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Second blog on my ten year #SailfishOS journey so far

https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/17/my-sailfish-os-journey-apps.html

This second part goes into #apps, and what Sailfish OS looks like in practice for myself. Did I miss an app? What's your favourite Sailfish OS app?

#Quickddit #Tooter #Unplayer #gPodder #Whisperfish #Deadbeef #LinuxOnMobile

Second blog on my ten year #SailfishOS journey so far

https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/17/my-sailfish-os-journey-apps.html

This second part goes into #apps, and what Sailfish OS looks like in practice for myself. Did I miss an app? What's your favourite Sailfish OS app?

#Quickddit #Tooter #Unplayer #gPodder #Whisperfish #Deadbeef #LinuxOnMobile

Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

#LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

Blog about my journey with #Jolla and #SailfishOS: https://www.rubdos.be/2026/04/15/my-sailfish-os-journey.html

This is the first in a small series of posts about Sailfish OS, and how I use it as my daily driver. Feel free to dump questions here, and I'll see what I can cover!

I'll definitely mention #Whisperfish...

#LinuxOnMobile #FreeSoftware

RE: https://www.aldil.org/rencontres-francophones-sailfish%c2%b7os/3214/

Ce week-end, samedi 21 mars : Rencontres #Francophones #SailfishOS à #Lyon ! 🇫🇷 🐧

Une journée de bidouille, d’échanges et de partage autour de #SailfishOS, avec un peu de #Whisperfish, et surtout un accueil chaleureux pour les nouveaux venus !

Je serai présent, @abranson aussi ! Et vous me verrez sûrement faire de mon mieux en français :-)

https://www.aldil.org/rencontres-francophones-sailfish%C2%B7os/3214/

#LinuxOnMobile #MobileLinux #Meetup #Rencontre

RE: https://www.aldil.org/rencontres-francophones-sailfish%c2%b7os/3214/

Ce week-end, samedi 21 mars : Rencontres #Francophones #SailfishOS à #Lyon ! 🇫🇷 🐧

Une journée de bidouille, d’échanges et de partage autour de #SailfishOS, avec un peu de #Whisperfish, et surtout un accueil chaleureux pour les nouveaux venus !

Je serai présent, @abranson aussi ! Et vous me verrez sûrement faire de mon mieux en français :-)

https://www.aldil.org/rencontres-francophones-sailfish%C2%B7os/3214/

#LinuxOnMobile #MobileLinux #Meetup #Rencontre

RE: https://www.aldil.org/rencontres-francophones-sailfish%c2%b7os/3214/

This weekend, Saturday, March 21: Rencontres #Francophones #SailfishOS in #Lyon! 🇫🇷 🐧

A day of hacking, chatting, and sharing about #SailfishOS, including a bit of #Whisperfish, and especially welcoming newcomers! I'll be there, and so will @abranson! And you'll definitely see me make an effort in my best French :-)

https://www.aldil.org/rencontres-francophones-sailfish%C2%B7os/3214/

#LinuxOnMobile #MobileLinux #Meetup

RE: https://www.aldil.org/rencontres-francophones-sailfish%c2%b7os/3214/

This weekend, Saturday, March 21: Rencontres #Francophones #SailfishOS in #Lyon! 🇫🇷 🐧

A day of hacking, chatting, and sharing about #SailfishOS, including a bit of #Whisperfish, and especially welcoming newcomers! I'll be there, and so will @abranson! And you'll definitely see me make an effort in my best French :-)

https://www.aldil.org/rencontres-francophones-sailfish%C2%B7os/3214/

#LinuxOnMobile #MobileLinux #Meetup

Whisperfish for SailfishOS (native signal client) has been updated and one of the developers gives us a glimpse what might come in the next update - https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/whisperfish-the-unofficial-sailfishos-signal-client/3337/1595?u=frankps

A big thank You to @rubdos!

#Whisperfish #SailfishOS

Whisperfish for SailfishOS (native signal client) has been updated and one of the developers gives us a glimpse what might come in the next update - https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/whisperfish-the-unofficial-sailfishos-signal-client/3337/1595?u=frankps

A big thank You to @rubdos!

#Whisperfish #SailfishOS

@theseer I might be inclined to say that markdown for composition could be nice, but I would be very vocal against Matrix-style full-blown markdown, where you can make messages basically scream. I imagine that's one major argument against it!

Having asterisk and double-asterisk support in the message composition field would be cool though! Maybe I'll consider that for #Whisperfish 🤔

@theseer I might be inclined to say that markdown for composition could be nice, but I would be very vocal against Matrix-style full-blown markdown, where you can make messages basically scream. I imagine that's one major argument against it!

Having asterisk and double-asterisk support in the message composition field would be cool though! Maybe I'll consider that for #Whisperfish 🤔

Petit teaser… j'ai migré tous mes usages vers #SailfishOS durant le w-e.

