Re: [trinity-users] Re: Linux for smartphone

Good to hear that Sailfish OS is still around For many years, it was difficult to find a Sailfish OS phone that would support North American cellular frequencies. Hopefully, that has changed. Maybe there's a Sony phone, or some other phones that can be flashed with Sailfish OS & will support North American LTE frequencies. Great to hear that there's an Android emulator that works fairly well for Sailfish OS! On Fri, Nov 29, 2019 at 2:26 PM deloptes <deloptes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Robert Peters wrote: > > HI, > > Does anyone recommend a Linux-based system that can be installed on a > > smartphone, to replace the Google Android system? > > Robert > > I was using Nokia N9 before - the only linux based phone created ever and > working perfectly for many years. From the project emerged Mer, Jolla and > Sailfish OS. > > Now I have been using Sailfish OS for the past couple of years and it > works very well. I recommend having a look at it. > > They use the AOSP program from Sony, so at the moment Xperia X and XA2 > are officially supported, however there are many community ports for > other devices. Disadvantage is the eco system and the android emulator is > not available to the community ports. The emulator costs 50€ and you can > use perhaps 90% of the android apps. For XA2 the kernel is 4.9 AFAIR with > Android 8.x emulator. > I personally have looked at many other options to replace N9 may be 5y > ago but this was the only one that makes sense to me. It is very > transparent and open and has a large community. > > Some skills are required to flash and maintain, but well freedom is not > something you get in the help desk. > > regards > >