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Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by chrisseaton on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @12:19AM (#28298002)
> Sailfish OS? Tizen?

Those projects were a bizarre affair. There was I think Maemo, Moblin, LImo, SLP, Bada, Leste, MeeGo, Mer, Tizen, Sailfish, Nemo... all forks, merges, reforks of the same thing. They seemed to spend all their time and energy continually rebranding, forming and disbanding consortiums, creating new websites and logos. They never just got on with it. Ridiculous wasted effort when the market was possibly still just about open to them.

Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by Apocryphon on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @12:38AM (#28298102)
Well, Nokia finally got it together with MeeGo, but then Elop had to sell the farm and hitch their horse to Windows.

Tizen is reputedly of bad code quality, especially security-wise.

Sailfish is still out there as Jolla scraps away.

It’s a pity, as those projects did attract some powerful backers, who just weren’t very committed to them.

Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by tadfisher on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @01:58AM (#28298454)
My favorite Daily WTF thread is about Samsung's adventures with the Enlightenment toolkit in Tizen: https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/15001/enlightened
Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by m4rtink on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:39PM (#28308080)
It's essentially a perfect description of a clash between a rather hardcore technical community with some academic/student background and a typical Korean Corporate conglomerate, with the expected end result.
Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by mariusor on Thursday August 26, 2021 @02:48AM (#28311464)
You seem to be talking from a position of ignorance at least when it comes to Jolla and Sailfish OS. The former is probably the best non-mainstream mobile OS that can be used today.
Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by chrisseaton on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:10AM (#28315939)
Not sure which bit you think is ignorant.

> The OS is an evolved continuation of the Linux MeeGo OS previously developed by alliance of Nokia and Intel which itself relies on combined Maemo and Moblin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS#History_and_develo...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeeGo#/media/File:Mer_and_mobi...

Ridiculous series of merges and forks.

Sailfish's market share is so low it doesn't seem to be measurable.

When these projects were at their peak there was just about a way for them into the market. There isn't now. If they spent their time working on just one branding of these projects instead of creating yet another new name, website, and icon they might have gotten somewhere.

Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by jcelerier on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @02:52AM (#28298702)
Eh, I used my Jolla phone for 5 years and I still regret it to this day
Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by Apocryphon on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @04:45AM (#28299296)
Ha, why?
Re:The Search for a Free/Open Source Mobile Operating System by jcelerier on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @05:27AM (#28299499)
the native apps were so fast, everything happened instantly. Also the UI looked gorgeous. In contrast my current oneplus 8 pro feels like a complete regression on the software side.