J'ai pris plein de notes pour en faire un billet complet sur #LinuxFR.

Mon objectif suivant est de me passer de la couche de compatibilité #Android (qui marche très bien), mais le téléphone est déjà 100% opérationnel en l'état.

J'utilise le client natif #Sailtrix pour #Matrix, et il me reste à mettre en service les clients natifs #Whisperfish (pour #Signal) et #ArcaneChat (pour #DeltaChat).

J'ai du GPS hors-ligne qui fonctionne #OSMScout, un bon logiciel de #Wikipedia hors-ligne (et 5Go de livres en bonus), mes contacts, agendas et notes synchronisées #NextCloud, #Kagi, #OTP, #OBD…

Petit teaser… j'ai migré tous mes usages vers #SailfishOS durant le w-e.

J'ai pris plein de notes pour en faire un billet complet sur #LinuxFR.

Mon objectif suivant est de me passer de la couche de compatibilité #Android (qui marche très bien), mais le téléphone est déjà 100% opérationnel en l'état.

J'utilise le client natif #Sailtrix pour #Matrix, et il me reste à mettre en service les clients natifs #Whisperfish (pour #Signal) et #ArcaneChat (pour #DeltaChat).

J'ai du GPS hors-ligne qui fonctionne #OSMScout, un bon logiciel de #Wikipedia hors-ligne (et 5Go de livres en bonus), mes contacts, agendas et notes synchronisées #NextCloud, #Kagi, #OTP, #OBD…

@tinker @whvholst I've only tested Whisperfish so briefly I don't feel qualified to comment on daily-driveability, but it did work fine for the things I tried with it.

This thread on SailfishOs forum is a good read for those interested in it: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/whisperfish-the-unofficial-sailfishos-signal-client/3337

#whisperfish

@tinker @whvholst I've only tested Whisperfish so briefly I don't feel qualified to comment on daily-driveability, but it did work fine for the things I tried with it.

This thread on SailfishOs forum is a good read for those interested in it: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/whisperfish-the-unofficial-sailfishos-signal-client/3337

#whisperfish

@whvholst @tinker
FWIW, on #SailfishOs there's also the unofficial #whisperfish Signal client: https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish

@whvholst @tinker
FWIW, on #SailfishOs there's also the unofficial #whisperfish Signal client: https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish

Enjoying a quiet moment in the cabin up in the mountains, and started translating Whisperfish (a Signal client) to Norwegian bokmål. Before I knew it, more 50% of the strings were translated (not all by me).

#SailfishOS #Whisperfish #Signal

Enjoying a quiet moment in the cabin up in the mountains, and started translating Whisperfish (a Signal client) to Norwegian bokmål. Before I knew it, more 50% of the strings were translated (not all by me).

#SailfishOS #Whisperfish #Signal

⚠️ #ChatControl2 threatens private messaging across the EU.

As a #Whisperfish maintainer & privacy researcher, I’m alarmed: the new “Danish” proposal forces mass scanning & client-side #backdoors into #encrypted apps — while exempting governments & military.

As @signalapp says, this would “break encryption as we know it” — and we won’t comply.

Time’s critical: govs lock positions by 12 Sept; vote is 14 Oct.

👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu #ChatControl #CSAM #Privacy

⚠️ #ChatControl2 threatens private messaging across the EU.

As a #Whisperfish maintainer & privacy researcher, I’m alarmed: the new “Danish” proposal forces mass scanning & client-side #backdoors into #encrypted apps — while exempting governments & military.

As @signalapp says, this would “break encryption as we know it” — and we won’t comply.

Time’s critical: govs lock positions by 12 Sept; vote is 14 Oct.

👉 https://fightchatcontrol.eu #ChatControl #CSAM #Privacy

💬 @signalapp client #whisperfish for #sailfishos seemed not to be able to send or receive messages anymore in the evening of jan 15.
Thanks to @rubdos for hotfixing. The new version Whisperfish 0.6.0.beta_.33-1 comes with some other improvements for more stable connectivity with automatic reconnect and a new button "reconnect" in dropdown menu for less manual app restarts while it should be needed less from now on.
The API change has also impact for mollysocket @mollyim
https://github.com/whisperfish/libsignal-service-rs/pull/351

💬 @signalapp client #whisperfish for #sailfishos seemed not to be able to send or receive messages anymore in the evening of jan 15.
Thanks to @rubdos for hotfixing. The new version Whisperfish 0.6.0.beta_.33-1 comes with some other improvements for more stable connectivity with automatic reconnect and a new button "reconnect" in dropdown menu for less manual app restarts while it should be needed less from now on.
The API change has also impact for mollysocket @mollyim
https://github.com/whisperfish/libsignal-service-rs/pull/351

#Whisperfish 0.6.0 beta 25 (yes I know) is out. Finally, we have PNI and some minimal form of phone number privacy!

Get it while it's hot on Openrepos.
#sailfishos #signal

#Whisperfish 0.6.0 beta 25 (yes I know) is out. Finally, we have PNI and some minimal form of phone number privacy!

Get it while it's hot on Openrepos.
#sailfishos #signal

Should've added the #whisperfish hashtag ;-)

Should've added the #whisperfish hashtag ;-)

.@direc85 and I had a little secret code sprint last weekend in Brussels. Some very necessary bugfixes and features were added to #Whisperfish again!

.@direc85 and I had a little secret code sprint last weekend in Brussels. Some very necessary bugfixes and features were added to #Whisperfish again!

We tested with Molly-FOSS an alternative full-featured primary #Signal client for android 💬 The local database is encrypted with a passphrase like in signal-client #whisperfish and axolotl.chat. The #FOSS edition is Google free ➡️ https://molly.im
Comparison Signal vs Molly: https://signal.miraheze.org/wiki/Molly

@4223 ah yes, I am aware of it. I need to test it out.

There's also #Whisperfish, development of which was dormant for a while, but now seems to be more active again. One day we will have an actual ecosystem that is actually, you know, moving.

@signalapp

@4223 ah yes, I am aware of it. I need to test it out.

There's also #Whisperfish, development of which was dormant for a while, but now seems to be more active again. One day we will have an actual ecosystem that is actually, you know, moving.

@signalapp

@janvlug @danie10 @paoloredaelli @signalapp Doesn't Axolotl run on the Librem5? https://github.com/nanu-c/axolotl I'm not sure, just curious. There's quite a bit of interest to have #Whisperfish ported to other mobile platforms https://gitlab.com/groups/whisperfish/-/epics/5 and it's hopefully getting a tiny bit easier now https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish/-/merge_requests/344

@janvlug @danie10 @paoloredaelli @signalapp Doesn't Axolotl run on the Librem5? https://github.com/nanu-c/axolotl I'm not sure, just curious. There's quite a bit of interest to have #Whisperfish ported to other mobile platforms https://gitlab.com/groups/whisperfish/-/epics/5 and it's hopefully getting a tiny bit easier now https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish/-/merge_requests/344

@rubdos Hi Ruben, and thanks for making #Whisperfish more and more usable!

I have never really done an #introduction... here goes!

I'm a PhD #researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, working on #privacy-enhancing tech. Using cool #cryptography in previously unexplored application domains. Peer-to-peer online social networks have a special place in my heart.

I use a lot of #Rust.

In my spare time, I maintain #Whisperfish, the unofficial #Signal client for #SailfishOS. I roam the EU with my Renault Zoe ZE40.

I have never really done an #introduction... here goes!

I'm a PhD #researcher at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, working on #privacy-enhancing tech. Using cool #cryptography in previously unexplored application domains. Peer-to-peer online social networks have a special place in my heart.

I use a lot of #Rust.

In my spare time, I maintain #Whisperfish, the unofficial #Signal client for #SailfishOS. I roam the EU with my Renault Zoe ZE40.

@rubdos
many thanks for developing #whisperfish, great work!
I use it mainly as signal primary client and it's getting better and better!
Now in version 0.6.0_beta_13 I can be added to some more groups where it didn't work before even with signal-desktop-beta. Awesome that the profiles shows avatar pictures from now 🙂

@rubdos
many thanks for developing #whisperfish, great work!
I use it mainly as signal primary client and it's getting better and better!
Now in version 0.6.0_beta_13 I can be added to some more groups where it didn't work before even with signal-desktop-beta. Awesome that the profiles shows avatar pictures from now 🙂

@garshol Please do! You can find us on Matrix on #whisperfish:rubdos.be or on IRC on #whisperfish on Libera.chat

@garshol Let me know if I can help. If you feel adventurous, and you like #Signal, you can give #Whisperfish a try https://openrepos.net/content/rubdos/whisperfish It's a native Signal client, but you might bump into some issues. https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions

Spoiler alert: I develop it.

@garshol Let me know if I can help. If you feel adventurous, and you like #Signal, you can give #Whisperfish a try https://openrepos.net/content/rubdos/whisperfish It's a native Signal client, but you might bump into some issues. https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions

Spoiler alert: I develop it.

@poetaster @vattuvarg Maybe when #Whisperfish is feature complete? 🤔

@silmathoron I had no idea there was #Whisperfish interest on Mastodon! If you want to give money, please give it to Signal. If you still have left-overs, feel free to donate to me/Whisperfish, but my primary target will remain #SailfishOS for now, until someone picks up @be's work for porting the UI to other platforms.

Oh wow, #Whisperfish (native #SailfishOS #Signal client) is again under active development!
https://gitlab.com/whisperfish/whisperfish

I used to use it for over a year and really liked it, but had to move back to Signal Android app due to gradually worsening compatibility issues.

Amazing to see this happening, @be !