#microg

I notice many people are receiving their #JollaPhone! I tried to note down some of the things I did to get cosy with my new #SailfishOS device in a new blog post: "I have my Jolla Phone, what now?" https://www.rubdos.be/2026/08/01/my-sailfish-os-journey-what-they-should-ve-told-you.html#jolla #linuxonmobile #gettingstarted #harbour #android #microg #aurora

Just installed CalyxOS on my Pixel 6 Pro. Took me about thirty minutes total. One of the longest parts of the process was finding the little pin to remove the SIM card. The web installer was really easy. Now I'm doing more digging into MicroG. #CalyxOS #microg

The new #Jolla Phone also comes with #MicroG which allows running Android applications that depend on Google Play services. This improves the usefulness of #Android support in #SailfishOS greatly. 20/30

More details about #MicroG are available on its website: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/wiki 21/30

Is there a central name-and-shame place to list apps and vendors which enforce "genuine" Google #Android? Users of #microG are increasingly confronted with these warnings and #nags that are transitively forced upon us by idiots in Silicon Valley. This is not #Google caring about our security. This is #Google caring about their power and grip on society, far outside what they should be able to reach. #sovereignty #digitalsovereignty #gafam #privacy

@kallekn@mastodonsweden.se @harrysintonen@infosec.exchange Oh, and even #MicroG as an alternative to Play Services still depends on Google infrastructure.