We’ve come a long way, since Sailfish OS was first introduced in 2013. Now as we enter the 4th generation with Sailfish OS, the secure platform for trusted mobile solutions, we can proudly say that our product is in great shape and ready to expand to new frontiers!  After Sailfish 3 was launched many big developments …
  • Deadnaut@lemmy.ml
    3·
    4 years ago

    I’m running this as my daily XA2 and personally it’s my favourite os to use due to its thumb-driven user interface, which is something that was carried over from Meego/Nokia N9.

    Native app list is not great, but the android vm works sweet as for the ones that are needed.

  • SirLotsaLocks@lemmy.ml
    2·
    4 years ago

    Very nice. It looks good! I’m a bit confused on what it is. I guess it’s similar to ubuntu touch in some ways, but it has a lot of proprietary software. I think it’s really cool but idk what the advantage is.

    /e I don’t mean this in any way as me hating on it I just really don’t know what’s going on with this

    • poVoq@lemmy.mlOP
      4·
      4 years ago

      It started out as a continuation of Maemo from the old Gnu/Linux running Nokia devices (N900 etc) by some of the same people after Nokia sold their Smartphone business to Microsoft.

      The underlying software-stack is mostly open-source, but despite original promises the UI never got released as open-source, and by now it has become highly unlikely it ever will as company priorities shifted.

      • SirLotsaLocks@lemmy.ml
        2·
        4 years ago

        I notice the ui looks a bit like the old microsoft ui in devices like the zune. Is that related to them being sold to microsoft at all? or is it just coincidental

        • poVoq@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          4 years ago

          This is an unrelated project that came up later. Probably partially motivated by the frustration with the failure of Jolla to open up their UI code as promised.

          • Echedenyan@lemmy.ml
            1·
            4 years ago

            Probably partially motivated by the frustration with the failure of Jolla to open up their UI code as promised.

            Then it is related jajajajajajajaja.