Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
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Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#2I'm using Sailfish OS on an Xperia X since when it became available. My main reason to migrate from Android was "battery life" which was confirmed (battery now lasts ~5 days instead of the usual 2-3), but the OS has a lot of small and bigger bugs (e.g. carrier selection, 2G/3G/4G priority, stuck data comm for Android apps) and missing features (notoriously: tethering/wlan access point, bluetooth) that do not currently make it a valid alternative for a normal user if compared to the other operating systems. Version 2.1.4 beta is available (https://blog.jolla.com/sailfish-os-2-1-4-now-available-early...) which might fix many bugs and deliver some key features, but the date for the final release has not been published (and I'm too scared to brick my phone by installing the beta).
Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#3Companies providing operating systems is a clear conflict of interest. Evidence: the tragic state of the entire mobile ecosystem, where no hardware can be fully utilized by (or even make calls with) an open-source OS.
This article also fails to mention Tizen. Has it been abandoned? It was absolutely terrible (millions upon millions of lines of the worst C code I've ever perused) but I thought it still existed, making vaguely similar claims to open-sourcehood as SailfishOS.
The real mobile OS to watch and advocate for is postmarketOS, which attempts to get mainline Linux kernels working on phones.
Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#4Companies providing operating systems is a clear conflict of interest. Evidence: the tragic state of the entire mobile ecosystem, where no hardware can be fully utilized by (or even make calls with) an open-source OS. This article also fails to mention Tizen. Has it been abandoned? It was absolutely terrible (millions upon millions of lines of the worst C code I've ever perused) but I thought it still existed, making…
I fail to see how this is much of a problem.
Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#5Companies providing operating systems is a clear conflict of interest. Evidence: the tragic state of the entire mobile ecosystem, where no hardware can be fully utilized by (or even make calls with) an open-source OS. This article also fails to mention Tizen. Has it been abandoned? It was absolutely terrible (millions upon millions of lines of the worst C code I've ever perused) but I thought it still existed, making…
I fail to see how this is much of a problem.
In case you were asking how it might be a problem, look at some of its effects on the status quo:
Forced obsolescence, pervasive spyware/security problems, being locked into an "app" ecosystem, user-hostile antifeatures, lack of modifiability to deal with hardware degradation over time, etc.
Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#6Still using my Jolla as a main phone. I wish current android flagships would be as snappy, even though it can be buggy at times.
Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#7WebOS was once a mobile OS, now a TV OS: http://webosose.org
Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#8Companies providing operating systems is a clear conflict of interest. Evidence: the tragic state of the entire mobile ecosystem, where no hardware can be fully utilized by (or even make calls with) an open-source OS. This article also fails to mention Tizen. Has it been abandoned? It was absolutely terrible (millions upon millions of lines of the worst C code I've ever perused) but I thought it still existed, making…
Oh, Tizen, I guess you are not up to date with it.
After throwing away the C++ libraries and going to that C code you mention, they have decided to offer .NET Core + Xamarin as alternative to those C++ libraries.
Which I agree is much better than Bada C++ style libraries, but reveals they aren't sure where to go next.
Then at FOSDEM they introduced an IoT OS based on NuttX + JerryScript, and called it Tizen RT, even though it isn't anything Tizen related.
Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#9Companies providing operating systems is a clear conflict of interest. Evidence: the tragic state of the entire mobile ecosystem, where no hardware can be fully utilized by (or even make calls with) an open-source OS. This article also fails to mention Tizen. Has it been abandoned? It was absolutely terrible (millions upon millions of lines of the worst C code I've ever perused) but I thought it still existed, making…
> Companies providing operating systems is a clear conflict of interest.
I think based on your argument that Redhat and Ubuntu are reasonable reasonable counterexamples.
Re: Jolla is the last company with an 'alternative' mobile operating system
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
I fail to see how this is much of a problem.
In case you were asking how it might be a problem, look at some of its effects on the status quo: Forced obsolescence, pervasive spyware/security problems, being locked into an "app" ecosystem, user-hostile antifeatures, lack of modifiability to deal with hardware degradation over time, etc.
All those are things a person can live with if all they want is a communication device that runs apps and browses the web.