SailfishOS Appretiation Thread

For half a year I have been using this operating system on a phone that I specifically bought for the purpose (*).

I have been dreaming of "real" GNU/Linux on a smartphone for years, and this is it:

• A wayland session with a Qt desktop
• RPM package management with all tools required: zypper, pkcon...
• Full interaction with the (file)system is possible in ways any Linux admin is familiar with (anybody trying this on Android knows why this is a big thing)
• Customisation through user systemd services etc.
• A capable community creating useful (!) FOSS software

It's a commercial project: one can always use the OS for free, but has to pay for certain features: On-device OS updates (**), Android support, Text predicition. Here's a good overview of what you get and what devices are supported.

And some parts are not FOSS - you can get a good overview on the lower half of this page and here.

However, I trust this company infinitely more than, say, Google - for many reasons: they're small, they're in the EU, they clearly respect their non-paying users, they have transparent Terms & Conditions and a comprehensive Privacy Policy:
https://jolla.com/privacy-policy/
https://jolla.com/sales-terms-conditions/
https://jolla.com/terms-of-service/
https://jolla.com/sailfish-eula/

But - the community and support channels are scattered beyond words:
https://talk.maemo.org/
https://forum.sailfishos.org/
https://together.jolla.com/
https://jolla.zendesk.com/
Also their websites are both jolla.com and sailfishos.org.
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OK, that's enough for a first post.
Who else uses SailfishOS?
Share your experience and hacks?
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(*) It was dirt cheap. The market is so saturated with smartphones, they sell for a fraction of the price just a year or so after their release. I bought the Sony Xperia XA2 for 60EUR - it went for ~300EUR in 2018!

(**) it's always possible to reinstall when a new version comes out.