Today 10 years ago I got a Firefox OS phone - eviltoast

Today 10 years ago I went to Poland to buy a Phone with pre installed #Firefox OS on. The Phone was a Alcatel One, so very shitty. Two years later I installed Firefox OS on my Nexus 5 instead.

It was a very good concept, but sadly rolled out on too shitty hardware so it never caught on.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Or SailfishOS! Has Android layer where apps can run seamlessly (without some hardware stuff support, like fingerprint etc.).

    • Shatur@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Want to mention that on GNU/Linux we also have Waydroid that provides Android app support :)

      • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I know about that, but from my experience nothing really compares to the ease of use of the SFOS AlienDalvik. Though something may have changed since I last checked (1.5 years ago).

        • Shatur@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          I mostly wrote it for other readers.

          Also used both, I would say they are similar. But Waydroid can’t forward notifications to the main OS as in Sailfish. Sad that AlienDalvik is not FOSS :(