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Jolla Trying Again To Develop A New Sailfish OS Linux Smartphone (www.phoronix.com)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@toast.ooo to c/linux@programming.dev

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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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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 42 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Get me a linux smart phone with a headphone jack and I will buy it in a heartbeat, but I don't think very many other people will.

[–] MystValkyrie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 week ago (6 children)

It's so bizarre that all the user-repairable phone startups are refusing to put in a headphone jack. Like, the entire point is to limit e-waste, so why are they expecting me to throw out my wired headphones to buy Bluetooth ones or get an adapter that will stop working in a year?

[–] brian@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

you can also buy a nice USB/Bluetooth dac instead of the inline ones that tend to be more fragile. better quality than an internal one and the flexibility of Bluetooth if you want it. generally a little bulky but if you already have wired headphones I don't think it's significant

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