@keepandroidopen — this is the final push for our freedom of choice. Without swift action, Europe risks losing control and paying a high price to stay connected to the digital world we value.
Here are some alternative operating systems to consider:
- @GrapheneOS
- @lineageos
- @murena /e/OS
- @sailfishosnews
Let’s explore these options or develop other alternatives to keep our digital future open and accessible.
@jfr_1980 @lineageos @keepandroidopen SaifishOS is a closed source OS bringing the lack of privacy and security on desktops to mobile.
SailfishOS began working with Putin’s regime in 2015 after his initial invasion of Ukraine. They closely worked with the Russian government for years. A Russian state enterprise had near majority ownership of Jolla. They only began seriously trying to split away from Russia in 2022. It’s still the same people with the same values who made a deal with the devil.
@jfr_1980 @lineageos @keepandroidopen Putin was busy killing off political opposition with assassinations and working towards destroying the EU while they were closely working with his government for years. SailfishOS is largely closed source so it can’t simply be forked, but the Russian government has a fork of it called AuroraOS since they were partners. Jolla claims to no longer be involved with Russia but it’s the same management who worked with them for years. Keep an eye on that post-war.
Only very small portion of actual OS isn’t fully open? Someone could say it to be blatant lye to say it is closed, when only UI is closed.
It is true that Jolla did business inside Russia 2015-2021, which wasn’t smart, but so did everyone else. So blaming just them is weird. And they wanted to get out of Russia before 2022 invasion. Russian state company owned around ~20% at its peak of Jolla. I wouldn’t round that to be near majority… Facts straight next time?
@Antti They didn’t choose the licensing for the portions of SailfishOS not developed by them. They didn’t make the Linux kernel or choose the GPLv2 license it uses. For the majority of what they’ve developed themselves rather than taken from others, the code is closed source. The project itself is largely closed source. you’re trying to present it as if code they took from elsewhere should be credited to them while meanwhile the portions they actually made which is mainly the UI are closed.
Well I guess you know that there is a little bit other parts also as only UI… But sure, what you said!
@Antti The UI and application layer which is largely closed source is in fact a huge portion of what they’ve made and is not the only part of SailfishOS which is closed source.
Like I said, whatever you say! Would you say that Graphene is actual independent operating system made from scratch?