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Sailfish OS Oulanka is now available

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I am still waiting for the time I can actually buy a phone running one of these alternate OSes. Jolla has a shop, but shop.jolla.com is "not available in my country". (I can't even see what they're selling!)

Jolla has a very limited amount of money left. They have abandoned manufacturing hardware long ago and are focusing only on software development & licensing.

If a phone maker is willing to install their OS on their devices, they can contact Jolla.

Try with a VPN.

If you really want an iPhone or Android alternative you can buy a license (they sell an Sailfish OS for Xperia X or XA2 (you have to bring/buy the device by yourself)) also from non-supported countries:

- https://together.jolla.com/question/187365/shop-sorry-not-av...

- https://together.jolla.com/question/169734/sailfishx-not-ava...

If this is too complicated you likely wouldn't be happy with Sailfish anyway as there are quite some drawbacks (and also of course highlights).

From the website: ''' Availability Sailfish X is currently available in the countries of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland ("Authorized Countries") and the use of our website and services to purchase Sailfish X outside of the Authorized Countries is prohibited.'''

I have used Sailfish OS as my only phone for 4 years now. The nice things are that it comes with a terminal emulator, you can get a (root) shell, call rpm, ip etc.

The not so nice thing is that the company obviously has no ressources to do anything about the browser. It is a seriously outdated Firefox.

The HW situation is not so bright at the moment. They still support the original models Jolla and Jolla C. But I guess all phones that have been used are showing serious signs of age by now.

Sony Xperia X is no longer sold. They are stuck at a 3.10 kernel and Android 4.4. I am typing this message on one.

Sony Xperia XZ solves these dead ends, but there seem still issues with the baseport, so the SW is only called beta.

For anybody considering Sailfish, if you are happy with F-Droid and proud of not running Google Play Services then this might be for you. Of course there are also real purists who don't even install the Android support.

Now that Nokia (HMD) is shipping phones. Jolla should collaborate with them on a Sailfish device.

https://blog.jolla.com/content/uploads/2019/03/battery1-1024...

That contrast is terrible.

It is because of the ambience/theme. You can change it as per your wish.

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