@cwebber ummm. Types on rephone running #SAILFISHOS. ...

Dear @Mer__edith and the the amazing @signalapp team,

After the last update, the Signal "desktop app" is requiring us to launch the mobile app - however, many of us do not have the Android or any other "mobile" version of the Signal app any more.

We are a large (by our standards) group of #Linux phone users, and your "desktop" app is our "mobile" app : )

Our previous phones on which #SignalApp was initially activated was an Android or Apple device and we have since then completely migrated to #Linuxphones. Some of us may have registered Signal on #signalcli, Flare, #Molly, Signal Android in #WayDroid, etc.

The #mobileLinux community is growing - we have members spanning a good number of projects and devices, e.g.
- @purism #Librem5 and #LibertyPhone running #Debian-based #PureOS #GnuLinux, #Alpine-based #PostmarketOS or #Mobian,
- @PINE64 #Pinephone and PP Pro running #ManjaroARM, #SailfishOS, etc.
- @furilabs #FLX1 running #Droidian-based #FuriOS,
- a wide variety of Android phones (including OnePlus 6, Google Pixel 3, #Fairphone 4 & 5) running #Alpine-based @postmarketOS ,
- @volla , #Fxtec and #Brax3 devices running #UbuntuTouch by @ubports,
- devices running @mobian which is part of #Debian project, etc.

[Apologies to any project I may have failed to include - you are all appreciated]

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Revisiting SailfishOS – September 2025 Thoughts / Nick Schmidt

https://geekyschmidt.com/post/sailfishos-sept25/

#SailfishOS #linuxphone #opensource

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (41/2025): More than just Librephone

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-41-2025/

#LinuxMobile #FSF #LibrePhone #SPIRITsmartphone #postmarketOS #Mobian #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Phosh #Jolla #FuriLabsFLX1 #PinePhone #PinePhonePro #Librem5

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (41/2025): More than just Librephone

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-41-2025/

#LinuxMobile #FSF #LibrePhone #SPIRITsmartphone #postmarketOS #Mobian #UbuntuTouch #SailfishOS #Phosh #Jolla #FuriLabsFLX1 #PinePhone #PinePhonePro #Librem5

@leaverou @fubaroque The same in #SailfishOS browser.

@span strypey Regarding #postmarketOS and #Mobian, the "one app version […] works on any variant" thing has an answer you may or may not like: Flatpak, and ship that on https://flathub.org, using the GNOME or KDE runtimes. If MetaInfo/AppData is set correctly, it will show up in flathub's Mobile Collection even: https://docs.flathub.org/docs/for-app-authors/metainfo-guidelines/#mobile-collection

Unfortunately, that would leave out #SailfishOS or #UbuntuTouch, although that's possible, too - look, e.g., at Pure Maps and Amazfish, which are available "everywhere". Unfortunately, with the drive to migrate things to Qt6 (distributions would like to stop shipping Qt5 eventually), Sailfish OS and Ubuntu Touch may be left behind until they catch up. Going web based or using Flutter are other ways to get some cross platform support, unfortunately always leaving out one of the #MobileLinux contenders.

I (Peter) did a talk about that very problem at #FOSDEM 2024 (https://archive.fosdem.org/2024/schedule/event/fosdem-2024-3303-the-linux-phone-app-ecosystem/ and later updated it for FrOSCon (no recording, slides https://programm.froscon.org/2024/system/event_attachments/attachments/000/000/849/original/the-linux-phone-app-ecosystem-reloaded.pdf)
@span postmarketOS @span mobian @span linmob @span linmob

@Tutanota going further away from the android/AOSP-derivatives: another solution is Linux distributions on smartphones:

- I personally daily drive #SailfishOS for more than a decade (commercially supported versions of SFOS even have "Android App Support" running inside a container for "that one app" with no native linux port you can't get without)

- I've heard positive things about #postmarketOS and #UbuntuTouch (but don't have personal experience)

@fdroidorg another good source is this one: 😉 #sailfishos #jolla

@dangillmor Why not ditch both Apple and Google and help support alternatives like #GrapheneOS or #SailfishOS?

They need support, users and funding. It'll come at the cost of some convenience (very little for GrapheneOS) but it'll grow these platforms and give them more leverage.

I just cannot wrap my head around how people think iOS and Google's Android are the only two viable daily drivers for mobile usage.

Given the absolute insane rage over Google's Android decision (already 1806 points in HN), there is an opening for an alternative phone platform.

Maybe @jolla's Sailfish OS could get wind on their sails from this? https://sailfishos.org/

#Android#Google#Sailfishos

Help shape the next Jolla Phone!

We’ve got access to a modern 5G smartphone platform, and we want to hear your take on what the next-gen Jolla Phone should be.

What screen size makes sense? How much memory is enough? What are your must-have features?

No strings attached, just cast your vote and help us explore the potential:
👉 https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/next-gen-jolla-phone/23882

Please spread the word so we get as many persons as possible to vote and share their views, and that we can make this happen! We intend to keep this initial questionnaire open for a couple of weeks.

#Jolla#SailfishOS

Help shape the next Jolla Phone!

We’ve got access to a modern 5G smartphone platform, and we want to hear your take on what the next-gen Jolla Phone should be.

What screen size makes sense? How much memory is enough? What are your must-have features?

No strings attached, just cast your vote and help us explore the potential:
👉 https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/next-gen-jolla-phone/23882

Please spread the word so we get as many persons as possible to vote and share their views, and that we can make this happen! We intend to keep this initial questionnaire open for a couple of weeks.

#Jolla#SailfishOS

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (28/2025): Automatically Focussed

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-28-2025/

#LinuxMobile #libcamera #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #Lomiri #SailfishOS #PineTab2 #DanctNIX #Mobian #LinuxOnMobile #NixOS

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (28/2025): Automatically Focussed

https://linmob.net/weekly-update-28-2025/

#LinuxMobile #libcamera #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #Lomiri #SailfishOS #PineTab2 #DanctNIX #Mobian #LinuxOnMobile #NixOS

Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (27/2025): Releases, Reports and Setbacks
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-27-2025/
#LinuxMobile #LiberuxNexx #Phosh #PlasmaMobile #SailfishOS #Jolla #PinePhone #Librem5 #postmarketOS #UbuntuTouch #Mobian #Linux

This ties in with a lot of @bert_hubert's recent articles about Europe needing to become more independent from the US wrt technology.

https://berthub.eu/articles/

Also @Mer__edith after the talk I mentioned #SailfishOS to you. Which is, IMHO, the only viable alternative to iOS and Android at the moment.

I've been using it as a daily driver since 2013. It's made by ex-Nokia employees after Microsoft destroyed it.

https://sailfishos.org/

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Weekly GNU-like #MobileLinux Update (26/2025): Cell Broadcasting
https://linmob.net/weekly-update-26-2025/

#LinuxMobile #Phosh #SailfishOS #UbuntuTouch #LiberuxNexx #FairPhone6 #FuriLabsFLX1 #LIbrem5 #PinePhone