish @richarddebruin Yes, it can. But it must meet the requirements (dependencies e.g. openssl) of the RPM. Also the GUI probably won't work on SailfishOS. You can find more info on the sailfish forums.