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minus-squarealfredon996@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 hours agoNope, in fact, Jolla with SailfishOS is the only one among those mentioned that uses an OS independently developed.
minus-squareerebion@news.erebion.eulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThey use an Android kernel. How does it matter how nice their proprietary UI is if the phone can no longer be updated once Qualcomm, for example, no longer patches the kernel? We desperately need more mainline support, this isn’t sustainable.
minus-squarealfredon996@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThey use a standard Linux kernel with Android drivers trough libhybris. The proprietary UI and middleware is a mistake, I agree with that
Nope, in fact, Jolla with SailfishOS is the only one among those mentioned that uses an OS independently developed.
They use an Android kernel. How does it matter how nice their proprietary UI is if the phone can no longer be updated once Qualcomm, for example, no longer patches the kernel?
We desperately need more mainline support, this isn’t sustainable.
They use a standard Linux kernel with Android drivers trough libhybris. The proprietary UI and middleware is a mistake, I agree with that