Just a few days ago, we reported on Jolla’s push for a new Linux phone, which needed at least 2,000 pre-orders to move forward. Now, only days later, there’s good news: interest in the device has surpassed all expectations.
Jolla’s community-funded smartphone project has cleared its production threshold, securing more than 3,200 pre-orders. The strong response ensures that the new Linux phone, developed under the Do It Together (DIT) model, will move forward into manufacturing, with Batch #1 already sold out and Batch #2 now available.
I will get interested if there’s mainline kernel support or at least some work on it. I don’t see the point of buying another phone that’s basically coming with a death sentence out of the box making me unable to get patches once the ancient downstream kernel is no longer maintained.