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Jolla Announces Sailfish OS 1.0

Posted by Soulskill on from the competition-is-a-good-thing dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Sailfish, the Linux-based mobile operating system developed by Finnish devicemaker Jolla, has reached version 1.0. Sailfish arose from the ashes of several failed and interrupted projects to bring a new, major Linux-based platform to mobile devices. It's already running on phones sold in India and Russia, but more importantly, Sailfish was designed to be easily ported to existing Android devices. It's also built to support many Android apps. Jolla will begin providing complete firmware downloads during the first half of the year."

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  1. India and Russia by Microlith · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's already running on phones sold in India and Russia

    No, they will begin selling into those regions. They're already shipping to much of Europe.

    You know, regions that don't have problems with patent trolls tearing at companies with worthless software patents.

    1. Re:India and Russia by Radak · · Score: 5, Informative

      They're already shipping to much of Europe.

      This. I've got a Jolla in my hand right now (in Europe), and I'm loving it. It's not the world's most powerful hardware by any stretch of the imagination, but it's a great attempt at a new approach to UI and it's really nice to see a phone that caters to the geek market at the same time as being very usable to those who aren't so interested in what's going on under the hood. The ability to run Android apps (which it does very well) is the icing on the cake. I'm a very pleased customer so far, and looking forward to what's to come.

  2. The obvious question by Chrisq · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The obvious question that everyone will be asking is "why should I install this rather than cyanogenmod, firefox OS or replicant if I really mistrust big business?

    1. Re:The obvious question by qw(name) · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Sorry but people aren't asking this "obvious" question. It's just about more choice and that's a good thing.

    2. Re:The obvious question by Chrisq · · Score: 2

      Sorry but people aren't asking this "obvious" question. It's just about more choice and that's a good thing.

      Agreed - it wasn't a criticism its a genuine question. I have a spare Nexus and I'm thinking of putting something on it, but I haven't decided what!

    3. Re:The obvious question by oodaloop · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Well, when we have 40 different OSs from which to choose, then we might have that problem. Right now, we don't even have 4 viable candidates, so adding Sailfish to the mix can only help.

      --
      Tic-Tac-Toe, Global Thermonuclear War, and relationships all have the same winning move.
  3. Re:TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND NO ONE IS THERE !! by colin_faber · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I care. I'm actually pretty excited in both the phone (HW) as well as the OS. Personally I really like the idea of being able to ditch Android for another, possibly better software platform which doesn't have all the google hooks.

  4. Re:Another mobile operating system by colin_faber · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Agreed, such as being in the "It's not google" and "It's not apple" niche, which is very attractive to someone like me.

  5. Re:Another mobile operating system by pijokela · · Score: 2

    It's company of about 100 people. They said already last year that they only need to sell hundreds of thousands of phones to make it a feasible business. They don't need to replace anyone.

    And besides, I've been using the Jolla phone for three months now and I love it! So clearly, for me and the other customers, they make a difference.

  6. Re:TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND NO ONE IS THERE !! by lagomorpha2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I care. I'm actually pretty excited in both the phone (HW) as well as the OS. Personally I really like the idea of being able to ditch Android for another, possibly better software platform which doesn't have all the google hooks.

    I'm ready to switch to a platform that isn't any better so long as it doesn't have the google hooks.

  7. Re:TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND NO ONE IS THERE !! by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I always care about having more choices. Why do you hate our freedoms?

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    Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
  8. Waiting for Nexus 4 image by c.r.o.c.o · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I almost don't care how buggy it will be, as soon as Jolla or someone else will release a fully functional image for my Nexus 4, I will flash it.

    I am already running CM10.2 without a Google Account or any Google Apps for that mattet, and source all my apps from f-droid. So in my case the tether has been cut about 4 months ago, and I do not miss Google one bit.

    Switching back to Sailfish, having used Maemo and Meego in the past, will be awesome. Looking forward to it.

  9. Re: Another mobile operating system by Urkki · · Score: 4, Informative

    Does it have an ssh client available to use in said console?

    So far on Android the best I've found is ConnectBot. Honestly the screen real estat sucks, even on my Nexus 4.

    I suppose for Linux console you'd use OpenSSH, as usual. You can build it yourself if you wish, or you can find a ready-made .rpm package.

    It's a "real" Linux, you know. And by "real" I mean, much like a mainstream PC Linux distro.

  10. Re: Another mobile operating system by pijokela · · Score: 2

    I just opened the terminal, typed ssh, hit return and got the ssh synopsis. So, ssh client is installed with the terminal by selecting developer mode in the settings.

    More importantly for me the phone has a ssh server that's a really nice way to move stuff to and from it.

  11. Re:TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND NO ONE IS THERE !! by benmhall · · Score: 2

    I'm ready to switch to a platform that isn't any better so long as it doesn't have the google hooks.

    You should try a new BlackBerry. I've been using my Z10 for a year now and am very pleased with it. On top of being fast, efficient, and very productive for day-to-day tasks, the browser is the best on the market, the company has a proven track record of top-of-class security, and the hardware is very well made. It also has the best virtual keyboard I've ever used, and the latest version allows for direct installation of Android APKs, if you're in to a boatload of apps. (I've installed a couple, they work perfectly, but on balance, the core apps are simply top-notch and tend to be what I use day-to-day.)

    Of course, it can work with Google Calendar, Contacts, etc, but you are in no what stuck with Google's hooks. It also works well with Microsoft/ActiveSync/whatever else you'd want.

    All of that said, as an operating system junky, I'm very interested in try Sailfish. I have a Nokia 770 and N810 in a drawer. This is the continuation of that line and I'd love to see what the great engineers have come up with now that they're free of Nokia.

  12. Re:Finland? by xvan · · Score: 2

    Their phones, like every other, are chinese / (insert Asian semiconductor manufacturer of preference)