Alphane MoonJolla Sailfish pitches a "European phone" for users wary of Google and Apple
erebion- it uses a downstream Android kernel
- it does not use a mainline kernel
- the Android kernel creates dependencies and makes it difficult to keep up to date for more than a couple years
- their AppSuport is literally Android in a container with some proprietary parts
- their apps are scarce as they need to be built for the OS (no Flatpak or any other support for the existing mobile Linux software)
- the UI and some other components are proprietary
I believe those points make clear why I see more of a future in projects like Mobian, postmarketOS, Fedora Pocketblue.
naeapSure about the Android kernel?
I was pretty convinced they use a Linux kernel and only have an Android app compatibility layer
I was pretty convinced they use a Linux kernel and only have an Android app compatibility layer
I was thinking about their own phones, not Sailfish for other vendors
For example their community phone or their new Jolla phone
The C2 is just a rebranded Reeder S19 Max Pro S, a cheap Android phone from a Turkish company.
Some people even buy the phone from Turkey and flash Sailfish OS onto it themselves.
Benedikt Wi@naeap @erebion Yes, C2 is also using #Libhybris however, there is some mainlining effort, but it does not seem to be easier than for other unlocked Android phones, see the talk or slides at https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/9KYVGM-jolla-c2/
