Sailfish OS 4.4 "Vanha Rauma" Released With Camera App Improvements, Updated Gecko

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Sailfish OS 4.4 "Vanha Rauma" Released With Camera App Improvements, Updated Gecko

For those still intrigued by Finnish outfit Jolla and their work on the Linux-based smartphone OS Jailfish, their v4.4 "Vanha Rauma" update is out today...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Sailfish-OS-4.4

[Alexmitter]

Qt Based? Check
Proprietary? Check
Company has a history of scamming its supporters? Check
Company has a history of working with Fascist Russia? Check

[CochainComplex]

Qt Based? Check
Proprietary? Check
Company has a history of scamming its supporters? Check
Company has a history of working with Fascist Russia? Check

It would be interessting how they maneuver through the sanctions - if they have to. Aurora for Russia was/is their major income.

Besides they could use their remote wipe feature to wipe all Russian Politician Devices.

[tildearrow]

In before somebody calls it ugly...

[slalomsk8er]

Installed it a couple of days ago and it runs well on my Sony Xperia 10 - Dual SIM.
As boring as updates should be on a phone.

[xAlt7x]

Qt Based? Check
Proprietary? Check
Company has a history of scamming its supporters? Check
Company has a history of working with Fascist Russia? Check

While I'm generally not a big fan of proprietary and closed-source, on the flip-side "Aurora OS" (which is installed on so called "russian iPhone alternative" AYYA T1) probably won't be able to benefit from new Saifish OS releases.

[ServerGarbage]

Qt Based? Check
Proprietary? Check
Company has a history of scamming its supporters? Check
Company has a history of working with Fascist Russia? Check

And despite all that I still trust them the same or more than Google or Apple

[ahjolinna]

Qt Based? Check
Proprietary? Check
Company has a history of scamming its supporters? Check
Company has a history of working with Fascist Russia? Check

- about the Proprietary thing...yes they have some apps like the Android apps support that are Proprietary....but the sailfishOS itself is open

- "scamming supporters" ....let me guess the whole tablet thing? if yes....oh fuck off ...sigh

- about the Russia thing:

well the board members from Russia have now resigned : https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/reque...rship/10553/16

and Apparently contributions from AuroraOS have stop since last version 4.3 that was released on November 2021: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/plea-...jolla/10430/68

anything else you want to bitch about?

[Nille_kungen]

4.4.0.58 some time now and it works as expected.
I got an Xperia 10 III that is waiting for support.

[Sin2x]

The most mature non-Android OS for smartphones out there. Hope it won't go out of business.