I had a SailfishOS phone for four years; an Xperia XA2+. The operating system was wonderful, and being able to run Android apps when there was no alternative was a good way of filling in the gaps in the Jolla store.
However, as I've got older I find large phones more and more unwieldy, and I couldn't find a small enough SailfishOS phone to switch to. I'm now running LineageOS on a Jelly Star. The form factor is perfect for me.
Would I return to SailfishOS? Absolutely. But there'd need to be a small phone in the line up for me to migrate to.
This is a very nice library. At a first reading it seems complete (but did I see summary/detail - I don't remember). Bookmarked for further investigation. Congratulations and thank you.
I've been running Linux Mint exclusively as a daily driver for fourteen years. The software company I started used it for everything from development to marketing to accounts. We had zero issues, and security audits always gave a clean bill of health.
Full disc encryption is now just a checkbox away when installing your distro of choice. Sticking to verified software is best practice.
I have a 2017 Dell XPS13 that's been hammered as a developer laptop and is still going great guns. It's on its third battery, and I've just replaced the screen. I bought a newer one in 2022 and sold it again a couple of months later because, although it had a faster processor and more RAM, it felt flimsier.
I'm also currently upgrading a refurbed Lenovo X270 for my granddaughter who's starting high school, and I am thoroughly impressed. Newer Lenovos are slimmer and slicker, but this thing will still be trucking after the cockroach apocalypse.
Yes, I still use FreePascal for utilities, libraries and console apps. I write these in Lazarus on Linux, and run them on local machines or (for some console apps) on our Intel Synology NAS. It's nice knowing I can easily recompile for other operating systems if I need to.
For some tasks FreePascal is quite clunky, but the lower level the task, the quicker it is to write a solution.
However, as I've got older I find large phones more and more unwieldy, and I couldn't find a small enough SailfishOS phone to switch to. I'm now running LineageOS on a Jelly Star. The form factor is perfect for me.
Would I return to SailfishOS? Absolutely. But there'd need to be a small phone in the line up for me to migrate to.