On Friday 29 November 2019 14:43:12 elcaseti . wrote: > 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@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > > > > Please don't take this as an endorsement, since I have not actually installed it yet myself. I am still researching how to root my phone properly. https://replicant.us/ I don't know what models of smartphone are supported. I was hoping to find a cheap used phone for purposes of experimentation, before I mess up a working system. I hear that some newer phones are supposed to have a GNU/Linux OS already installed, but have waited a couple years for the big announcement, and still nothing. Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting