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by fractallyte 506 days ago
Apparently, still in crowdfunding, and not available yet?

On the other hand, Sailfish phones (https://sailfishos.org/) are Linux-based, tout "Fourth generation security", can run Android apps (the killer feature!), and - most importantly - are available now.
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graemep 506 days ago
Can they run obnoxious Android banking apps that refuse to run on rooted phones etc.
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fractallyte 506 days ago
Tried it just now with two banks: one worked, the other didn't.
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raphman 505 days ago
FWIW, I'm using the German DKB Android app (which seems to require non-rooted phones) without issues on my Sailfish OS phone.
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igor47 506 days ago
Asking the real questions! I can't use NFC transit cards because Google wallet doesn't trust my phone
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persnickety 506 days ago
I'm not sure I'd call anything using libhybris "Linux-based". Their low-level elements come from Android with all the problems that implies, including Android being Linux only in the most irrelevant technical sense.
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fractallyte 506 days ago
Sailfish is based on the Linux kernel, and Mer, which itself is a fork of MeeGo - a mobile Linux distro.

Hybris is just one component that Mer supports: a compatibility layer which allows the use of Android libraries and drivers. But that doesn't make it the backbone of Sailfish...

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persnickety 505 days ago
I'd say those drivers and libraries are the backbone of an OS. Everything else is on top of them.
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