Finnish company Jolla started out 14 years ago where Nokia left off with MeeGo and developed Sailfish OS as a new Linux smartphone platform. Jolla released their first smartphone in 2013 after crowdfunding but ultimately the Sailfish OS focus the past number of years now has been offering their software stack for use on other smartphone devices. But now it seems they are trying again with a new crowd-funded smartphone.

Sailfish OS has supported a number of Sony Xperia smartphones and a variety of OnePlus / Samsung / Google / Xiaomi devices and more maintained by the community. Last year Jolla also announced an "AI computer" as part of the AI hardware craze. Now though they are apparently trying again at their own in-house smartphone.

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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Is buying a smartphone with a properietary OS from an EU company really a smart decision after chat control?

I think I'm going to be sticking with Graphene

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    afaict the OS is fully Open Source. that's a claim on their website.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    It's proprietary with some open source components.

    They've said they aim to be fully open source some day

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Rather the opposite: it's Free Software, aside from UX components.

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