My Sailfish OS Journey: I have my Jolla Phone, what now?
(I started writing this article on July 9, during my flight back from Helsinki)
I’m Ruben. Welcome to my thoughts.
I'm (dr. ir.) Ruben De Smet (rubdos), I'm about 30 years old, and I like computers with free software.
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PolControl 1.0
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN HIGH AUTHORITY OF THE EUROPEAN PEOPLES laying down rules to combat unharmonious conduct by MEPs and government officials.
My Sailfish OS Journey: Apps for my daily needs
I have been daily driving Sailfish OS since 2014, and that has been made possible by the many apps I rely on. In the first post of this series, I elaborated on where Sailfish OS comes from, and on how I got to using it. In this post, I’ll cover what apps I value most, and the quirks that come with them.
My Sailfish OS Journey
I have been daily driving Sailfish OS since 2014. In this series of blog posts, I would like to jot down the why and the how. This first post will be about some history and context. The second in this series is about the apps that I use the most. After that, I still want to write about the tiny hacks that I have on my device, and I plan a final post about some loose ends that are worth mentioning.
VRT verspreidt desinformatie over communicatieapps
Beste VRT NWS, beste Kenneth Lasoen,
Hacker report: Sailathon 2024, Prague
Today is the final day of the Sailathon, the Sailfish OS hackathon in Prague. At the peak this weekend, we were about 20 hackers from all around Europe, working on various Sailfish OS related projects. By today, Monday, most of the hackers have already left; the five remaining are still hacking strong!
Building RingRTC and webrtc for Whisperfish
NOTE Sept 2025: Whisperfish does not have support for calling, yet. To include support for calling, we need a lot more work than just compiling the RingRTC library. This blog post documents the process of building and linking the RingRTC system into Whisperfish, but some users have interpreted this as to imply voice and video calling support. This is not the case. Currently, Whisperfish correctly…
The European Union must keep funding free software
I have been involved in multiple projects with funding granted by NGI through NLnet. Many more FOSS projects benefit from NGI funding.
Public PhD defense on June 17, 2024
Announcement: Public PhD defense
My problem with Beeper
Beeper is a tool to get all your chats in one smooth and integrated application. It’s founded by Eric Migicovsky and Brad Murray, known for having built the awesome Pebble watches in the past1. I still wear my Pebble Time every day. Its wrist band broke a few weeks ago next to a moshpit, so now it’s a red Pebble Time with a white wrist band. ↩