Linux Phones

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip [S] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Can you even get the Jolla phone in the US?

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[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I'm it sure if it's possible to get a Jolla phone in the US

It is possible to get a Sony Xperia 10 with SailfishOS pre-installed in the US though: https://buy.jolla-devices.com/product/sony-xperia-10-iii-sailfish-os/

I bought one and have kinda messed with it a little. I haven't had time to fully switch over yet though.

Initial impressions are:

it may be a viable route
phone calls and SMS work on Mint Mobile
basic Android apps work (Whatsapp, Signal)
hardware works?

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip [S] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I am a bit concerned because it sounds like Sailfish OS doesn't have any kind of accessibility settings and I use a combination of magnification and screen reader.

I don't think Post Market OS has a screen reader either, but I have seen the accessibility section of GNOME Mobile and PHOSH, and they at least appear to have the zoom capabilities.

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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 4 weeks ago (1 child)

kde plasma has a screen reader so kde plasma mobile probably supports it

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip [S] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

Wait, kde has a screen reader? Since when? I was only aware of GNOME Orca.

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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago (1 child)

kde uses orca too

in settings: Accessibility > Screen Reader

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

I thought Orca would only work for applications written in GTK. I didn't realize it would work for apps built

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[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 3 weeks ago

id assume anything with a compatible accessibility api would work

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-in-the-usa/5307/321

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 1 point 1 month ago*

edit: shit, you meant the J2, I replied as if you asked about SfOS. Well, I'm still leaving this comment. I'm sure someone talked about ordering the J2 to the US as well.

Yes.

(There are other threads discussing SfOS working outside of Europe)

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[–] PureTryOut@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago* (2 children)

Sadly SFOS is largely (UI, core apps) proprietary.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 1 month ago

You're not wrong, but I wouldn't say "largely". It's mostly the elements that guarantee them a niche in the market: their very good Android App Support, some of the UI, plus some carryover from the NOKIA days (but they have started opensourcing some of those apps).

The rest is a bog-standard Linux/systemd/wayland system with an rpm/libzypp based package manager.

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[–] uuj8za@piefed.social 1 point 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah, that's true. It's Linux, but it's not FOSS.

Given the lack of viable options and the importance of having an alternative, I'm worried about maintaining the status quo because we don't have a perfect solution. So I'm OK with SailfishOS being partly proprietary for now... and we should push them to open up more. Idk.