Post by @piggz@fosstodon.org

2026-07-23 21:26 UTC

@abranson@mastodon.social @carbonatedcaffeine@social.treehouse.systems Id also like to point out that a -lot- of what makes sailfish is open source, excellend documentation and resources are provided to help the community build ports, and Jolla have excellent community engagment. Would I like a 100% open phone, sure, but im also pragmatic about these things, and would rather daily drive a Linux phone than android or ios. We now even ship Qt6 and KF6 libraries, bringing the ecosystem of plasma mobile apps to Sailfish.

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@carbonatedcaffeine@social.treehouse.systems 2026-07-24 00:36

Thanks for your perspectives. @abranson@mastodon.social What reason would Jolla have for keeping the UI QML files closed source after all these years? I've tried patchmanager in the past on my OP6 and it worked fine. I agree on your point that Sailfish would not be as polished as it is without productization. As much as many don't like this fact, it is true. I would consider Ubuntu Touch the fully open source vision. It too has a large community and a larger amount of community ports. I do not consider it more polished however. @piggz@fosstodon.org I think that Sailfish's documentation is good. I have used it for years and it usually has what I need, otherwise I go to the forum or chatrooms. Resources for building your own community ports feel very "if you know you know" kind of basis. You've got the HADK which is official but most of the useful information like incompatibilities with Android base versions and libhybris is found either in the unofficial HADK HOT or HADK FAQ. If none of that works I just ping mal (we love mal). I did see a bunch of Plasma apps on Chum or something a few years ago like Angelfish and Elisa. Though they're not updated and still on 2023 versions. Hope to see you again at FOSDEM Adam :)

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