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Replicant (AKA The Little Red Robot) is an Android-based OS whose mission is to stick to the Free Software Foundation's guidelines more closely than its parent project.
The Replicant OS project reports
At Replicant, things are moving again: Replicant is being updated from Android 4.2 to Android 6.0 by Wolfgang Wiedmeyer. The status and feedback takes place in the forums before it is reviewed and integrated [into] the official Replicant repositories. This work is currently being done for the Galaxy S 3 (I9300).
[...] Wolfgang Wiedmeyer is also working on [...] Graphics acceleration [...] Building the toolchains [...]full device encryption and SELinux support.
Future directions: [...] support the upstream Linux kernel for devices with a minimal amount of effort [...] support upstream bootloaders, such as U-Boot.
[...] Helping Replicant by contributing to F-Droid
Replicant is supported [by and] recommended by the FSF and listed as a fully free software distribution that respects the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines.
[...] F-droid is committed to distributing only free software, and it does. However, some [F-Droid apps promote non-FOSS sortware and/or depend on non-FOSS software and do] not comply with the GNU Free System Distribution Guidelines.
While the list of such anti-features is displayed in red when selecting an application in F-Droid, applications with anti-features are still listed aside compliant ones. This is also quite confusing since free software isn't expected to contain such anti-features in the first place.
[...] The anti-feature display is confusing and [...] there was no clear smoking gun.
[...] If you're interested to jump-in and help resolve this issue, please get in touch with us or with F-Droid developers directly to get directions on how to get started.
[Ed Note: Despite the significant number of "[...]" in this submission, after careful checking, they do not change the intent of the piece. This is something that we watch for in pieces that cut out parts of a quote, as leaving out words can be used to change the entire meaning of a piece, and effectively negate or intentionally confuse what is being said].
(Score: 2) by Lunix Nutcase on Sunday September 04 2016, @09:35PM
The Jolla tablet ceased production nearly a year ago.
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Sunday September 04 2016, @10:06PM
I'm still waiting for refund #2 ! However, this week we hear Google is releasing Pixel phones running Sailfish and Marlin (what's that).
So maybe Jolla has a second gasp of life?
I know that we all just want our devices to work, but after Motorola ditching support for the Moto-E 4G , I don't know why they think I'll ever *ever* buy from them again, until software updates are made secure.
Hence, stuck with Nexus awaiting Nougat - but Sailfish offered Linux underneath and Android only when you needed it , which for many of us Penguin's is perfect!
(Score: 1) by GDX on Monday September 05 2016, @02:13AM
Sorry but Sailfish and Marlin are the code names of the phones, they run android... bad google naming.
(Score: 1) by pTamok on Monday September 05 2016, @11:42AM
Phones using Jolla's Sailfish Operating System under licence are available in India and in Russia.
India: the Intex Aqua Fish
Russia: the Oysters SF
Other phones are available, to a certain extent, as listed in this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS#Devices_from_other_vendors_licensing_Sailfish_OS, [wikipedia.org] in addition, the same article gives a list of phones to which the O/S has been ported by enthusiasts.
I am not linked to Jolla or any of the phone manufacturers/distributors.
I very much want an 'official' Sailfish O/S phone available in Europe, as my Jolla phone has a cracked screen (dropped too many times). I very much like having a choice of something else other than Android (and derivatives) or Apple.
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Monday September 05 2016, @01:23PM
seems a bit too coincident....sailfish(from jolla) was linux with some android - perhaps sailfish(from google) is that same.
I think we all want a future where there are no binary blobs on our devices, and no back doors in the silicon.
Crazy eh?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 05 2016, @03:32PM
No it's not a coincidence. It's merely a codename for the phone. Nothing more.