Post #1622055

2026-04-19 21:48 UTC

@abranson That’s great to hear! From my lay Linux enthusiasm, I couldn’t make sense of it & clearly had not considered all the resources to complete my research. But established RPM packaging & good Nextcloud integration are nice to hear. I have to admit, it doesn’t put me back in the rush I was in to own the phone, but I may check out the SDK/emulator, as possible help for whether I’ll re-build that interest once some real-world reviews of using the hardware/software are in. Thanks!

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@nobodyinperson@fosstodon.org 2026-04-20 05:56

@juanejot @abranson There's @rubdos's recent long term #SailfishOS review: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/17/my-sailfish-os-journey-apps.html I am also using the #nix package manager on my SailfishOS phone, which gives you access to a ridiculous amount of Linux software (https://search.nixos.org), though GUI apps seem to require some unknown-to-me magic to lauch at all under SailfishOS's Wayland UI. https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/installing-the-nix-package-manager-on-sailfishos/17503

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@pocketvj@fosstodon.org 2026-04-20 05:57

@juanejot @abranson if you can, get on old oneplus6 phone somewhere, flash unofficial sailfishos port onto and experience it.. its really a shame that true transparency is missing from jolla... you know, its called marketing, pretty sure 75% of the new buyers will never daily drive it 🤷 i have several years experience daily driving ubports, mobian, postmarketos. so far, ubports on a nexus5 was by far the best experience!

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