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embedding-shapetoday at 11:36 AM1 replyview on HN

> I'm not convinced that replacing one proprietary OS with another is the solution.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm not super familiar with Jolla's/Sailfish's architecture, but isn't most of the OS actually FOSS, while there is a thin proprietary compatibility layer, and that's about it? Was some months ago I last read about it so could be misremembering, but seems like a good first step at the very least.


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microtonaltoday at 12:29 PM

I think it is a lot more, as far as I understand, most of the UI is proprietary:

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-os-clarifying-claims...

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-os-clarifying-claims...