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Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

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  • rubdos@mastodon.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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    Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

    This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

    I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

    #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

    cartron@masto.hivane.netC frankps@mastodon.babb.noF C mihamarkic@mastodon.socialM fynn@digitalcourage.socialF 9 Replies Last reply
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    • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

      Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

      This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

      I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

      #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

      cartron@masto.hivane.netC This user is from outside of this forum
      cartron@masto.hivane.netC This user is from outside of this forum
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      @rubdos great article, thanks for that Ruben!

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      • cartron@masto.hivane.netC cartron@masto.hivane.net

        @rubdos great article, thanks for that Ruben!

        rubdos@mastodon.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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        @cartron Thanks Nico, I appreciate it 🙂

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        • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

          Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

          This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

          I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

          #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

          frankps@mastodon.babb.noF This user is from outside of this forum
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          @rubdos Looking forward to the next article! Keep them coming 😀

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          • frankps@mastodon.babb.noF frankps@mastodon.babb.no

            @rubdos Looking forward to the next article! Keep them coming 😀

            rubdos@mastodon.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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            @frankps Will do! I've always found that Sailfish had been a bit underappreciated, and it's time to give it some visibility!

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            • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

              Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

              This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

              I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

              #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

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              @rubdos thank you for those posts!

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                @rubdos thank you for those posts!

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                @christiannils My pleasure! Anything you'd like covered in the follow-ups?

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                • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

                  @christiannils My pleasure! Anything you'd like covered in the follow-ups?

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                  @rubdos let me think about it! 😉 I am soon a first-time user (from the J2's batch #1)... I enjoyed reading about the history of the OS in your post.
                  As a first-time user, I guess I am interested to read more about your impressions on using the OS daily.
                  Thanks again!

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                  • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

                    Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

                    This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

                    I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

                    #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

                    mihamarkic@mastodon.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
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                    mihamarkic@mastodon.social
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                    @rubdos Nice article, looking for the next ones. Perhaps my biggest concern with Sailfish is that it isn't entirely OSS. I also wonder whether higher level languages work on it, like dotnet and kotlin, I really need to spin up the emulator some day.

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                      @rubdos let me think about it! 😉 I am soon a first-time user (from the J2's batch #1)... I enjoyed reading about the history of the OS in your post.
                      As a first-time user, I guess I am interested to read more about your impressions on using the OS daily.
                      Thanks again!

                      rubdos@mastodon.socialR This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @christiannils That's exactly why I'm writing this; I'm very glad to reach the right audience then!

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                      • mihamarkic@mastodon.socialM mihamarkic@mastodon.social

                        @rubdos Nice article, looking for the next ones. Perhaps my biggest concern with Sailfish is that it isn't entirely OSS. I also wonder whether higher level languages work on it, like dotnet and kotlin, I really need to spin up the emulator some day.

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                        @mihamarkic The OSS part I should've probably mentioned in the first post. There's a "finalization" post I'm kinda planning if I have enough content, it could definitely go in there.

                        I know @abranson has been playing with Kotlin, I haven't heard about .NET myself. I'm writing most of my stuff in Rust, and that includes Sailfish. Might be I have a post about that too.

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                        • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

                          @mihamarkic The OSS part I should've probably mentioned in the first post. There's a "finalization" post I'm kinda planning if I have enough content, it could definitely go in there.

                          I know @abranson has been playing with Kotlin, I haven't heard about .NET myself. I'm writing most of my stuff in Rust, and that includes Sailfish. Might be I have a post about that too.

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                          @mihamarkic Regarding the emulator: my experience with it (which is 5+ years ago I believe) is that it's slow and doesn't cover the whole picture really well. If you can get your hands on a (cheap) device, it might honestly be a better bet.

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                          • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

                            Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

                            This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

                            I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

                            #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

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                            @rubdos Was a joy to read.

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                            • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

                              @mihamarkic Regarding the emulator: my experience with it (which is 5+ years ago I believe) is that it's slow and doesn't cover the whole picture really well. If you can get your hands on a (cheap) device, it might honestly be a better bet.

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                              @rubdos yeah, devices are always better, but emulators have advantages as well.

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                                @rubdos Was a joy to read.

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                                @Fynn Appreciate it, really! 🙂

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                                • mihamarkic@mastodon.socialM mihamarkic@mastodon.social

                                  @rubdos yeah, devices are always better, but emulators have advantages as well.

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                                  @mihamarkic Not having to get a device is a certain advantage, and so is isolation. The emulator was really terrible in my experience, but my memory is also really vague. One issue is that it's a VirtualBox-based emulator (iirc), but most people nowadays take the Docker-based SDK, and they don't like to be installed on the same system for some reason. But it's been a while since I used this stuff.

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                                  • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

                                    Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

                                    This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

                                    I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

                                    #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

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                                    @rubdos Rubens, thanks a lot, l'm curious for the next blog post, especially how the daily usage goes.

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                                    • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

                                      Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

                                      This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

                                      I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

                                      #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

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                                      @rubdos
                                      Have you seen this @allan_christoffersen in case you're considering a Jolla. I definitely am.

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                                      • mrmanor@social.data.coopM mrmanor@social.data.coop

                                        @rubdos
                                        Have you seen this @allan_christoffersen in case you're considering a Jolla. I definitely am.

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                                        @MrManor @rubdos
                                        No I had not, thank you for the mention! I too has been a Nokia user for a long time, all the way to the brilliant N900. Sadly it bricked a few months after "The Burning Platform" speech, and I never joined the Sailfish adventure. Looking forward to more writeups!

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                                        • rubdos@mastodon.socialR rubdos@mastodon.social

                                          Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

                                          This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

                                          I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

                                          #LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

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                                          @rubdos Great to see your post and IMHO Whisperfish is one of the most important apps for Sailfish.
                                          I will have two Jolla phones, I really want to see the project and community thrive.
                                          This comment is not a complaint but a highlight the importance of good quality native apps that can be trusted, like Whisperfish.
                                          The weakest part of the Jolla/Sailfish experience is still be availability of key native apps and a trust in the app security.

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