I just got my pre-order of the Jolla Phone confirmed. I was super stoked on having a European Linux Based phone.
However Motorola announced collaboration with Graphene during this period.
I am really torn, I love Motorolas and have used them for the last five years. Also Graphene seems a bit more open source and secure ad I’ve always said I would switch the instant they launched on a non-google phone.
Does anyone here have input on this, or maybe suggestions for a certain comm where this question would find better ground? (I didn’t want to ask os specific comms as that would be unbecoming)
Jolla/Sailfish is perhaps more practical. (Myself, I am using Linux phones since Nokias N900, of which Jolla is a new start from former Nokia employees, formed after Microsoft bought Finland’s Nokia and nuked its Linux developments). Also, Sailfish / Maemo / Mer / MeeGo is mostly open source, it is an RPM-based Linux system which unlike Android OS is maintained by an Open Source community.
What is proprietary in Sailfish is some UI components. The bigger problem, however, are firmware and drivers since ARM systems do not have a BIOS or UEFI system, and firmware is often non-free.
Thanks Harald, very insightful!
You are welcome!
Still got my n900 :) The SoC hasn’t been named (I think) but it will likely contain closed source binary blobs for the GPU at least if it’s CSF, JM based Mali did not have firmware
SoC was announced, it is the Mediatek Dimensity 7100