5,000 Jolla Phones pre-ordered in one week, driven by the community.

People showed there’s real demand for a European Linux phone built differently. The Jolla Phone reached 5,000 pre-orders organically, through community sharing and word of mouth. Thank you. We couldn’t have done this without you.

Next stop: 10,000 pre-orders to unlock The Other Half and open source the modular hardware & software interfaces.

👉 Pre-order the Jolla Phone: https://jolla.com/phone
📰 Read the press release: https://jolla.com/content/uploads/2025/12/Jolla-pre-order-campaign-sold-organically-5000-phones-in-a-week.pdf?x26973

#Jolla #SailfishOS #DeGoogle #european #DigitalSovereignty #CommunityPowered

This from Wil Wheaton is lovely (and it opens with what is probably my favorite paragraph in all of literature)

Later in the piece he says this

https://wilwheaton.net/2025/12/this-is-such-a-painful-loss-my-heart-is-broken/

CityCat: Prowl – Development Overview

CityCat: Prowl is an upcoming adventure game by Robert Ramsay.

More information: https://c64universe.com/2025/11/18/citycat-prowl-development-overview/

Rest in peace, Rebecca Heineman. I wish I had known you more than just as a fan.

#BurgerBecky

#RebeccaHeineman #AppleII #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintageapple #Apple #RIP #computing #gaming #retrogaming #retrogames

Hey, I made an autorouter plugin for KiCad. It also made the most complex PCB you'll ever see:

https://bbenchoff.github.io/pages/OrthoRoute.html
https://github.com/bbenchoff/OrthoRoute