http://seravo.fi/2013/jolla-phone-first-impressions
Check out the screenshot with the terminal where uname -a shows GNU/Linux :)
Ahoy hoy,
http://seravo.fi/2013/jolla-phone-first-impressions
Check out the screenshot with the terminal where uname -a shows GNU/Linux :)
Looks nice - I signed up for their newsletter. But according to wikipedia[0], the UI will be at least partially proprietary - so even if it's GNU/Linux powered, it's not free software :-(
Links [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS#Software_architecture
2013/11/28 Simon Hornbachner lfodh@fsfe.org:
http://seravo.fi/2013/jolla-phone-first-impressions
Check out the screenshot with the terminal where uname -a shows GNU/Linux :)
Looks nice - I signed up for their newsletter. But according to wikipedia[0], the UI will be at least partially proprietary - so even if it's GNU/Linux powered, it's not free software :-(
Links [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS#Software_architecture
Yes, it's not 100% Free Software, but maybe 99%? It's less proprietary out-of-the box than e.g. Android in Nexus devices and I think it is a positive thing that there is some openness competition to drive it up in the industry to 99,9%, then 99,99% etc
https://sailfishos.org/about-license.html
http://newstechnica.com/2008/09/22/free-software-foundation-announces-gnupho...
(Well, OpenMoko found it amusing :-)
- d.
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On 28/11/13 21:49, David Gerard wrote:
(Well, OpenMoko found it amusing :-)
Rofl.
Sam.
Ahoy hoy,
Yes, it's not 100% Free Software, but maybe 99%? It's less proprietary out-of-the box than e.g. Android in Nexus devices
I'm not sure if that is true. Yes, SailfishOS maybe free software for the most part, but the User Interface on the Jolla phones will be proprietary, as far as I understand it. On the Android OS, the only proprietary parts are the proprietary Google Apps afaik (but I may be mistaken), as well as the drivers. But after the first look, I still think that a non-google Android ROM with F-Droid is to be preferred over the Jolla phones.
I also agree that competition is a good thing, but we already have semi-free competing mobile Operating Systems. I much rather see ressources be devoted to things like replicant.us or neo900.org
But still, thanks for putting it on my radar - I subscribed for their newsletter just to stay informed :-)
Regards, Simon