Most servers around the world run Linux. The same goes for almost all supercomputers. That’s astonishing in a capitalist world where absolutely everything is commodified. Why can’t these big tech companies manage to sell their own software to server operators or supercomputers? Why is an open, free project that is free for users so superior here?

  • El Barto@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    15 hours ago

    Which one do you personally own? Do you recommend it?

    Edit: I see that Jolla is in a preorder state.

    • Javi@feddit.ukEnglish
      5·
      8 hours ago

      I’m running a volla Quintus. It’s a bit pricey, but is made within Europe, and offers a preloaded Ubuntu touch option.

      It does everything perfectly in terms of what you need a phone for, and can load waydroid; which is essentially an android VM for any apks you can’t do without.

      I did order a Jolla phone, but ended up cancelling the order after 10 weeks or so, as I never received any updates even after attempting contact. I didn’t necessarily have a bad experience, it was just a non starter in my eyes, but can’t recommend them due to their infancy as a production firm; they’re already drowning under the demand they have, which doesn’t bode well for future development (imo ofc).

      Conversely, I was able to pay for my Quintus with IBAN (avoiding visa & MasterCard’s cuts.) and it arrived in the UK from Germany after around 4-5 days.

      As for the user experience, Ubuntu touch does everything you need it to do; I can make phone calls, text people, but it is very light on the app side; you won’t find native apps for stuff like Facebook or WhatsApp etc…  but open source software tends to be more prevalent; an example being the cinny app I use to connect to my matrix server (which I use as a replacement for WhatsApp due to privacy concerns; but that’s a whole different conversation).

      The big thing holding Linux phones back (and de-googled android like LineageOS for example) is the lack of banking applications. I don’t know of a bank that offers their own apks, which makes loading them via waydroid pretty impossible too. I’m in the process of switching banks to one of the few remaining UK banks that still offer web based banking to navigate around this; but until mass adoption occurs, I doubt it’s a situation that will change much.